baby elephant

Happy baby elephant enjoying a bath. Photo by: Arkom Pimsarn

Father, son and an elephant

Thailand

the desert

Areal view of elephant shadows walking through the desert. Photo by: Michael Poliza

elephant fetus

An Asian elephant fetus after 12 months in the womb, catching some shut eye before she takes her first heavy steps in the world. Photo by: National Geographic

13 month old elephant

Rania stretches her trunk out to touch the nose of her mahut during the Sonepur Mela in Sonepur near Patna, India. Photo by: Daniel Berehulak

Elephants do swim

they use their trunk to breathe like a snorkel in deep water. Photo by: Jody Macdonald

tallest dog in the world, great dane zeus