African Savanna Elephant or Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), drinking by night at the waterhole, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

loxodonta africana africana loxodonta africana natural area savanna sky adult male alone trunk zoology drink to outdoor overview backlighting night dark watering place water vapour loxodonta endangered dust three quarter shot thirst east african rift valley puddle cites appendix 1 march month african bush elephant loxodonta africana water surface black background nobody nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas skies adults males single lonely only solo one lone trunks zoology proboscis zoology drinking lap lapping drunk outdoors outsides outside overviews global sight global sights full length backlightings backlit nights nightime darkness sink backwaters watering places backwater waterhole waterholes water vapours endangered species dusts three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length thirsting great rift valley rift valley puddles water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces black backgrounds with nobody naturalness area low formation meteorological phenomenon meteorology science stage of development individual morphology zoology organism feeding behaviour light effect ambiance freshwater wetland area smoke gas matter mineral matter elephantidae proboscidea mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species species fracture geology landform earth's crust artificial wetland area convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora cites african elephant loxodonta sp elephant proboscidean ungulate mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal water matter