A mahout with his pet elephant, Kaziranga, Assam, India, Asia

Close-up of an African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking from grassy waterhole with its trunk curled into its mouth on the savanna in Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

Close-up of an African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking from grassy waterhole with its trunk curled into its mouth on the savanna in Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking from grassy waterhole with its trunk curled into its mouth on the savanna in Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the water washing and lifting river grass with its trunk and tusks in Chobe National Park, Chobe, North-West, Botswana

An elephant's trunk, Loxodonta africana, curled and grabbing leaves from a branch with thorns, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

An elephant calf, Loxodonta Africana, stands with two elephant's tails draped over its face, trunk curled in, green grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

An elephant, Loxodontaﾠafricana in a clearing, trunk curled, Sabi Sands, South Africa

An elephant, Loxodonta africana, stands in water, wet skin, trunk curled in air, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa