Guests at the Island Jungle Resort hotel take an elephant safari across a river, Royal Chitwan National Park, the Terai, Nepal, Asia

Three southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bulls rear up whilst doing battle, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savute Channel, Linyanti, Botswana, Africa

Three African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Savute Channel, Linyanti, Botswana, Africa

Three African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking, Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Desert Elephant (Loxodonta africana) family, Aba-Huab River Valley, Damaraland, Namibia, Africa

Three elephants in the Maha Oya River at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage near Kegalle in the Hill Country of Sri Lanka, Asia

Three African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

Portrait of three women of the Lisu hill tribe at the Chiang Dao Elephant Training Centre in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tourists on elephants in Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal

African elephants, Loxodonta Africana, drinking at water hole at Treetops in Aberdare National Park near Nyeri in Kenya, East Africa

Three Indian Elephants

Kandy Perahera procession in front of Dalada Maligawa temple at night, Sri Lanka, Asia

Three african elephants in front of trees at Masai Mara National Park, Kenya, Africa

Elephant (Loxodonta africana), female with three young animals drinking water from the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Elephant feet, hunting trophies in the Reunification Palace, Reunion Hall, former seat of government, Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, South Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Elephant spraying two tourists, Kanchanaburi Province, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cow with two calves at waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with her calves in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, Asia

Relief of a three-headed elephant, Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two elephants playfully fighting, African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Etosha National Park, Tsumcor waterhole, Namibia, Africa

Two elephants playfully fighting, African Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Etosha National Park, Tsumcor waterhole, Namibia, Africa

Relief of a three-headed elephant, Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Three African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) cross rocky pan, Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

Three African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) cross rocky pan, Etosha National Park; Otavi, Oshikoto, Namibia

Three African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) walk towards camera in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Three elephant, Loxodonta africana, stand on a sand bank, wet skin, spray sand with their trunk into the air, in black and white, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

A small group of three elephants, loxodonta africanus, different ages, one elephant calf, Okavango Delta, Botswana