
African Elephant
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African Elephant bulls (Loxodonta africana) engaging in dominance behavior. Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe. Often putting the trunk in another's mouth is a greeting behavior, but there was a bit of shoving and pushing which seemed also to be part dominance behavior.
©Tom & Pat Leeson
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