Helpful Posts: One of the events my wife wanted to witness in Africa was elephants swimming. We were on a boat on the Chobe River when a family of elephants swam the river. There was another family on the shore that greeted them. Then after a while the other family swam across the river to from where the original family had come. This is a photo of when the original family arrived at the shore.
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16th July 2015, 03:26 AM #1
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Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
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16th July 2015, 07:53 AM #2
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Another cutie shot, Chuck...I love elephants...I have never touch one though...one in my bucket list...this shot goes to show how social they really are...
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16th July 2015, 09:21 AM #3
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Nice capture.
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16th July 2015, 10:15 AM #4
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
What a wonderful scene!
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16th July 2015, 10:41 AM #5
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Lovely capture Chuck, you sure had a great trip, thank's for sharing all of these wonderful images!
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16th July 2015, 12:18 PM #6
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Great scene, loved it
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16th July 2015, 01:11 PM #7Moderator
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
I have often wondered whether they really swim, with feet not touching the river bed, or not.
Looking at this, I think the smaller one, on the extreme left, is almost certainly swimming.
Nice shot, Dave
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16th July 2015, 02:04 PM #8
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Thanks for all the feedback. Dave, they all were swimming. In the middle of he river all you see is a little of their backs and their trunks sticking out of the water. Hippos can't swim. They walk across the bottom, so require shallow water.
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16th July 2015, 02:32 PM #9
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Good capture - excellent crop!
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16th July 2015, 02:46 PM #10
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Great scene, loved it
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16th July 2015, 03:14 PM #11
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Thanks for sharing this wonderful scene!
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18th July 2015, 02:42 AM #12
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Re: Elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
Thank you for taking time to comment.
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