Haven't you herd? It's World Elephant Day!

Maybe this shot reminds you of that scene in 'The Jungle Book' where a regiment of elephants thunders through India's dense brush. We're actually looking down at the wetlands of Botswana, a country that boasts a pachyderm population of 130,000 — more elephants than any other nation. Unfortunately, herds here in the Okovango Delta have been hit hard recently. Mysterious die-offs in 2020 claimed about 350 local African bush elephants — and the deaths have continued, albeit at a lesser rate. Though the problem is still being studied, it's theorised that high water temps gave rise to poisonous algae blooms in the animals' watering holes.
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