Pygmy elephant

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Pygmy elephant, River Kinabatangan, Borneo

Hailing from northern and northeastern Borneo, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the Borneo pygmy elephant is the smallest pachyderm in Asia...

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I've just returned from a wonderfully memorable 3 days living with an Orang Sugai family right next to The Kinabatangan River in Borneo. Our guide also lived in the village and was brilliant at positioning our small boat in the perfect place to see the wildlife on offer. The family we lived with were incredibly welcoming and gaining an insight into their way of life was very rewarding. Waking up to the sound of the jungle and stepping outside to watch the sunrise over Sabah's longest river…

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The Sicilian dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri), also simply known as the pygmy elephant, is one of the smallest elephants, about the size of a domestic pig. Sicilian dwarf elephants were once extinct since the end of the Ice Age, but have since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii before reintroducing them back to Italy. Because of their unique size, the elephants has ended up with a common representation in captivity, even in Cenozoic Park. The conservation status of the...

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Photo by @andywcoleman //The Borneo elephant often referred to as the pygmy elephant is much smaller than its African counterparts but still manages to eat 300 pounds of food and drink over 40 gallons of water a day. We were lucky to be able to see a large herd of these amazing creatures on the banks of the Kinabatangan River. They spent the entire afternoon pulling up long grasses and eating them before heading over to the river for a drink. #NatGeoLodges #sukaurainforestlodge by…

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Human-elephant interaction has a rich history dating back centuries and has cultural symbolism.

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