Can you guess how big this elephant is?
Category: Forest surveys, Forest wildlife | Date: Oct 23 2008 | By: davidngala
The African elephants are among the largest mammals found in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest. They are rarely seen during the day, preferring to hide deep in the forest thickets. Nevertheless elephant dung is evident along the forest tracks and other signs such as fallen trees, trees rubbed with mud among other signs.
Falling trees and branches - signs of elaphants.
Elephnat dung - another sign of elephant activity.
During a forest survey for the spotted ground thrush, we came across, signs of elephant activity.
The tree is bend due to elepmaths rubbing themseleves on it often.
Some times elephants rub their backs against trees to help them remove insects that hide on their body, this is their own way of scratching .
A close up of the tree and the mud left on the tree by elephants.
This was event as we came across several trees which had mud on a specific part of its branches. Sometimes this is used to estimated the height of the elephants. So can you guess how big this elephant is?
close up of mud on tree branch.
David estimating the height.
Wide area of the same tree.
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