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An African Elephant Splashing Mud, Manyeleti Game Reserve

A Playful South African Elephant

Posted on June 23, 2013May 13, 2021

This South African elephant was in a playful mood at the Manyeleti Game Reserve in the Limpopo region. They look so majestic. And all the rangers considered the charge of an elephant extremely dangerous.

But for quite sometime on a lazy afternoon this one kept playing with mud and water. And I so enjoyed clicking it.

African Elephant

And tomorrow I should be back from Nepal and to live blogging. In the meanwhile here is another picture of the same elephant.

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12 thoughts on “A Playful South African Elephant”

  1. My Say says:
    June 23, 2013 at 5:09 pm

    at last a post from you !! I guess its telepathy .. I was thinking about your blog and your Nepal trip yesterday itself !! 🙂

    The elephants specifically South Africans with Bigger Ears and bigger built are my favourite .. i have seen them so many times .. alas, its on Discovery,Animal Planet or Net Geo only 😀

    Welcome back !!

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  2. aamjunta says:
    June 23, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Some times the wild is beautiful… you have proved it today.

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  3. kajal banerjee says:
    June 23, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    Your post with the beautiful pictures of the enormous and majestic creature has delighted me. Happy to learn that you are going to be back the very next day. Welcome back!!

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  4. Shilpi Dutta says:
    June 23, 2013 at 6:35 pm

    Good to animals enjoying peacefully in the arms of nature. Good capture 🙂

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  5. Harsha says:
    June 23, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    An African Elephant in a playful mood…Nice capture..

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  6. Easwar Arumugam says:
    June 23, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    Those African elephants differ from their counterparts from Asia. Nice pictures.

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  7. Debopam Banerjee says:
    June 23, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    What a big tusker…… Amazing Tusks….. Looking really dreadful………

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  8. Geetashree Chatterjee says:
    June 23, 2013 at 11:31 pm

    Mridula, very interesting and adventurous life you seem to be living. Nice capture! Elephants symbolize luck and wisdom. Here’s wishing you all the very best in life.

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  9. Niranjan says:
    June 24, 2013 at 1:06 am

    Nice clicks. Looks quite playful.

    http://www.rajniranjandas.blogspot.in

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  10. Meghana says:
    June 24, 2013 at 8:48 am

    It seems to be enjoying a mud bath…

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  11. shooting star says:
    June 24, 2013 at 11:17 am

    It must be quite an experience watching elephant in the wild…i had goosebumps first time when I saw one!!

    http://www.myunfinishedlife.com

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  12. Jiggyasa says:
    June 24, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    what a close interaction with Haathi mere Saathi. very nicely captured pics Mridula…and seeing the elephant one too feels like going playfull..and play around in mud 😀 😀

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I am Mridula Dwivedi and I started this blog in 2005. It has been an amazing ride. I have visited 33 countries till date! I have worked with many tourism boards and prominent travel companies. My blog was featured on the BBC and the Guardian.

I did my Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. I worked full time in academics till 2015! I quit my job as a professor, thinking I will take a break for one year, which turned into five.

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