The long view of the largest new habitat space. It included both a natural mud bath and a sand lot for dusting. Two different ways African Elephants behave to keep cool.
The bull is Tuffy. The two adult females are Anna and Felix. Samson is the adolescent male and offspring of Tuffy and Felix born at the Maryland Zoo in 2008. On this occasion Tuffy and Felix were out enjoying their dinners suspended from their new feeding nets to their apparent enjoyment. In the wild, African Elephants will routinely feed on the tender shoots and branches of trees in this fashion.
Tuffy looking magnificent and content. Don't let the splayed ears fool you, he's simply flapping them to keep cool.
Going around the far end of the habitats on a winding boardwalk, and you have a view of the fourth habitat which is still under renovation. You can also see how the elephant's barn is being expanded. One benefit of this expansion of barn and habitats is the potential for increasing the size of the herd.
Looking down from the upper deck, Felix is also feeding.
For a better view, I moved down to a lower deck.
Yet another vantage point.
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