| MammalMAP: |
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3532 |
| Province: |
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| Country: |
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Botswana |
| Locus: |
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1823DA |
| Observer: |
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Kennedy David; Photography; Dave; Anne; Tina; Samantha Kennedy |
| Date of record: |
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2012-04-21 |
| Number of photos: |
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3 |
| Notes: |
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This young elephant was offended by the presence of the starling at his waterhole, so he began a dominance display involving, inter alia, much scattering of water about the place (first two photographs). The starling, far from being intimidated, knew exactly that it was doing, and had a great time grabbing and eating tiny frogs and other small water life unintentionally scattered about by the elephant. Makes one wonder how much water-life is unintentionally ingested by elephants. Accepted into birdpix:607 by Les Underhill on 2012-09-23:12-45-15 |
| Last updated: |
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2020-12-03 13:24:54 |
| Sp. code: |
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107520 |
| Species name: |
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Loxodonta africana |
| Common name: |
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African Bush Elephant -- African Elephant |
| Family: |
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Elephantidae |
| Record status: |
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ACCEPTED |
| Collector's species id: |
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Burchell's Starling Lamprotornis australis |
| Institution: |
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ADU-UCT |
| Record URL: |
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https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-3532 |
| Links: |
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• Locus: Summary | Records • Species: Records | Distribution map |
