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Elephant feeding on Phoenix reclinata

Marius

By Marius
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I’m in the Kruger Park currently and saw a young elephant feeding on a Phoenix reclinata. Thought I’d share 

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Fusca Grand Master

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Brave critter!  But he does have pretty thick skin.

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Wow! That is on my bucket list as they call it. Also Botswana as well. Lucky you!

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Those thorns would break trying to penetrate an elephants hide.   The reclinata has met its match. 

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Formerly in Gilbert AZ, zone 9a/9b. Now in Palmetto, Florida Zone 9b/10a??

 

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A couple of Kruger Park pics and palms in Hazyview next to the park in the South. 

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Great pics, Tks! A couple of the angry ones there with the hippo and water buffalo, don’t mess with them. Love the giraffe pics.

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YAYYY! Love ground hornbills and kudus! ....and almost everything that has to do with nature in Africa!!

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Naples (inland), FL - technically 10a but more like 9b in the winter :hmm:

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