Wednesday, August 03, 2005

wonderful stuff.

Gabon Republic
2003
Michael K. Nichols

"The forest elephant's small stature can be seen as a handful emerge from the dense jungle of western Gabon. Originally thought to be a subspecies of the savanna-dwelling African elephant, the forest elephant has been determined to be its own genetically distinct species.
(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Gabon's Loango National Park," August 2004, National Geographic magazine)"

information and picture taken from: http://lava.nationalgeographic.com/cgi-bin/pod/PhotoOfTheDay.cgi?day=05&month=4&year=05

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