Elephants are the largest land animals, weighing up to 11,000 pounds with huge ears and tusks. Cape buffalo live in herds on the savanna and have massive barrels and horns of both sexes, weighing up to 1,540 pounds. The document provides details on the physical characteristics, habitats, breeding cycles, and behaviors of elephants and cape buffalo spotted at Kruger National Park in South Africa.

1. OUT OF
AFRICAN
SAFARI AT
ELEPHANT CAPE BUFFALO KRUGER
Largest land mammal Massive animal with short neck, ox-like
NATIONAL
PARK
Length: 22'8" – 25' (includes barrel shape, short legs
outstretched trunk) Horns in both sexes and flaring to the
Weight: 6,600 – 11,000 lbs. side
Tusks diverge and curve forward Length: 8' – 11'4"
Huge ears Height: 4'8" – 5'4"
Habitat: Rain forests to subdeserts, Weight: 1,100 – 1,540 lbs.
swamps, and seashores Habitat: Savanna and never far from
Breeding: 1 calf born after gestation of water
22 months Breeding: Year-round in some area;
Cohesive herd of nine to 11 females seasonal in others; 1 calf after 11
and calves month gestation
Males leave at 12 years and wander Sociable and stay in herds
alone or live with other males
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Bulls past their prime associate in
bachelor groups or alone
In search of
the BIG