Elephants are exceptionally large and long-lived and they have remarkable memories. They accumulate and retain social and ecological knowledge, and they remember the scents and voices of other individuals, migratory routes, special places and learned skills for decades. With a large number of mature and experienced African elephants being killed for their ivory, the elephant memory bank is being destroyed exposing younger surviving elephants to a higher risk of mortality.
Black & white film photograph printed on Hahnemüehle fine art cotton rag photographic paper.