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Loxodonta is Greek for ‘oblique-sided tooth’

January 18th, 2012 23 Comments

African Elephant

The African elephant is the largest living terrestrial animal. The genus Loxodonta in Greek stands for ‘oblique-sided tooth’

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23 Responses to “Loxodonta is Greek for ‘oblique-sided tooth’”

1. Flickr: AnayTarnekar says:

   January 18, 2012 at 5:02 am

   Awesome!! Beautiful contours and textures..hope this one was not tortured. Did he have tusks?

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2. Flickr: birdpixel says:

   January 18, 2012 at 5:05 am

   Lovely! Folks, you just HAVE to see it on black. Well done Tarique

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3. Flickr: Tarique Sani says:

   January 18, 2012 at 5:30 am

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/anaytarnekar] This is a young wild female, the tusks were quite small…

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4. 500px: Solimar Rocha says:

   January 18, 2012 at 7:47 am

   Great work!

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5. 500px: Marina Demchenko says:

   January 18, 2012 at 8:07 am

   very good

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6. Flickr: usabin says:

   January 18, 2012 at 8:17 am

   Added this photo to their favorites

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7. 500px: Gregg Darling says:

   January 18, 2012 at 10:48 am

   Lovely.

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8. Flickr: NavjotSingh says:

   January 18, 2012 at 1:20 pm

   Nice closeup shot.

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9. Flickr: RAM 22 says:

   January 18, 2012 at 2:31 pm

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10. Flickr: Wild through my eyes says:

    January 18, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    awesome sir…..

    They also added this photo to their favourites

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11. Flickr: photo-maker says:

    January 18, 2012 at 6:53 pm

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12. Flickr: Vinod Khapekar says:

    January 19, 2012 at 2:37 pm

    lovely closeup..

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13. Flickr: pardinhobruno says:

    January 19, 2012 at 3:45 pm

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14. Flickr: djozcouple says:

    January 20, 2012 at 12:15 am

    Yes a must see on black….an amazing close-up view. The textures and marks are so detailed.

    They also added this photo to their favourites

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15. Flickr: verde agua says:

    January 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm

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16. Facebook: Mandeep Singh Padam says:

    January 31, 2012 at 9:22 am

    loved the depth… too good

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17. 500px: Milind Mangare says:

    February 5, 2012 at 5:38 am

    very nice

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18. Flickr: fazal.yehiya says:

    February 11, 2012 at 4:09 pm

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19. 500px: Patricia Evelin Kroger says:

    February 29, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    awesome!

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20. Flickr: a lover's discourse says:

    March 3, 2012 at 11:03 am

    Added this photo to their favorites

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21. 500px: Harry Wikeley says:

    March 14, 2012 at 8:17 am

    Amazing shot! Nice.

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22. 500px: Mr Grieves says:

    March 27, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Fantastic work !

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23. Flickr: whitewinds says:

    April 8, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Added this photo to their favorites

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