5th PhotoHunt Theme 124: “Wrinkled”
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August 23, 2008 – 7:03 am
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popping..
According to the African Elephants Specialist Group: “Wrinkles are related to the need for these large animals to keep their body temperature down. Wrinkles increase the surface area, so there is more skin to wet when the animal bathes. All the cracks and crevices trap moisture, which then takes much longer to evaporate. Thus, a wrinkly elephant keeps cooler for longer than it would with smooth skin.”
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It’s great to see animals in a park or zoo free as though in the wild- as opposed to caged in a tiny space in city zoos.
No african elephants were harmed in taking these photos. Taken at the Wild Animal Park in San Diego, California. Circa 2004 
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Wow! Cool take on the theme… and I learned something too… and to think we all want wrinkle free skin hehe
Very good choice of photos for this week.
Wonderful tidbits, thank you for the info about elephant skin
Hi Philos, same here- i try to learn something new everyday! i did on this one! lol
Leslie: Thanks for the visit! Glad you liked my take on this week’s theme.
great photo’s very informative
Perfect for today’s theme! Elephants are so baggy and wrinkly.
My Photo Hunt is up, too! Come see, if you can, and leave your link.
http://newyorktraveler.net/photo-hunters-wrinkled/
How awesome that you had such a subject to shoot!Perfect for the theme.
Now I understand..wrinkles happen to all, does not care if you’re young or old.
i saw that same explanation at nat geo one time. how ironic, no? we don’t want wrinkles and yet they’re benefiting from these wrinkles.
Cool elephant shots. And thanks for the info. I like the posts that have not only interesting photo’s but also something extra. Especially the one’s that are so informative.
Baker
(thanks for dropping by earlier and for the kind comments - we appreciated that so much)
Wow, cool photos! And thanks for the info. =)
Thanks for dropping by my bubble. Salamat
Thanks everyone for stopping over and checking out my theme for the week! Much appreciated…