Elephant Crossing
by Bob Orsillo
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Elephant Crossing
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Bob Orsillo
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Elephant Crossing ~ Original fine art circus elephant street photography by Bob Orsillo.
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Bonnie (yes that is her real name) an Asian Elephant - followers her owner across the city street.
The Asian or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) is the only living species of the genus Elephas (African elephants belong in the genus Loxodonta) and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east.
Three subspecies are recognized Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka, the Indian elephant or E. m. indicus from mainland Asia, and E. m. sumatranus from the island of Sumatra. Asian elephants are the largest living land animals in Asia.
Since 1986, Elephas maximus has been listed as endangered by IUCN as the population has declined by at least 50% over the last three generations, estimated to be 6075 years. The species is pre-eminently threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. In 2003, the wild population was estimated at between 41,410 and 52,345 individuals.
Asian elephants are rather long-lived, with a maximum recorded life span of 86 years.
Contrary to popular belief, the Asian elephant has never been domesticated, in the sense that it has never been bred over multiple generations with selected traits specifically to serve human needs. This term is often conflated with taming or training, a process by which a wild-caught animal may be induced to accept human commands. Trained captive elephants have nevertheless been used in forestry in South and Southeast Asia for centuries and also for ceremonial purposes.
Historical sources indicate that they were used during harvest seasons primarily for milling. Wild elephants attract tourist money to the areas where they can most readily be seen, but damage crops, and may enter villages to raid gardens.
In general, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants and have the highest body point on the head. Their back is convex or level. Their ears are small with dorsal borders folded laterally. They have up to 20 pairs of ribs and 34 caudal vertebrae. Their feet have more nail-like structures than the ones of African elephants five on each forefoot, and four on each hind foot.
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Bob Orsillo
Elephant Crossing ~ Original fine art circus elephant street photography by Bob Orsillo. Copyright (c)Bob Orsillo / http://orsillo.com - All Rights Reserved. Buy art online. Buy photography online Bonnie (yes that is her real name) an Asian Elephant - followers her owner across the city street.
Bob Christopher
Hi Bob...I like your image. A great catch and well photographed. Your descriptions of your images are wonderful and informative. Well done once again...Cheers Bob
Madeline Ellis
Bob, you have captured a poignant mood in this excellent b/w. The selective coloring adds to this image. v/f
Cori Caputo
Wonderful ! and practical too. . . it must be so much easier to parallel park ones' elephant in the city than a car and Bonnie looks like a delight to be with. Great photo with the red accents! f/v ;-)
Will Borden
A terrific image, Bob- very appealing work, and the setting isn't what one would expect which makes it all the better!!
Lenore Senior
This makes me chuckle and I love the processing with selective color. Wonderful work, Bob! v/f
Gloria Ssali
wow a truly complex piece with many visual intrigues and paralells love the concepts that you always deliver so well fv
Anne-Elizabeth Whiteway
Bob, Innovative way to add the red against the b/w, and this is already a very interesting image. Bravo!
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