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Doves, lions, and elephants at a watering hole in Chobe National Park, Botswana.
March 3, 2021

Watering Hole

Doves, lions, and elephants compete for space at a watering hole during the dry season in Chobe National Park, Botswana. Normally, elephants would avoid such proximity to lions, but as the March 2000 story stated, "water is more vital than caution."
Photograph by Beverly Joubert, Nat Geo Image Collection
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