Photo of the Day

Elephants with keeper
August 16, 2011

Orphan Elephants, Kenya

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

What a scared orphan elephant needs more than anything is other elephants. The process of becoming socialized begins as soon as the worst injuries heal.

See more pictures from the September 2011 feature story "Orphans No More."


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Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic
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