National Geographic
Happy Mother's Day, and happy Allomother's Day, too. What's an allomother? Allomothering is a common elephant practice where females help care for younger elephants who aren't their children. When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California in April, a group of older female elephants at the San Diego Zoo formed an "alert circle" to protect the calves in the group. Sometimes these allomothers spring into action to protect youngsters from threats, like during the earthquake, but they also take care of the calves just so the moms get a break. Learn more about allomothering and elephant society at the link in bio.
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That's amazing even in captivity their instincts kick in
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These magnificent beings don't belong in a zoo!
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When it comes to threat awareness they're clearly up to the tusk.
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Even amidst the tremors, their first instinct is love. Witnessing these elephants shield their young during the quake is a powerful reminder of the profound bonds and wisdom within their herds. Nature’s compassion knows no bounds. 🐘💚
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I watch this video all the time!! For some reason it always brings tears to my eyes…but in the best way!
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Your more stronger, safer, and alert as a unit as opposed to being alone.
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God, i love animals so much. 🥹
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there 🤍 and happy Mother’s Day to Al moms and mom-figured the nat geo crew!
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They are so amazing.
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amazing how mammals are intelligent🥰
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Amazing beings❤️!! And some humans stil kill them 💔
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Magical mamas ❤️
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🙌❤️
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This is amazing!!! 👏🔥
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Truly incredible creatures 🐘💝
Mads Peter Iversen Photography
What a mood party we had in Tuscany! We had so many days with heavy clouds, thunder and downpours. I captured this photo as a huge shelf cloud / front moved in. You just gotta loooove that drama and mood! 🤤 In this case I use the lollipop trees as my subject and anchor point and bring in a ton of the sky and negative space to make the trees look even smaller in this big dramatic world!If you struggle with composition like this, be sure to get my ebook on composition, minimal text, tons of examples and one of the chapters is all about how to benefit from and use negative space. There is a link in my bio, happy learning 🤓
Mads Peter Iversen Photography
When the forest floors bloom with wild garlic the certain smell is to be enjoyed. You probably either hate it or love it, I’m of the latter! Wild garlic is absolutely gorgeous and transforms the forests where it is present. Here is a collection of such photos I’ve captured over the years! I also love playing with and benefitting from the light I can find in the forests. Colour and daylight photography are two big subjects in my ebook about light! So, if you struggle with light and color in landscape photography be sure to get my ebook on exactly that topic. It’s super easy to read with tons of examples and extended EXIF data so you’ll learn exactly how I get the photo. There is a link in my bio where you can get it. Happy learning 🤓