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The ladies enjoying a dip

Watch elephants enjoy their first swim of the summer

Do elephants like human visitors at the zoo?

Which animals like zoo visitors and which ones don’t

Elephants at Whipsnade Zoo shower themselves with confetti as they play with the pinatas from the elephant keepers (C) ZSL

Elephants join in with the celebrations at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo to mark World Eleph...

Love is in the air at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo this week, as keepers treated the Asian elephants to a Valentine’s surprise (C) ZSL

Video shows elephants enjoying a Valentine’s treat as Whipsnade Zoo celebrates b...

Travel - enjoy South Africa from your armchair

Keepers have conveyed their sadness at Max's death

Sadness after death of young elephant calf

The new baby elephant born at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo on September 16

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Have you herd? Wild child arrives in time for elephantastic ...

Paddling pool fun for the elephants at Whipsnade Zoo

A pachyderm paddling pool! Elephants make a splash at zoo

The reclining golden Buddha at the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo.

Travel: Elephants, fish, dolphins… and weddings!

L13-904 25/7/13 MBLN Whipsnade Zoo, elephants enjoy 'snow' in the summer. wk 31 RR JX

VIDEO: Elephants cool off with 20 tonnes of snow at Whipsnade

TRAVEL: Botswana, a real African adventure
On a Saga holiday with a difference, Lauren Taylor discovers the joys of a safari in the famed Okavango Delta.