Nzou, a 35-year-old orphaned female elephant became the Matriarch of a herd of buffalo. Zimbabwe

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Nzou, a 35-year-old orphaned female elephant became the Matriarch of a herd of buffalo. She isn't interested in the other elephants but choses to stay with the buffalo all the time. Nzou was two years old when she arrived at the ranch and is now 36.

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Location: Imire Safari Ranch, Marondera, Zimbabwe, Africa
Photo credit: © Lionela Rob / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: adopt, adopted, buffalo, buffaloes, elephant, extraordinary, female, herd, herded, lives, matriarch, orphaned, relation, relationship, unusual, zimbabwe