Desperate Measures Magnet

In drought stricken central Kenya in September 2017 an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) resorts to scraping grass from the dusty plain to eke out a meal. He spends hours kicking the dirt with his toenails. He gathers up the grass threads and shakes them free of the abrasive soil that would otherwise grind down his teeth. He gets six sets of teeth in his lifetime and when those are gone he will starve to death.