Hyman stated that he captured the animated scene this month on the Vumbura Plains. (Click here if video player doesn't appear below.) This article originally appeared on For The Win: Elephant ...

Meanwhile, for Oliver, he is attempting to take down “The Elephant” and in doing so, gave fans an animation that they weren’t too thrilled to see. In entering the scene to deliver a blow to ...

This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.