Standing majestically against the wild Kenyan landscape with tusks so big they graze the ground, this is one of the world's rarest elephants. She is known as a 'big tusker' - and there are only 20 of them left on earth. British wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, 35, took stunning images of the creature, known as F_Mu1, and said that 'if ever there were a Queen of Elephants, it surely would have been her'. He captured the animal while working in Tsavo, shortly before she died of natural causes, aged just over 60. Recounting the moment he clapped eyes on the magnificent creature, Burrard-Lucas told MailOnline Travel: 'F_Mu1 was skinny and old but she strode forward with stately grace.

Source: Daily Mail March 12, 2019 10:26 UTC