The female elephant panted heavily, her enormous body trembling with each breath. Paul could see she was growing weaker, her energy draining with every passing moment. She wasn’t just large; her size was unnatural. He’d never seen anything like it, and it left him deeply unsettled.
Elephants are known to be large with round, full bellies. However, African rainforest elephants are usually scrawny, given their lifestyle of constant movement and foraging. This elephant, however, had a round protruding belly and Paul wondered if his efforts would even be enough to save her?