Elephants: Giants of the Desert

Elephants: Giants of the Desert on the GIANT Screen at the Putnam Museum

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Strength, Power and Wisdom

Elephants are symbols of strength, power and wisdom, and they have captured our imaginations for centuries. “Elephants: Giants of the Desert” is an epic journey across Africa’s Namib Desert, getting up close and personal with the largest land mammals on the planet. Making one of the world’s oldest desert home, the desert elephants are one of nature’s most inspiring examples of survival and adaptation. Follow the journey of an elephant baby, Little Foot, as she learns how to elephant from her elephant family, led by a wise Matriarch.

Brave the desert’s elements and use some elephant superpowers, from finding underground aquifers to foreseeing sand storms. The film will reveal the hidden magic of a seemingly otherworldly and formidable landscape, where a cast of iconic animals from giraffes, monkeys to lions form a unique canvas of life.

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