All African elephants migrate in search of food, water and habitat. Elephants in Mali cover more than 300 miles in 8 months…

From National Geographic Channel:

Mali’s African elephants follow a counter-clockwise oval route dotted with water holes from the Niger River in the north to the Burkina Faso border in the south. They cover as many as 35 miles in a day, hiding in forests during daylight hours and emerging in darkness. Humans are their biggest threat.

Learn more about Mali’s elephants by tuning in to the National Geographic Channel this November for its Great Migrations series.

And the next time you migrate to the fridge for some food, or the tap for water, think about how little you have to do to get there. Then think of an elephant. And save one.