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    The year in pictures

    Photo editor Andrew Tolson with his favourtie picks from 2013

    Andrew Tolson
    <p>Jun 12, 2013; London, ENG, Great Britain; National News and Pictures..Better get a bigger pair of trunks &#8211; these amazing shots show an elephant swimming underwater&#8230;..The pics were taken in the Andaman Islands, an archipelago that is part of India in the bay of Bengal&#8230;..The Asian elephant is a retired working animal called Rajan and is the only elephant in the world to swim in the sea&#8230;..He was trained to swim to haul logs out to boats off the Islands, but when the practice was banned, enough money was raised to keep Rajan where he was in retirement&#8230;..Of course he has been replaced by motor boats and now he just swims for fun and allows divers to have a dip with him&#8230;..Photographer Wolfgang Zwicknagl, from Austria said it was amazing what a good swimmer this huge animal is&#8230;..Wolfgang, 40, said: &#8221;We have been told that Rajan goes swimming in the sea just two or three times per month&#8230; Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wolfgang Zwicknagl/National Pictures/KEYSTONE Press © Copyright 2013 by National Pict</p>

    Jun 12, 2013; London, ENG, Great Britain; National News and Pictures..Better get a bigger pair of trunks – these amazing shots show an elephant swimming underwater…..The pics were taken in the Andaman Islands, an archipelago that is part of India in the bay of Bengal…..The Asian elephant is a retired working animal called Rajan and is the only elephant in the world to swim in the sea…..He was trained to swim to haul logs out to boats off the Islands, but when the practice was banned, enough money was raised to keep Rajan where he was in retirement…..Of course he has been replaced by motor boats and now he just swims for fun and allows divers to have a dip with him…..Photographer Wolfgang Zwicknagl, from Austria said it was amazing what a good swimmer this huge animal is…..Wolfgang, 40, said: ”We have been told that Rajan goes swimming in the sea just two or three times per month… Mandatory Credit: Photo by Wolfgang Zwicknagl/National Pictures/KEYSTONE Press © Copyright 2013 by National Pict

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