THEY are usually seen gracefully meandering through the plains of Africa, but this young elephant was keen to up the tempo on his daily stroll as he showed off his breakdancing moves.

    The calf’s show-stopping routine was captured on camera by South African photographer Graeme Mitchley, 43, in the Kruger National Park.

    But the baby, who was part of a herd walking on the main road to the Lower Sabie rest camp, wasn’t pleased to see Mitchley and tried to intimidate him with his floor-filler moves.

    “The elephant looked as if it was doing a little dance for me, it did keep me entertained for my whole trip,” said Mitchley.

    “The road was busy with other tourists so I didn’t have much room to maneuver but I could tell the elephant wasn’t happy with my presence.

    “He tried to intimidate me with various moves. If it was an older elephant I would definitely have got out of there. These teenage elephants are more bark than bite — they flap their ears and shake their heads.”

    The hilarious sequence of photographs were taken on the H4-1 in the Kruger National Park — the main road from Skukuza to Lower Sabie, two of the biggest camps in Kruger, which is one of Africa’s largest game reserves.(SD-Agencies)