Elephant at Water World: Video
Published by tracker 1 year, 6 months ago Tags: africa, animal kingdom, bush knowledge, conservation, ecotraining, education, elephants, fight, flickr, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, hippo, malilangwe, narrowcasting, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, photos, video, wildcasting, youtube, zimbabwe.With summer temperatures still soaring, these two elephant bulls needed no persuasion for a swim at Hlamba Mlonga today. During the heat of the day, elephant will often seek out these water sources to cool down their bulky bodies.
Young Elephant bulls often take this opportunity to see who is the stronger of the two by engaging in a bit of play fighting. Dominance in bulls is mostly determined by the size and strength of the opponent. Amongst Elephant cows it is usually the elder and more experienced that takes leadership of the herd.
Oblivious of the hippo approaching, the two bulls got a bit of a fright when he emerged right next to them…Needless to say they didn’t go back in the water again.
Kim will be taking a well deserved rest over the next few days.
Share Wildcast with the world: 
For anyone who isnt getting the video here if you go to iTunes and subscribe to Kims podcast you will get todays video. Its not listed if you look up wildcast but if you subscribe to the podcast it comes up that’s the only way Ive been able to get it. good luck any questions post them here Ill check back tonight
I love the “Jaba-the-Hut” sound the hippos make. But why in the world would two strapping young bulls be afraid of a hippo?
The two elephant bulls were so pre-occupied with their game that they didnt see the hippo approacing.
Unrelated question - what does “Hlamba Mlonga” mean? Thanks.
Great to see Elephants swim in the water, sure feels if I would like to join them!!!
According to the locals ‘Hlamba Mlonga’ means ‘Bathing place of the Kings’ Mistresses’
Thanks for that - I would never have guessed.