New elephant calf: Video
Published by Wildcaster 1 year, 3 months ago Tags: adventure, africa, animal kingdom, blogumentary, conservation, documentary, dog, ecotraining, education, elephants, endangered species, experience, flickr, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, IUCN Red List, malilangwe, mashable, narrowcasting, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, peace parks, photos, podcasting, polls, predators, teach, vultures, wild dogs, wildcasting, wildlife, wildlife documentary, zimbabwe.Frustrating day.
Well actually it was a good day but seems like a bad one just because of some little vehicle problem. Well maybe not so little. Anyway once I’ve fitted a new carburettor we should be back on track.
But because of this I didn’t get the time in the afternoon to find the wild dogs. I searched for about an hour in the area I’d left them yesterday but they weren’t there.
I’m sure I’ll pick them up tomorrow though.
At Sosigi dam at dusk a lone elephant bull was just leaving from a drink. There seems to be quite a bit of bull activity around the dam so I might just spend some time there tomorrow after I find the wild dogs.
Chekwa pan was again rumbling with elephants. But this time the bulls were totally dominating the fresh water coming in to the pan. The cow herd could only stand around waiting their turn but eventually gave up and went off to forage.
There’s also a new calf in the herds. This little guy has such attitude for his age, not even 2 months old.
Midday I was heading through Banyini and descending vultures homed me in to an impala carcass with some 100 vultures packing it. I’m not sure how it died but being a male, it could be from fighting as the rut is now in full swing.
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Oh my goodness; the little one is darling.
I giggled at his attempts to look intimidating, facing you with his ears splayed. It’s positively charming behaviour, today. A few years from now? Not so much.
Do the bulls you’ve watched grow ever remember seeing you around and give you a wider berth than some unknown man? Or do they pretty much charge anyone that doesn’t keep their distance around them?
elephants generally don’t charge vehilces. Only when they’re being hassled or been hassled. I’ve nver been seriously charged by any elephant on Malilangwe. They’ve all been mock charges and I haven’tg driven away from any of them. They love to bluff. It’s a game for them.
I’ve only been here nearly 2 years so no I don’t think the elephant know my vehicle and me from others. But they sure have become a lot more chilled out with my following them so much more closely than others have.
Hi Kim,
How well protected are the elephants in this region?
Thanks!
Ivanova
I think the elephant here are probably safer than anywhere else in Africa. Just the fact that they trust man, me, being with them all the time speaks for itself.