The day started off with a bang.
I was with the elephants again all day today. They were just north of Banyini feeding in the mopanie. I approached and switched off and watched them feed for an hour or so.
Then I noticed this cow behaving strangely. But suddenly her strangeness was directed at me. She was trashing trees to the left and right of her and then charged. It looked like a bluff and I sat tight. Not that I could go anywhere in that thick bush. She stopped, ran back to the mopanie, trashed a few more trees and charged again trashing trees with her approach. So it went on for about 10 minutes.
The one time she did this big reach for the sky and shook her head. Then went down on her knees and lay down. Got up and charged!
Who knows what that was all about? The lying down bit is really strange as then she’d be at her most vulnerable. Maybe she’s trying to show me she’s not scared. Damn right she shouldn’t be. I’m the one who needs a little reassurance.
Then for the rest of the day she was quite happy to have me around. She has a small calf but that doesn’t explain the sudden change in attitude from the last few days and then again today.
One-tusk was her usual self and twice today came to my car and pushed on the bull bar. Then left me to feed on a bush rigth next to the vehicle.
The herd didn’t move far today feeding most of the time in the mopanie and moving on to Banyini pan at sunset to drink.
Chipfongwe’s aunt was having a rather loving wrestling match with this bull for about half an hour. They’d put their trunks into each other’s mouths. He even had his tusk in her mouth for ages. Young love.
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