Today was elephant day. Everywhere I went, there were elephants of all shapes and sizes. After all the rain we have been having, mud baths were everywhere. On the way to Nduna camp, I came across some elephant mud wallowing. With them,but not wallowing was one of the youngest and smallest calves I have ever seen. He was clumsy with his feet and trunk as if he had not yet learned to use them properly. In the picture, he is running to catch his mother, legs wobbling his fuzzy, hairy little body and legs wobbling.
This young calf hid behind its mother until its older sister moved around towards us. Then it felt brave enough to stand between the two family members and peek at us before trying to give itself a sand bath. It felt safe between the huge columns of legs all around.
This female klipspringer lives close to the road and has become quite tame. She stayed close to me for more than fifteen minutes, marking the bush to the right of her with her pre-orbital gland( in front of her eye). The scent mark is a black paste which warns off intruders and her mate followed her marking the bush.
I am very sorry that this post is late. This is due to some sort of server error on wildcast.net. The server administrator is looking into it. You may not have been able to get onto Wildcast ( I could not, even to upload ) since yesterday at 5:00 pm. It seems to be working now. Thanks for your patience and I hope you were not inconvenienced. Here is the post, hope you enjoy it.
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