The rains are here again keeping us indoors for the early part of the morning.
Then my daughters took over taking themselves for a drive through all the puddles and mud. And again they encountered elephant on the road, but calmly they watched them go by before proceeding themselves. Of course Barend was there to film it all.
Then it was dad’s turn to do some filming. A couple of bulls were wrestling in the cool weather and were soon joined by a third bigger dude. They greeted with trunks in each other’s mouths and soon resumed their wrestling.
Another bull arrived in the area, and the 3 would have none of him, chasing him with serious aggression well out of the area. What he’d done I don’t know, but those 3 seriously didn’t want him around.
At this time of year the elephant spend most of their time grazing on the fresh crop of grass.
Marula season is coming on again and already some trees are dropping their fruit. This bull wasn’t going to wait for the fruit to drop and with his huge hulk he shook the tree sending the marula berries tumbling to the ground.
The bad weather has brought with it its technical problems. Apologies for today’s delayed upload.
I find Elephant behaviour to be so interesting and complex. A year ago I read a book of Cynthia Moss and her work with Amboseli Elephants. Really Fascinating!
I could watch them for hours.