I got to film the pups leaving the den when mom called them and that was it for the day.
They never came back.
Eventually after waiting a couple of hours I went in search of them. 3hours later I found them in the hills about a kilometre and a half to the east! Yes they’ve got a new den. And just when you think it can’t be worse than the last one, it is! Terrible for filming.
And they seem to be sharing it with some Dassies. I can’t think the dassies will be too impressed.
I had to let them be and was able to get down to Banyini before sunset just in time to find One-tusk and her family drinking at the pan. The tiny calf in the herd was having fun testing his little trunk in the water. Well actually it looked like that trunk had a mind of it’s own. The little guy sure didn’t have it under control.
In her usual fashion, when the herd left the pan One-tusk had to come and say hello. I was ready for her this time and had my wild angle lens on the camera. But again she came to push on my door and I had to push and then slap her on the forehead to stop. Only when I slapped her did she move back and seemed hurt that I had the audacity to slap her. I need to teach her to have more respect for my car!
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