 Elephants golden shower: Video
from Wildcast - African bush adventures live-blogged to a screen near you
July 26, 2008
Well I can’t have big WOW’s every day, and after yesterday, today was somewhat calmer. I didn’t actually get to shoot anything. (This video is from a couple of days ago when the elephants came to drink at Simbiri dam.) There was no activity at the hyaena and the wild dogs were all there. Pups underground and adults barking as normal with my approach. They really have got me puzzled in how to deal with them. Yesterday an eland cow had to be destroyed as she was suspected of having rabies. (Her head has been sent away to be tested.) I went to check on the carcass today and nothing had fed on her. No hyaenas and no vultures. So I’m rushing right now to get out the office to spend the night at the carcass hoping hyaenas will have a party tonight. I spent midday working on my vehicle. A couple of punctures and the normal service. Then in the golden hour I was back out driving along the Chiredzi river where I encountered this bull. He wasn’t sure of me but as soon as I turned to drive off he charged but stopped in his tracks when I turned back towards him. These guys are always so funny and such humour. Whereas this big dude didn’t give me the time of day. He was quite happy destroying his Acacia. I’m rushing out now and hoping for some cool hyaena action tonight! adventure, africa, african, animal, animal kingdom, animals, blog, blogumentary, bush, bush knowledge, conservation, documentary, ecotraining, education, eland, elephant, elephants, endangered species, experience, experience adventure, film, filmmaker, flickr, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, hyaenas, hyena, malilangwe, mashable, narrowcasting, nature, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, peace parks, photo, photos, podcasting, predators, rabies, teach, video, wild dogs, wildcast, wildcasting, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife documentary, youtube, zebra, zimbabwe
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