Jan 14, 2013

The neighbours come visiting

Chada Camp, Katavi.  There has been plenty of rain and the whole park is a delicious green - so different from my last visit here.  There are huge herds of elephant (300+ in one group we saw) and buffalo (around 800 in one group, we reckoned).  The Chada pride appears to be making kills every other day or so - one day we find them on a fresh eland kill.  It's all happening.

As we sit on the deck one day, there is a rustling in the bushes and an elephant appears, munching happily.  Then another, and another... it's the Mahoneys, frequent visitors to the camp.  So we settle down for a happy half hour of elephant antics.

One female, with 1 tusk missing, is a proper prima donna - she holds her head high, flares her ears and stomps around glaring at us.  Then gets on with lunch again.

Here's a short Mahoney video - enjoy!  And please let me know what you think of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4YTCyQGs1M




1 comment:

JimF said...

Great video of the prima donna! I couldn't get the embedded video to work but found your video on youtube here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4YTCyQGs1M

Lovely post Richard. Please keep them coming for those of us stuck in offices unable to visit!

JimF