Elephants, wherever you encounter them, are wild animals. Close, unsupervised contact with any elephant should never be initiated. Do not climb into enclosures; do not get out of vehicles. Do not tailgate an elephant. Think of how you might behave if a stranger suddenly appeared in your living room. Or materialized out of a solid object. Think of how you would react to a dog nattering at your heels. Respect these great gray beings and they will respect you.
To walk along that path, not knowing if you will come across an elephant resting in the shade around the next bend, or to come swaying towards you – part of the magic and the excitement.
Yes, but there are a lot of bachelors that hang out in the Savuti area, and we’d just come across one in musth. So it was tempting, but . . .
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