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  • Night Game Drive

    Tonight we went on another game drive…in the dark.

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    Because hyenas are not creepy enough during the day.

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    We got to see nocturnal animals like this civet. We also saw a honey badger but we didn’t get a picture.

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    Then we saw the front of a leopard.

     

     

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    Then we saw the body of a leopard.

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    Then we saw the rear of a leopard.

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    And then we saw the whole leopard.

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  • South Luangwa Elephants

    There were many elephants in the park.

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    They were doing the usual elephant things.

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    Like pretending to be giraffes.

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    As well as trimming the trees.

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    These ones were having a bit of a fight.

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    They don’t just eat the leaves, sometimes full branches.

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    Some elephants look funny when they stretch out.

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    These two were having a fun time.

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    Well the one on the left a bit more than the one on the right.

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  • South Luangwa Giraffes

    We disturbed some giraffes in the morning on a game drive.

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    Well mainly just this one.

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    He was just trying to have some breakfast.

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    He was doing the real giraffe thing and actually reaching up, unlike some other giraffes that we had seen that were eating from the ground.

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    He didn’t seem so pleased to have all the attention.

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    We eventually left him alone to continue working on breakfast.

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  • Elephant Crossing

    In the evening the elephants have to cross the river to get into the jungle where it is safer to spend the night.

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    So they all gather together near the edge of the river.

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    The hippos don’t like it and try to scare them off.

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    That would scare me off.

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    But the elephants don’t really care.

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    So they cross anyway.

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    In a big group with the babies in the middle to keep the crocodiles away.

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