Wide load ahead! African elephants laying claim to the road…
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On the road in Pilanesberg National Park
Three big bulls walking in single file along a road in the Pilanesberg
“Weight(less)” is the theme for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge.
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That first photo is my favourite, they look so funny from behind (then again so do most of us…) with their saggy bottoms and swinging tails 🙂
Thank you very much, Jude! I also love the very different perspective of elephants from behind 😉
My second *AWWWWWW* of the day!! 🙂 Elephants are just soooo cool 🙂
I agree Joanne, they probably are my favourite wild animals and we’re lucky that they are fairly common in many of the Parks and reserves we regularly visit.
Ek het oor die naweek ‘n video gesien van ‘n olifantkoei wat geboorte gee. Jinne, ERG morsig, maar laat mens net besef hoe wonderlik die natuur is. Die kleintjie het nie asem gehaal nie, en die koei het hom so paar keer geskop (wat vir my onstellend was), en op ‘n stadium het sy haar slurp om sy slurpie gekrul om sy kop op te lig, en hy het begin asemhaal! En toe moes die baba op, sy het gedruk en gestoot en die kleintjie het erg gekla, maar hy is op die einde op om sy eerste paar treë te gee. Nodeloos om te sê het ek my oë weer uitgehuil, want dit was so mooi.
Pragtige foto’s!
Wat ek darem nie sou gee om so iets in lewende lywe te sien gebeur nie!
Ek het eers gedink dis sommer gemeen van die ma! Maar as jy luister na wat die man sê, verduidelik hy dat die ma angstig is dat die kalfie(?) moet opstaan en loop, want hoe langer hy lê hoe meer kwesbaar is hy.
Die natuur (en ‘n ma se liefde) is darem wonderlik!
Dis fantasties! Kan myself indink hoe verbouereerd die koei sou raak by die gedagte dat daar fout is met haar kalfie!
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Ek sou maar agter bly met die klomp?
Ja Nee, dis nou nie verkeer waarvoor jy jou toeter gebruik hierdie nie!
Great take on the challenge!
Thank you very much P J B!
Wide load indeed – I can’t believe they aren’t required to have the proper signage:)
I’m not going to volunteer to pin the signs to those behinds! 😀
Dis so pragtig!! Baie gewigtig! 😀
Baie dankie Aletta!
Did anyone try to pass the bulls? Since they were nice enough to move over and leave room. 🙂
Oh no Pat, we followed behind very patiently. We drive on the left side of the road, so obviously these guys were going to play chicken with other road users 😀
Sjoe,die ou grotes bly darem besonders,Dries!
Altyd lekker om tyd met hulle te spandeer!
Something about the back view of elephants reminds me of baggy pyjamas that need pulling up around the waist.
Poor things! Probably hand-me-down pajamas! 😀
Do they occupy highways as well? 😆
From time to time we do hear snippets on our traffic reports of elephant herds on the highways in the north-east of the country, Maciek! Comical as it is, it is rather dangerous for people and elephants when that happens and they are normally swiftly chased back to the game reserve with helicopters and people making noise on foot.
Of course, roads and animals don’t work well together. Białowieża Forest which I have recently written about saw a wolf killed by a car, just a few days after we left. Such a sad story…
It really is sad Maciek, and amazing how it often is the rarer animals that are otherwise seldom seen, that gets killed on the roads.
Definitely a weighty subject!
How rude, though. Was it something you said?
Perhaps! With ears like those they could have heard our whispered remarks…
They don’t come much heavier than this. 😀
And they’re showing the best angle to appreciate their sizable girth 😀
Absolutely. 🐘
happy family
Happy family on walkabout 😀
Beslis gewigtig!
I think you’ve won the Heavy”Weight” Challenge! 🙂
No one’s going to argue with an elephant!
Dit maak seer waar hulle trap 😉
Perfect image for the theme. Nice family gathering too
Thank you!