Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Tamarind Trees and Elephants



By Philip Pendaeli - Guide, Chada Katavi


We were enjoying an afternoon game drive along the Katuma river. After seeing a lot of hippos, crocs, old buffalo bulls and so on,  we saw an elephant bull in the distance under a tamarind tree. We decided to get closer for the better view and found elephant collecting tamarind fruits on the ground,  as well as vervet monkeys in the tree.

We stayed there for about 10 minutes and the elephant was finished the fruits on the ground so he decided to look for more.  To get them down from the tree, he started shaking the it.  It was great to see him shaking the tree, but more amazing was watching the very surprised monkeys that were in the tree. They held on tight, trying to save themselves from falling to the ground. Luckily, all made it safely!


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