There's another uncommon collective name for you! A “parade”
of elephant. And boy, they certainly can parade.
There is no better place to see parading elephants than when they
are coming down to drink.
In Etosha, where water is only found in a few, scattered
waterholes, if you wait long enough, you are almost guaranteed to see
an elephant breeding herd come down to drink.
As with many animals, they appear to get quite excited within
scent of water, their pace accelerates, the dust billows, and the
“bunched up” herd stretches out into a distinct “parade” as
they hustle down to the water's edge........
This sequence of photos was taken on a late, cloudy afternoon, so
the light wasn't particularly good, but the elephants are clear
enough.......
8 comments:
Fantastic, sue-like a breath of fresh air!
Thank you for this quick trip back to the bush!
@Secretsquirrel, thanks for visiting and I'm glad you enjoyed the post:)
Thanks Ruth - always a pleasure to refresh your memories......
Hi Coral .. love your descriptions - so true ..and wonderful photos - thank you .. cheers Hilary
Thank you Hilary :)
It's really effective when you scroll down steadily to make it seem like a movie, and the elephants get closer... Lovely pictures. (I assume you're standing somewhere safe, or do you understand elephants well enough to know when you can stand in their way - like when there's water between you - and when not?)
Caroline
Hi Caroline, with very few exceptions one is not allowed out of one's vehicle in our National Parks.
The exceptions generally being if there is a "safe" fenced area overlooking a waterhole, or if one is on a guided walk with armed rangers.
Elephant in general do NOT like humans (with very good reason) so are extremely dangerous to approach on foot.
Most wild animals do not "see" humans inside vehicles so this is generally the "safest" place to view from.
Nevertheless, some elephant don't like vehicles either! So one has ALWAYS got to be cautious around these awesome creatures.
These photos were take from the safety of my car and with my full 250mm zoom lens and have been cropped as well! The waterhole was almost 100m away so we all felt relatively safe.
The next afternoon we had another elephant herd walk through the "car park" down to the waterhole, without incident but and an adrenaline rush never the less!
They look so beautiful!
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