However, around 9AM we run into a breeding herd of elephants on the side of the road, one of which is a little baby elephant.
As we continue to drive down the road we run into a couple of juvenile male elephants. This was really cool because our guide knew how to interact with them. We drove up to the elephant, which did not please the bull. However, Willem knew that the bull would not actually charge us because his ears were spread out--he was trying to make himself look as big as possible before his mock charge. So we stood our ground and sure enough he made a fake charge at us (see video below). Pretty sweet.
A little later in the day we ran into two of the biggest elephants we would see. Both of these guys were full grown male bulls, weighing between 5 and 6 tons. The picture below of the first one really shows how big these animals are. He walked right next to our car, which was kind of scary, but Willem assured us that he wouldn't charge. At this point in time I was glad we had a guide :)
Our interaction with the next bull was pretty sweet. Willem drove up to him, and when he approached us on the road, we started backing up. When the elephant saw that we were retreating, he got really excited and started charging toward the car faster. But then Willem stopped, and the elephant was not pleased (he was really enjoying demonstrating his dominance). So then he walked past us and let us know he wasn't too happy (see video).
In the end we saw so many elephants that we wouldn't even stop the car to take pictures. But for me, they weren't even the coolest sighting of the day. That would be the lions...
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