Ngorongoro Elephants!
Truly the most memorable part of this day was the appearance
from afar of the most giganticist elephantus ever seen.
We watched him approach for over 20 minutes, and he was huge.
However, the closest elephant pictures I took can be found in the Serengeti
 
Let us begin with my
favorite. This picture
provides all the scale
words would have
difficulty in doing
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You can see Walter
snap away as the
elephant walks between
the two vehicles.
Or, more like we
circled around on both
sides of the poor guy.


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OK, he is cool, but the
next picture below starts
the fun...
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... so here comes big Daddy
in from the distance...
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After ten minutes he
reached us and passed
us, wanting a tasty
drink more than his
photo taken.


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Look at the tusks on
this guy


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He was just mozying along,
and would have stepped
on us too if we did
not move
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Yummy drink time
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In the background, you
can see a lion relaxing on
the grass (just above his
tusks)
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Though this is the typical
posture to do a dootie, he
didn't
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He was pretty voracious in
the amount of water he
drank
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Do not flee! Do not flee!
The big guy was on
his way away from
the watering hole...
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...and just like that,
he was gone...
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