Kenya: When the Dust Settled - Part Two

16 February 2013

A large herd of buffalos had arrived gracefully at the waterhole, tired and thirsty from a long trek. They had briefly colonised the waterhole, some of them dipping themselves inside the reservoir while others just stood there to guard the resource against other animals.

But that lasted as long as the mighty elephants arrived. The buffalos were chased away and the elephants took over. To emulate the buffalos, some juvenile elephants also went inside the pool and displaced some water that flowed out of the pool, to the blessings of the smaller grazers who were standing by unable to compete with the giants of the African plains.

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