They Do Exist!

Talked to Eric today for the last time before he comes back home! 

When I talked to him last time he left me saying that there is no wild life in Zambia (at least in their part). Well much to his surprise within a next couple days he and his colleagues where driving to a work site and out from the plains walks an elephant! this particular elephant, we'll call her Elle, stopped in the middle of the road and started to walk again, not off the road, but on it toward their vehicle opening up its big ears. They then started to realize that Elle was picking up speed, the driver started driving backwards as Elle kept coming toward them. Then the ranger that was with them fired the gun he had, with blanks, straight into the air and Elle stopped and just walked away. We are assuming that Elle reacted this way because on this particular reserve poachers still get on and kill the animals.

Next they went to lake tankinika where they saw hippos that came right up to the boat. Eric said he could touch one, but he didn't. So in conclusion animals do exist in north Zambia and Eric will be returning to me very soon!