Friendliness always goes a long way

I recently returned from a tour of Mozambique beach and bush. We left Johannesburg and travelled almost 600km to Mkuze Game reserve. We arrived quite late in the afternoon, checked in and went for a late afternoon game drive. At the waterhole we were lucky to see 4 white rhinos drinking water and wallowing in the mud. In the eyes of the tourist it was spectacular to see those big animals throwing themselves in the mud and playing like young kids pushing each other around.

While watching this one lone elephant bull arrived at the waterhole in an unfriendly manner and tried to chase the rhinos away. The rhino’s stood their ground and challenged the elephant. It was fascinating watching 2 of the big 5 sizing each other up.

Eventually the elephant realised that he was fighting a losing battle, he became a bit more friendly and joined the rhino in the drinking and wallowing act.

These animals are after the same things to survive, friendliness definitely goes a long way to maintain the peace.