Elephant Diary

Mara likes to trade, and we’ve shared videos of her trading before. She usually trades objects (sticks, empty buckets, banana peels) for fruit. It’s adorable and endearing.

As the weather shifts each year from the dry season to the rainy season and then back to the dry season, our footwork on the elephants also shifts.

Rana is getting a little fluffy, which is the nicest way we know to describe her recent weight gain.

Maia continues to hang out in Yard 5. She seems very content to be grazing there. As the creeks are flowing well these days, they provide a pristine water source…

We occasionally refer to Bambi as a puppy, because, well, her exuberance reminds us of a puppy sometimes. Her reaction to Rana and Mara spending time in the ponds might…