Thanks, Paul, Henk, Bob & anyone else who looked.
The major rivers have sand beds several metres deep so the water continues to flow out of sight through the sand. Exposed "pools" are actually places where the sand is less deep. Elephants excavate the sand in times of drought to get access to water. The authorities also help with heavy earth moving equipment when considered necessary.
Kruger publishes guidelines about how to behave when near elephants. Basically keep out of their way & don't try anything stupid. Normal herds are fairly tolerant of cars but bulls in musth see them as competitors & can become very agressive. I have seen rolled cars & smashed caravans.
South African English has adopted several words from Afrikaans & Black languages. An international one I can think of is "trek".
Alan C On 18-Feb-21 06:56 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Nice elephant image...I would have backed up, too, if I'd seen them coming at me. I took a look at your week ago image of the Letaba River, too. Quite a difference in flow. And...I now know the definition of stoep and bundu - two words that weren't in my glossary. 😁
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