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00:38all right hi everyone and a warm welcome to subscribers members and of course pride leaders
00:44welcome to a special video featuring my old friend Cameron Scott and myself as we witness some of the most
00:52spectacular habitat and animals going about their business in this habitat on the banks of the Zambezi river in Zambia
01:01it's the lower Zambezi and we were privileged enough to be hosted by African bush camps but in particular the
01:07camp called Lollabesi if you want to find out more about memberships and how it helps and supports the channel
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01:20yeah last but not least is yeah sit back relax and enjoy today's video and once again thank you for
01:28all the support on my journey
01:30so guys one of the most important parts of the day is coffee
01:38here it is
01:42cheers
01:45you know it's so rare that these days you get moments where you can just
01:49listen like just sit and listen
01:53to nature and
01:57um
01:58um
01:58Lollabesi by African bush camps in
02:02the famous lower Zambezi
02:04um
02:05affords you plenty of time to do that
02:08I'm going to have one more coffee
02:10and then we're going to hit the road
02:12all right good morning everyone um
02:14um
02:15had a bit of a
02:17crazy start to the morning
02:19um
02:20I forgot to set my alarm so I didn't wake up
02:23I woke up to Cameron going
02:25Kev
02:27Kev
02:28Kev
02:28are you awake
02:30are you awake
02:31I was like
02:31yeah yeah yeah
02:32now I am
02:34anyway
02:34um
02:35we are rushing to try and get the sunrise
02:38do
02:38et
03:07The
03:08down this way I've seen two beautiful big blue elephants heading that way so basically walking
03:13for me is absolutely different from how you'll feel from the jeep you'll see Africa when you're
03:20on the car but when you put yourself on the ground you feel taste and smell Africa for me
03:28people have this sense of boldness in a vehicle because there's this protection and I've got this
03:34power and they approach animals on a completely different level suddenly when you're on the
03:38ground you're on their terms then suddenly people are humble then they listen more they
03:44smell more they see more yeah so we love love love walking so yeah
04:18so
04:25so
04:26so
04:26so
04:54This one looks so beautiful.
05:01We've got, just on the other side of this termite mound, in the distance, we've got two nice bull elephants
05:11here that we can see.
05:12We know there's a third further on.
05:16That generally happens with these groups of male bull elephants.
05:24But just to be standing here on foot in this environment is so cool.
05:30Very privileged to be able to do this.
05:35We've just taken a small break.
05:39All you can hear is birds, insects, the occasional bee comes by to say hello.
05:52But, yeah, we have these couple bull elephants in the distance.
05:59And we have to bear in mind that, you know, when we're on the vehicle, we have opportunities to get
06:04really close to some of the large animals.
06:08And we film them, we get nice and tight, we get nice and close.
06:15Because we can, to a point.
06:18But when you're on foot, it's a whole different ball game.
06:21The idea is to be a part of your environment and not anything else.
06:28So, you know, that bull elephant walking behind me, I mean, he's way off there.
06:36He's way, let's say, 300 meters or so.
06:41He doesn't even know we're here at this point.
06:46Which is exactly the purpose of a walk.
06:49We're not here to make our presence known.
06:52We're here to just take it in and be part of it.
07:03He's quite a beautiful specimen as well.
07:07Just look at this.
07:26Alright guys, so despite all the technological issues I've been having, I think we've managed to get some good content
07:35of the elephants.
07:36It's very relaxed.
07:39We're just hanging here behind an angel.
07:44And the elephant's over there.
07:48We're waiting for the next one to come and join him.
08:20We're waiting for the next one.
08:36We're waiting for the next that I want to be.
10:03These walks are fantastic.
10:07It's just different.
10:10But one thing I was noticing when we were walking is look at all the elephant impressions,
10:18the foot impressions in this mud. Now it's all dry and it makes walking pretty tricky.
10:53So, it's all dry and it's all dry.
11:31So here you see a lot of baboons walking around. There are some waterogs here and more baboons
11:39there. So this morning there was a leopard that was seen walking around here and went
11:45down into the grass here. So there's a possibility that these baboons around here they have an
11:49idea of what happened or they have an idea of where this leopard could be. So the chances
11:54are that the leopard could be in that green grass hiding so so well. When you look at the trees
12:00here
12:00they're quite open. So chances of a leopard being in a tree are quite slim. They will definitely
12:06take it down. So what we'll do we just walk right on the edge and see if we can find
12:12any or see any
12:13movement. Yeah so then go up that way. But obviously what hooks here they looked quite relaxing. Most of
12:19the times they could be relaxed because they've not seen anything. Yeah so then the leopard will
12:24just sit down quietly and wait for the right moment. Yeah right so let's let's go up that way.
13:07Okay so what we're going to do we'll get back on the car and try to get where that vehicle
13:12is. So I've got a
13:13because the leopard was seen here in the morning so there's a possibility that the leopard walked
13:17through the tall grass and she's now having a good time in the shed and we'll quickly go get a
13:22car
13:23and go see what's happened and I have a strong feeling that the leopard is relaxing in that open
13:30space under the shed. So yeah so let's get ourselves ready and get onto the car. Cool.
13:36P of A. Sounds good. Yeah. Do you think it's the same leopard? Is that that leopardess with a broken
13:42tail and that had the cubs? Could be a different one. Could be a different one. There's quite a few
13:46around this. Yeah there's quite a few and this is where we sometimes have like six feeding together
13:51and they hunt as a team and it's a I mean it's a very big family and they are in
13:57a sort of a stream
13:58of generations that would then live together for a very long time and they hunt together and yeah.
14:02Which is quite incredible because most people think that leopards are solitary or in a pair,
14:07a mating pair. That's very true and obviously I think it depends with the amount of food.
14:12Resources available in the area is what triggers them to live as a group. They don't have to compete
14:17for resources and yeah it gets on quite quite well. Interesting.
14:37So
14:42you
14:43you
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16:50Come on.
