5:30am Morning drive, and last, at Shumbalala. We will miss our guide Ryan and tracker Herman, they really made these a great 3 days and went all out trying to make sure we saw everything possible! Saw: giraffes, elephants, warthogs, impala, red crested heron, buffalo, nyala, dung beetles, white and black rhino, termites, and found the CHEETAH!! Elephants have very little instinctive behavior, everything is learned. At about 15 years old, the males go off on their own (they are pushed out of the breeding herd because their testosterone has increased) and try to find other males to learn from. They know each other and remember dominance should they encounter each other again even if they haven't seen each other for a long time. They live to be 60-65 years old. Most of how elephants communicate
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