A night for researcher and Guides in the bush
Category: Uncategorized | Date: Jun 24 2009 | By: elephantsofbotswana
With flood Water is at its highest level and delta being a difficult terrain to drive on getting stuck is one of things that one can expect in the area. Firstly driving through deep waters and deep sand and muddy patches in this case the researcher and two guides got stuck in muddy water. The worst thing was that it was in the evening and it got darker and had to jack vehicle up putting some logs and the mosquitoes were biting us all over.
When it got darker that is when most of the predators are active lions, leopards etc. While were still there we heard something splashing water all of us, the guide, Thapelo, a new trainee guide and I went into the vehicle and we realised that it was a hyena having come to investigate what was happening. We never had expected to get stuck on that mud and what I have realised about getting stuck is that it happens when one least expected it.
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Hi, I am Kate Evans, or more commonly known as Elephant Kate. I am a zoologist whose great love is elephants. Since 2002 I have been living my dream by researching elephants in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. I decided I was going to be an elephant researcher when I was seven. I was living in Asia at the time and visited the elephant orphanage in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It was there that I made up my mind I was going to work for these majestic and intelligent animals. I made a promise to an elephant and we all know an elephant never forgets!!!! It took me 20 years to finally realise my dream and start my life as an elephant researcher. It was 20 years well spent and now I have to pinch myself most days to make sure it is true and I am living my dream.
I now head up a team who are researching the elephants and trying to work out the social and ecological needs of the largest remaining population of the African elephant. From time to time, other team members will add their thoughts and experiences. I love sharing my experiences - so I hope that this blog is a medium through which you will be able to join the elephants and I on our adventures in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. -
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