When last I visited, I actually stayed over so I went two days in a row, otherwise you simply cannot get around it and appreciate everything properly.
I imagine it has something to do with Aung Bo entering musth, which is a condition in bull elephants where testosterone rises heavily and they become extremely aggressive. I could be wrong but that's probably what it is I would have assumed.
Under natural conditions mature bulls would never be with a matriarchal herd - the latter being the social structure within elephant family groups - other than when any or some of their cows making up the herd are receptive and cycling in season. It seems that general knowledge base of the average visitor or more informed segment of the general public seem all too easy to forget that human social pairings do not actually conform with other social group structures in the natural world existing. The more disentangled we become from nature or detached from reality (laptop, mobile, car), it seems the more we seem to be losing the perspective what natural diversity and variety in strategy, function and behaviour animal species actually exhibit in nature. Now mature bull elephants are not anti-social, they are just not welcome when they have no reproductive business in a group when no cow is available or the matriarch and her conspecifics will not accept him within their family group.
I think I'd prefer if the elephants were expanded onto where part of the car park currently is. Rhinos are fine where they are.
I agree. I've thought that would look good for some time. Elephant bridge would just need refurbishing to allow access.
Plus I've always imagined a herd of common hippo in the bongo paddock with access to the canal.
The bongo paddock isn't near the canal though?
You sure? They are next to the giraffe aren't they?
Are you getting confused with the Congo buffalo paddock?
My bad , yes bongo over near islands aren't they. Yes Congo buffalo paddock.
