Travels

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The park folks never knew the mother was pregnant -- and they carry for 22 months! Baby Sendra was born weighing 200 lbs and is now 13 months and weighs about 700 lbs.

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It ain't easy -- getting up there or staying up there! And it makes photography pretty near impossible.

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Moving through the brush in search of animals -- rhinos and the ever elusive Bengal Tiger.

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Amazingly the elephant is very sure footed -- well, I guess with a foot that large it really isn't so amazing. But when they start straight down, you get a bit anxious.

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Big Daddy! These are Asian elephants -- different from African elephants. The male weighs about a ton less and is not as large. The head has two domes -- only one on the Africa elephant. They eat about 600 lbs a day! I can't even eat that much.

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Everywhere you look, there's something staring right back atcha.

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Here's looking at you kid....right outside my tent door. I know he was looking for chocolate (and I had some).

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Yeah, we're just sitting down below having a peaceful dinner when one of the cooks said, "Look up, Madam. See what lives here in the dining hall?" Lovely...a python as a dinner companion. Not as strange as some I've had.

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See those perky ears? He's not happy -- and he's gettin' ready to let us know about it!!!!!