Khanyisa's bottle in the bush and a helping trunk from Tokwe to get her back on her feet

When life gives you dust & drizzle 🌧

Scenes from a recent reserve roaming: Khanyisa lays down in the sand on a drizzly day in the bush, in between forage time, and dominant bull, Sebakwe and little Tmisa stand right beside her — with Matriarch Tokwe and Khanyisa’s adoptive mother, Lundi close-by too.

You can see the elephants throwing sand on their bodies with their trunks — to cover their skin for protection against insects and the sun. Then it’s bottle time!

Khanyisa wraps her little trunk around the neck of carer, Last, and then downs her milk with enthusiasm as Shepherd holds it to her mouth. Tokwe comes in for a peek!

After her milk bottle Khanyisa heads off to Lundi’s side for another rub in the sand. Sunshine goes for a third rub and a rest on her side in the sand and Tokwe moves in dusting herself beside the calf. Be sure to look at the size difference between the two elephants’ feet next to each other!

Khanyisa seems to use Tokwe’s leg as a wall as she plays about in the dirt. Eventually Tokwe helps Khanyisa up with a trunk and a foot nudge and Limpopo moves in and stays close while Khanyisa heads to the bush to resume foraging.