Okavango water 2

10/6 woke coffee at 6. Burchell's zebra cannot be ridden because of weak backbone, national animal. October wildebeest and zebra migration very hot. Zebra shadow strip develops in winter, 2 young ones. hyena tracks, submarine drive through water. Tsessebe fastest antelope, fish eagle, roan antelope, purple cornflower. Changed mind and did walk in bush safer than some American cities. grazed front of right leg getting off vehicle, had done same on day 2. Elephants with babies across water, some do not have tusks at all. Some have lost part of trunk or tail. Savute Pride of lions specialise in elephants. Chili and burning elephant dung keep them away. One rhino a day killed in Kruger park. 50 brought here. 100,000 dollar fine to kill a rhino. Buffalo thorn hooked forget the past, straight thorn focus on the future. Poison apple can be used as a coagulant. Fever berry antiseptic boiled and th steam opens pores of malaria victims. Baboons and elephants get drunk on fruit of Marula tree. Striped heron, giraffe legs move together on each side can run 40km an hour. Striped kingfisher feeds on insects. Drongos ride on buffalo. Fish eagle. Champagne lunch under mahogany tree filmed by drone. PM on makers frogs, little reed frog, swallows, catfish, reedfrog, egrets, malachite kingfisher, trees die because not aquatic. Jago owl, helicopter bird, blue duck,
11/6 double banded doves, red billed hornbill, crowned plover, monkeys use dung to stop Mosquitos, glossy starling, catclaw flowers, appleleaf, lead wood tree, mopane used for fire. Common reedbuck, bush pig, hammerkop nest used only once.teak tree. Termite points to west. Vervet monkeys. Jackal berry. Wild sage used to hide animal smell. Crocks, bush hawk, coucal. Bateleur, chameleon. 12.15 after lunch flight to Khwai. Query over tips Debbie should distribute not me. Killor met flight, elephants crossing near camp with baby. Sketching. Long crested eagle. AFrican darter. Grey heron, crocs, yellow billed storks, sacred ibis, endangered whiteheaded crane Python eat eggs. Khwai community village. Kudu, zebras, heron at sunset, hippos. Kudu and small one. During dinner hippo and baby into water.