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It’s the Webosaurs camera guy here again with one more blog post before Flyboy wrestles the keyboard away from me. After yesterday’s croc action I was looking forward to filming a creature that’s a little less snappy: African elephants. These are the largest animals walking around on the Earth today, they weigh in at about the same as a T-rex!

We arrived at the fabulous Knysna Elephant Park ready for action. The Park is home to a herd of elephants that are used to having visitors walk amongst them. It was an incredible experience to get so up-close and personal with massive mammals. Wild elephants can be exceptionally dangerous animals when threatened or provoked, they’re easily capable of out-running a human. But alongside the park’s herd with their expert rangers, I felt totally safe even when working with the hefty male bulls.

Flyboy, Nigel and Harry

We got some great shots of the elephants drinking, eating and washing themselves in a mud hole. I had to stop filming at one point when a great dollop of mud landed slap-bang in the middle of my lens! Nigel was able to deliver his piece to camera from between the legs of one of the largest elephants, who’s name was Harry. It made for some great shots and hopefully a great Webosode which you guys can enjoy watching sometime in 2010! Anyway, that’s enough from me, thanks for reading my rambling thoughts, it’s been fun jotting them down…

Getting up close and personal for a webosode