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Offline bijou

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Elephant herd make migration through hotel
« on: October 02, 2008, 11:13:42 AM »

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...But in the Mfuwe Lodge in the 9,500 sq km South Luangwa National Park in Zambia, the sight of elephants strolling around the lobby is a regular occurrence.


It was unwittingly built on the route to the herd's favourite mango trees and the pachyderms have seen no reason to change the path trodden by generations before them.

Andy Hogg, 44, director at Mfuwe Lodge, said the herd appears every November as the mangoes ripen: 'This is a totally natural phenomenon, the elephants come here of their own accord and it is certainly a rare but magnificent sight.'

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http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Elephant_herd_make_migration_through_hotel&in_article_id=334936&in_page_id=34
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Re: Elephant herd make migration through hotel
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2008, 11:30:43 AM »
That would be so cool to witness in person!!
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Re: Elephant herd make migration through hotel
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 11:35:04 AM »
Heh, paint one pink and then watch all the folks in the hotel bar.   :-)
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