I love it when nature throws a curve ball! Something that I don’t really understand or can’t fully explain. I had one of these moments this week when I watched a journey of over 40 Giraffe running around.
At first I intepretted the event as some kind of giraffe mating ritual; however the more I watched the more I started thinking that maybe, just maybe, they were gathering purely for the sake of a gathering. It sounds ridiculous but is it possible that they just wanted to have fun?
They ran around in circles kicking up dust…joyful spirits dancing around. It was spectacular to watch…
I have been privileged enough to watch many special moments in the bush, but this rates among my best in terms of how unusual and unexpected it was. It was a real breathe of fresh air to watch these glorious creatures in such abundance and in full flight.
I would love to hear from you if you have seen a simillar event take place and what your take on this behaviour is?
Written, filmed and photographed by Adam Bannister
Rich Laburn is filmmaker, photographer and writer who is based at Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. Spending his time capturing scenes of the wild and communicating the beauty of the African bushveld, he runs the Londolozi Blog as a way to entertain and engage people wishing to visit these wild lands.
