This weekend, I went on a game drive where we were able to drive around Chobe National Park and see many different animals. My favorite was the elephants, which are part of the big five safari animals. Botswana is known for its elephants, having 130,000 of them around the country, which is one-third of the world's population.
The elephants are huge creatures growing taller than the truck we were in. They have gray wrinkly skin and large white tusks they use for stripping bark from trees or clearing paths for them to travel. Elephants are strong enough to knock down a small- to medium-sized tree. The reason they do this is so they can reach the trees' leaves to eat.
At first when I saw the elephants, I was in shock at how large and strong they were! Then I saw the baby elephants running after their mothers and trying to keep up, which was very cute. However, one time we got too close to the babies. The mother made a trumpeting noise and charged at us to protect her baby. In that moment, I was terrified!
