Reporting Date: 27/11/2011.

The rains have brought good fortune for all carnivores and herbivores roaming the Mara's grassy plains. The grass is getting higher and higher as each day goes by. Most of the animals time their breeding and calfing period during or after the rains. This is important so as to ensure the new borns have enough to eat.

On a game drive around the Mara bushtops conservancy Ferdinand and his guests were happy to see alot of young of many different species of animals. Best of all was when they came across a herd of elephants with a very young calf which they estimated to be about 3 weeks old. They found it funny watching the calf trying to grab some shrubs just as the mother was doing only that it never managed to get any. It was also walking as though it was drunk!!

Elephants are born after a twenty two months gestation period and the calfs have to learn how to use their trunks as they get older. As they age their feet also get stronger thus making them more stable and accurate as they walk around.

NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers