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This video was recorded while on Safari in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. We stopped at a waterhole to watch a few hippos lazing around in the water. Hippos spend most of their day in the water, keeping their skin cool and protected from the harsh African sun. During the day they will do as little as possible. Around dusk time they start leaving the water to go and graze for a few hours. We watched these lazy hippos in the water for a while when we noticed something interesting and funny. Out of nowhere, these birds started landing on the heads of some of the hippos. They were identified as Oxpeckers. Oxpecker birds are one of the most fascinating bird species in Africa. These birds predominantly lives on ticks. They also feed on ectoparasites and blood from wounds. Their favourite host animals are Giraffe, Buffalo, Rhino, Kudu and occasionally hippo. It was during the heat of the day and these birds saw another opportunity instead of parasites on the hippo’s skin. They wanted a safe place from where they could drink water. They found that safe place right in the middle of the waterhole, on a hippo’s head. It is a lot safer than landing on land at the edge of the water and then trying to have a drink while you are vulnerable to many terrestrial dangers such as snakes and monitor lizards. These birds also only have limited time on the head of the hippo and they must drink quickly. Eventually the hippo will move and chase them off or it will go under water. This video shows how the birds have to get their timing right while one of them even gets sprayed by the breathing of one of the hippos. They stick it out right until the end when the hippos decide to go under the water eventually. It was a great experience to witness such comical interaction between mammals weighing over two tons and birds each weighing in at 60 grams.

We like to think that nature is merciless and that may be the case, but it's not always that all the animals are on their toes. It's not always that everything is serious and everyone is constantly looking out for their life. Some times, when zebras aren't running away from predators and not seeking for food nor sleeping, they also like to have fun. As this might come as a surprise to all of you, it actually happens. So, as you will see in this video, there is a baby <a href="https://rumble.com/v33d2w-the-singing-zebra.html" target="_blank">zebra</a> and a stork in close distance from one another. At a point it seems like they are both trying to find some food and eating while at the next it seems like someone is too excited and ready to play. This little zebra has had too much of all the chores of staying alive, staying close to mom and all other things one animal has to do in order to stay alive out there. For once it need to play by its own terms, and those terms currently are to have fun. Take a look at its enthusiasm and the way it provokes this stork to join in the fun. This video was recorded in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Check out the funny interaction between a young zebra and several large storks. This is definitely not your everyday sighting in the wild!

Majority of people on this planet today are becoming busier than ever before as life just becomes more and more demanding and allot faster at the same time. Living the Rat Race, chasing after money and success. Slogging our bums off Monday to Friday and living for weekends. That all leads to allot more stressful people. This video was created to bring a smile to everyone living the crazy busy Rat Race. Using various Elephant scenes from the wild to portray our stressful lives in a more humorous manner. This might not be the exact order of a typical day for many but there is somewhere something many will be able to relate to

While on Safari in the Greater Kruger Area of South Africa, we came across a small herd of Elephant. One particular Elephant walked up to the vehicle for closer inspection. While approaching the vehicle, we noticed that this was clearly a male. It literally looked like he had a fifth leg and everyone was stunned and in awe. African Bull Elephants hold the title for the largest relative genital organ size of all terrestrial life on this planet. It can measure up to six and half feet and weigh up to 55 pounds. No wonder it almost looks like another leg.

his footage was recorded in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. It’s fascinating to watch how the tallest land mammal on this planet go into battle to settle their differences. Giraffe are not territorial and a local status hierarchy develops according to age and size. This is established through ritual necking encounters amongst bachelors from an early age. These fights are not violent unless two equally matched bulls are contending for a female ready for mating. These necking rituals are synchronised and seem like a graceful dance.

The Oxpecker is one of the most fascinating birds in the African wild. These birds spend their time picking and consuming ticks and other parasites off their hosts in a win-win relationship known as mutualistic symbiosis. In this case, a bird gets its food and the rhino ends up with a good cleaning! Filmed in a remote area of the Greater Kruger Wilderness, South Africa.

This video was filmed by two individual tourists, at the same time, while on Safari in a wilderness area of the Greater Kruger Park, South Africa. They stopped at a herd of elephants for a while. One individual specifically caught everyone's attention. Not something you see everyday, this Elephant was digging in the sand for water. Elephants have a very acute sense of smell and rather prefer clean water below the sand than muddy water at the watering holes. With a few kicks in the sand to about a meter deep, fresh water starts cyphering through the sand. The sand acts as a filter delivering fresh water from the below laying water table in the dry river bed. While this guy was sucking up some of his newly found fresh water, he decided without warning, to splash a whole trunk full of water mixed with a lot of sand all over the vehicle and tourists. Listening to the amount of sand hitting the vehicle, it clearly indicates that specific slurp full was not pleasant enough for him and gave it to the people. Was it by accident or intentional? It can be debated. From past experience and understanding how intelligent these creatures are, Elephants very seldom do things just by accident!

Filmed in Kruger National Park, South Africa. The video shows a little squirrel trying to make the most of this healthy and rare snack. This made for some comical viewing as the little one was running around like crazy, trying to get as many as quickly as possible. Most people will know squirrels to be herbivores. Generally they will feed on most plant foods around such as fruits and flowers, seeds, nuts, roots and bulbs. On rare occasions, after the first rains in this very dry African Wilderness area, these flying ants and termites emerge from their nests in their millions. Highly rich in protein, these insects are enough to turn any herbivore into a carnivore for a little while.

The life of a baby elephant can be tough and a great challenge at times. This video show two baby elephants, one after each other, crossing through a river with the rest of the adults. One can see the effort, courage and determination it took for these youngsters to cross through this river and then up the embankment. A little assistance from the adults were also welcome. Once the struggle and challenge was over, they met up for a quick drink!

Every year, the African wilderness of North Eastern South Africa goes through a harsh dry period that roughly lasts for 6 months and sometimes even a year. While the drought holds this wilderness area firmly in its grip, conditions for wildlife becomes really tough and challenging. The grass and leaf eaters take the biggest strain as food becomes extremely scarce and vast. Then the one and only thing that can bring all wildlife to their knees – The Lack of Water. Only certain areas and places might hold water right through the dry season and these waterholes become more and more limited towards the end of the season. Animals have to travel huge distances, just for their daily water requirements. All of this in turn, creates some of the most incredible Safari game viewing opportunities. This video is a great example of a remote waterhole at the peak of the dry season. Spend 8 hours at this waterhole and the masses of wildlife that visited during that time was astounding. Wildlife that came to drink during that 8 hours included Giraffe, Kudu antelope, Zebra, Blue Wildebeest, African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, troop of Baboons, pack of Banded Mongoose and masses of Impala antelope. No chance of seeing this amount of African Wildlife in such a short period of time at any other time of the year. Once the heavy rains arrive back in summer again, the area slowly returns back to a lush, green and extremely thick wilderness paradise. Water is plenty and animals just have to look left or right to find some drinking water. During this time, game viewing then becomes a lot more challenging as animals now are scattered all over and not concentrated around waterholes anymore.

After watching and filming this old Buffalo Bull struggling around in the mud, I couldn't help but to see the striking similarities between his behaviour and that of some wise words most of us have heard in life before. We all get stuck in the mud, just like this old Bull, on occasions during our journey of life. Most of the time we are left with only one choice but to pull ourselves together, get up, show courage and keep moving forward. So when life is pushing down hard again, just remember this Wise old Buffalo Bull showing some balls.

This footage was captured in a wilderness area of the Kruger Park, South Africa. The love and affection for this cute tiny leopard cub is unbelievable. The mother shows great care for her youngster and she even gives him a few hugs during the video. This little one definitely melted the hearts of many on the safari vehicle lucky enough to witness this, in the wild, right in front of them!

This video show what it looks like when one of Africa's top predators, The Spotted Hyena, come together in numbers. Covered in blood, these hyenas were busy devouring a whole African Buffalo which they stole away from 4 lions earlier that morning. Things can really get heated around the dinner table when these predators get into action. To everyone’s amazement and distress, the one hyena ended up coming straight towards the vehicle to the driver’s side with a funny look on his face. Once it reached the driver’s door side, a bash with the knee against the door from the inside was all that was needed to scare it away from the vehicle. This amazing but tense experience was the highlight of the safari for all tourists

Yes that's correct,a male Baboon rubbing one out.Right there, out in the wild, in the open,all nonchalant. This was filmed in a wilderness area of the Kruger National Park,South Africa

Footage captured in a Wilderness Camp in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Walking down a pathway, we came across this scene right next to the pathway. The snake was identified as a Western Stripe - bellied Sand Snake. It killed and swallowed a lizard called a rainbow skink. The footage show how the snake bites the lizard, injects it with venom and waiting for it to die. After a few last kicks from the lizard, the snake proceeded to swallow it whole, bit by bit. After finishing his meal,the snake moves across the path and one can clearly see the snake had a meal that will last it for a good while