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Old 12-10-2008, 04:47 AM   #1
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Dec 10, 2008: Mango Express



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Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia happens to have been built next to a mango tree that one family of pachyderms have always visited when the fruit ripens. When they returned one year and found the luxury accommodation in the way, they simply walked through reception. The animals came in two-by-two: Hotel staff and visitors have gotten used to the elephants' impromptu strolls through reception

Now the family group, headed by matriarch Wonky Tusk, return every November to gorge on mangoes - up to four times a day. Andy Hogg, 44, director at the Bushcamp Company that runs the Lodge, has lived in South Luangwa National Park since 1982. In all his years of dealing with wild animals he has never seen such intimate interaction between man and beast. "This is the only place in the world where elephants freely get so close to humans," says the 44-year-old. "The elephants start coming through base camp in late November of each year to eat the mangoes from our trees. When they are ripe they come through and they stand about for four to six weeks coming back each day or second day to eat the mangoes."

In the 5,000 square mile national park, the Mfuwe Lodge consists of seven camps and the base camp where the elephants come through.
Cleanup in reception, STAT!





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Old 12-10-2008, 05:03 AM   #2
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Awesome. Imagine being there and seeing that!
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Old 12-10-2008, 07:32 AM   #3
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That is so amazingly cool. I want to buy that elephant a martini. I bet they charge extra during mango season.


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Old 12-10-2008, 08:09 AM   #4
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After seeing the third picture, I think I know how I lost my keys.
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:38 AM   #5
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Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia happens to have been built next to a mango tree that one family of pachyderms have always visited when the fruit ripens.
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The elephants start coming through base camp in late November of each year to eat the mangoes from our trees.


Gotta love humans and their perspectives on things. As for me, if the elephants claim the trees, then they are their trees. I'm not going to stand in their way.
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:40 AM   #6
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After seeing the third picture, I think I know how I lost my keys.
Naw, he was just checking into a room since he was already there.
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:52 AM   #7
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That is great. Why are elephants so darn cool?
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:10 AM   #8
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:18 AM   #9
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True, so true.

"I think I could turn and live with the elephants
They are so placid and self-contain'd"

With apologies to Whitman
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:29 AM   #10
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Is it typical for places like this to have huge open doorways there? It just seems rather convenient, makes me wonder if there's more to the story.
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:39 AM   #11
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It's quite common in the tropics to have structures with minimal or no walls, just roofs and support structures.
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:11 AM   #12
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More pictures here. http://www.africatravelguide.com/art...uwe-lodge.html

I didn't know the elephants would take the stairs.
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:12 AM   #13
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Uh, how many elephants do you think could fit into the elevator? No doy!

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Old 12-10-2008, 02:35 PM   #14
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Is it typical for places like this to have huge open doorways there? It just seems rather convenient, makes me wonder if there's more to the story.
I bet they redecorated after the first few appearances of cartoon style, elephant shaped holes in the walls.
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Old 12-10-2008, 03:03 PM   #15
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lol @ leokins

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