Elephant in the South Luangwa National Park.Photo:SWNS
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Table for one, please!
Simone Ruf, an employee at the Flatdogs Camp in Africa’sSouth Luangwa National Park, recently captured photos of an elephant she saw taking a seat at a café in the area, according toThe Daily Mail.
Per the outlet, the wild animal did not stay in the rest area long, and eventually scurried away, snapping one of the table umbrella spokes on its way out.
“First, the elephant bull moved the umbrella around, then he decided to sit on the table,” Ruf told the Daily Express, the Daily Mail reported. “It looked like he wanted to use the table as a seat.”
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Elephant in the South Luangwa National Park.SWNS
According to its website, the South Luangwa National Park is located in eastern Zambia and is known to locals as “the South Park.”
The area, which covers about 3,500 miles of the Luangwa Valley floor, was originally known as the Luangwa Game Park in 1904, before it was converted to one of three game reserves in 1938.
It then became a national park in 1972.
Home to 60 species of mammals and over 400 species of birds, the area features hippos and crocodiles in its river, plus giraffe, zebra and antelope, alongside many elephants, on its land.
The South Luangwa National Park’s website describes it as “one of the great remaining unspoiled regions of Africa.”
source: people.com
