The Selous....southern Tanzania, early 1988:
Our fearless ranger:
"How high's the water, Mama?"
"Let's do 'er"
The elephants in this area of the Selous were, at that time, and unlike places such as Kenya, where they are quite blasé about tourists, 'wild'.......we approached this group slowly from downwind......then the trunks came up and they became aware of us.........and so:
Film camera, blurry shot, (the ranger was attempting to get his rifle where my camera was).......and the driver was desperately attempting to locate reverse gear................apparently, tuskless elephants, since they feel more vulnerable, compensate by increasing their propensity for aggression.......we were out of there
tout de suite...........but not before my buddy who was sitting on the spare tire, (we were traveling with friends), bounced off the roof when we hit a bump at speed, and, when he and the tire landed, squished an uncomfortable part of his anatomy:
Exit.....pursued by an elephant.