The Middle of the Night
By the time you started school in Australia, we started turtle hunting. We had no luck on the way up but on the way back we found some hatchlings. Although we accidently ran over a baby turtle, we helped the other turtle hatchlings find the water. We also trained them to swim. So after a while we went to find the nest. We dug two out and saved one turtle hatchling from a crab. There was one turtle already out so we helped all four turtle hatchlings find their way down the hill.
When you ended lunch back in Australia, we went on a night safari. There was a gate that we had to open and our guide ran back and said that he smelt and heard a hippo. And he was right. The hippo smelt like someone did their business in mud. The smell was because the hippo was pregnant. If the baby hippo is a boy, the mother will try to hide it because if the bull hippo finds the baby boy it will try to kill it so that if the baby boy grows big it won’t try to overpower the bull hippo to become the leader of the pack.
That same night, we got held up by a herd of Buffalos. They are much like a cow. They even make the same noise as a cow! They have big curly horns so that if you shoot it and it survives, it is most likely to try to kill you. When the bull buffalo becomes dominant, it is more aggressive.
There were also some white rhinos. There was the mother and three baby rhinos. While we were driving we nearly drove into a male rhino. The male rhinos are territorial but the females can go where ever.
I really love the turtles and feel like I’ve done something important.
Cool Jack. Love the part about saving the turtles. My kind of boy. Well done. We might just ignore the bit about running one over. Sort of spoils the feel good part of the story. Maybe he was just trying to save his family.
ReplyDeleteThe photos are awesome. What an experience for you all.
Have a fantastic time at the wedding. Can't wait to hear about it and see the photos.
Take care.