ANIMALS!

So I can't even remember all that i have written but here is the deal at Imire. There are about 11 wil d griaffes that just roam around and no one really works with besides giving them some pellets sometimes to bring them close to the game drive truck. There is a new 3 week old giraffe and i think it is possibly the cutest thing. I would take it home but i have already packed my bag with the cook at our house becuase she is good, nothing like Jason's cooking, but close, and i also am packing a baby zebra and the cook, Liz said she would take care of the baby zebra in my bag. So there are also Zebra here who are wild and just observed. Then there are a few types of antolope...impala, tesebbe (fastest anelope in africa), Blesbok (who sound like they are sneezing all the time bc they get bugs (like magets) that grow in their nasal canal...yes i know so aweful and we have all decided that is NOT what we want to come back as), Kudu, Waterback, and then there are Sable and horses, and they have cattle ALLLL OVER. THe cattle are used because then the people can bring in the cattle and "dip" them (which is a spray to keep off ticks) and then let them loose with the other game and keep down the tick population because ticks kill a lot of animals. Then there are two black rhino that hang out together all day, then two tohers that also hang out with a wharthog (and the two and the warthog live in pens at our house), three elephants who i train with and ride. We had to ride the elephants with manure to bring to the schools garden the other day. THere is also an elephant who lives with the buffalos. THere are a few confused animals on this farm....a wharthog who thinks she is a rhino, an elephant that thinks she is a buffalo, a zebra who thinks he is an impala, and a hyena who thinks he is a dog. The parents of the guy that runs the volunteer program have a hyena, Tsotsi, who they have raised from a baby (the baby hyena, baby rhino (tatinda), and baby warthog (pug) all were raised by Judy and John (the owners) because all these animals were orhphaned at the same time). The hyena does go out and hunt all day and only come in at night adn will attack strangers. I have hung out with him three times and almost pee in my pants everytime....not so enjoyable but the family ABSOLUTLY LOVES HIM! I think that might be all the animals...oh and a crocidile, a lion, 2 wild hyenas, a hippo and some cats and dogs. I have also learned tons of trees, and birds. So for now that is it...oh there are pythons but i just like to think htat they don't exist. So i will update you if I think of any other animals here. Hope everyone is well!