"Like an old married couple," jokes Rhulani's head guide Alasdair. "The wife grumbles in the background, and the husband has a drink and doesn't let anything bother him." That's roughly how the spectacular sighting at the dam went, where a roaring lion and a thirsty elephant met.
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