tourists & elephant

Going through some shots from Tanzania two summers ago in preparing for a trip this coming summer, I ran across this shot from the Ngorongoro Crater. There's really only one place you can get out, use the facilities, have lunch, etc. and it's by a small pond. As an elephant - totally wild and a real "tusker" - approached from the rear, I got back in the Land Rover and prepared for a couple of shots. What I didn't expect was to have a number of tourists (or you can fill in another word!) approach the elephant with P&S's! The guy walking away had just gone up, snapped a shot and then turned his back. I suspect the smartest animal in the photo is the elephant. He walked around the people and the vehicles and drank from the other side of the pond. (No one was hurt but the shot is full of potential Darwin award winners!)

A2E, 28-70, Kodak gold, exposure information unrecorded.

Rich