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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30508335
Zambian wildlife guide Manny Mvula was praised by a group of sixteen- and seventeen-year-old British students after he turned away a bull elephant in musth -- a sexually aggressive state -- by scolding it.
The group had been setting up camp after viewing a group of female elephants, unaware that they were between the females and the bull elephant.
Student footage shows the elephant standing not too far away staring at them for a time, then as it begins to lunge forward Mr. Mvula runs in front of the boys and shouts at the elephant as one would at an unruly dog.
"Get back! You get back! Down! Okay? ... This is not a time to mess around!"
Zambian wildlife guide Manny Mvula was praised by a group of sixteen- and seventeen-year-old British students after he turned away a bull elephant in musth -- a sexually aggressive state -- by scolding it.
The group had been setting up camp after viewing a group of female elephants, unaware that they were between the females and the bull elephant.
Student footage shows the elephant standing not too far away staring at them for a time, then as it begins to lunge forward Mr. Mvula runs in front of the boys and shouts at the elephant as one would at an unruly dog.
"Get back! You get back! Down! Okay? ... This is not a time to mess around!"
The guide said that in the worst case scenario the elephant could have charged the teenagers, even though he remained confident that he could handle the situation successfully.
"That is the importance of always using fully trained safari guides, who understand animal behaviour," he said.
"Looking back on what I did, I guess you can say it was a bit of a stupid thing to do," Mr Mvula said.
"It took me three weeks to pluck up the courage and tell my wife what happened."
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