The Star (Nairobi)  Kenya: When the Dust Settled - Part Two  A
large herd of buffalos had arrived gracefully at the waterhole,
tired and thirsty from a long trek. They had briefly colonised
the waterhole, some of them dipping themselves inside the
reservoir while others just stood there to guard the resource
against other animals.  But that lasted as long as the mighty
elephants arrived. The buffalos were chased away and the
elephants took over. To emulate the buffalos, some juvenile
elephants also went inside the pool and displaced some water
that flowed out of the pool, to the blessings of the smaller
grazers who were standing by unable to compete with the giants
of the African plains.  When the dust settled and the pecking
order had been established around the waterhole, the animals
retreated under an acacia tree to wait for the sun to go down
before they could head back to their home ranges.  As is the
normal practice with grazers resting together regardless of
species, one or several of them will stand a