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With most game, the larger the herd the less chance there is of getting a good picture, for they stampede too easily.
對(duì)于大多數(shù)動(dòng)物而言，群體越龐大，獲得好圖像的概率就越小，因?yàn)樗鼈兒苋菀滓蚴荏@而集體奔逃。
But with elephants the opposite is true; a single elephant is always on the alert, but a herd is usually more careless.
但是對(duì)于象群來(lái)說(shuō)卻正好相反：一頭象永遠(yuǎn)處于保持警惕的狀態(tài)，而象群卻非常隨意。
I once had to shoot a charging elephant to save my life.
有一次，為了保命，我不得不開(kāi)槍射擊一頭狂奔而來(lái)的大象。
He was mortally wounded, and I prepared to shoot again to save him from suffering;
它受了致命傷，隨后我準(zhǔn)備再開(kāi)一槍，結(jié)束它的痛苦。
but before I could raise my gun, two of his companions came on either side of him as if to support him,
但當(dāng)我舉起槍的時(shí)候，它的兩個(gè)同伴從兩側(cè)跑了出來(lái)，似乎是來(lái)救援的，
and he tottered away into the forest. This incident shows how loyal elephants are to members of their tribe.
然后我看到這頭大象踉蹌著進(jìn)了森林。這充分體現(xiàn)了大象對(duì)它的族群成員的絕對(duì)忠誠(chéng)。
I have seen a mother elephant punish her toto with her trunk, push it into line when it was staggering with weariness,
我親眼看到過(guò)一頭幼象因?yàn)槔Ь脎橎嵌械臅r(shí)候，一頭母象用鼻子懲罰它，迫使它走直線；
and squirt mud over it when it was crying from the heat.
我也見(jiàn)過(guò)幼象因?yàn)闇囟忍叨奁鼤r(shí)母象把泥巴澆在它身上的情形。
Generally they are very patient with their totos, but when punishment is needed, it is given.
一般來(lái)說(shuō)，母象對(duì)自己的孩子很有耐心，但該懲罰的時(shí)候，它們也會(huì)照做不誤。
Boculy, the elephant guid
“象導(dǎo)”鮑可利
We were fortunate to have employed Boculy for our elephant guide.
我們很幸運(yùn)能找到鮑可利做我們的“象導(dǎo)”。
I believe he knows more about elephants than anyone in the world.
我相信他比世界上任何一個(gè)人都了解大象。
Boculy is a very important person in his own land.
在這片大陸上，鮑可利是一個(gè)非常重要的人。
Somewhere in the wilds he has a thousand cattle and two hundred fifty camels
在大草原的某個(gè)地方，他養(yǎng)了1000頭牛和250只駱駝，
which some of his wandering tribe tend for him when he is on safari with the white men.
當(dāng)他與白人外出旅行的時(shí)候，他便讓他所在的游牧部落的族人為他放養(yǎng)。
He knows all the languages of the plains and the desert,
他通曉平原和沙漠上的所有語(yǔ)言，
and in some curious way he can get aid from any of these people when we need it.
并且當(dāng)我們需要幫助的時(shí)候，他總能以某種奇妙的方式向這些部落中的任何一個(gè)尋求幫助。
There is a mystery in his wise old face, and his knowledge of wild animals is indeed remarkable.
他蒼老而智慧的臉上始終帶著一絲神秘，他對(duì)野生動(dòng)物的語(yǔ)言也十分了解。
