It is amazing the interesting tidbits of information you can learn at a coffee shop.
In fact, just the other day I met a very interesting gentleman.
He was about 85 years old, divorced 7-times, and a recovering alcoholic of 20+ years.
He is still working in his retirement as a computer consultant after enjoying a career in construction and several other industries along the way.
He could name drop like no other, and he done a lot of traveling during his time.
As we got to talking about travels in China, Africa, and other places he mentioned he had gone to Zambia.
I laughed to myself and thought; "here today, gone to Zambia, will call soon.
" Now then for some of the interesting esoteric pieces of information you learn at coffee shops.
He told me that in a few of the villages he went to the elephants would come by and walk down the road to the local water area.
He told me how you can tell if an elephant just wants to play with you, or if it is serious and going to charge you, run you over, and trample you to death.
He said the young juvenile or adolescent elephants, would walk with their mothers, but occasionally they would stick their ears out and their trunks up and run towards you.
They were just trying to get you to run so they can chase you around, their way of playing.
Once they caught you they would run around circles around you and make a lot of noise.
He told me these were the elephants you had nothing to worry about, what you had to worry about was when an adult elephants that put its ears back, it's trunk down, and charged you.
They meant business, and they wouldn't stop, if you did run you would die.
He also told me other interesting stories about how baboons would climb up in trees take one bite of a piece of fruit, and throw it on the ground for the elephants.
It's hard to say why they do this, but perhaps it's only so elephants don't shake the trees while the baboons are in them.
They seem to have a nice relationship going.
Anyway, that's something that was memorable, not only because I've never been to Zambia, but just in case I ever go I know what to watch out for.
He also talked about the hippopotamuses and how they could be dangerous, and how at night they would make a lot of noise making it almost impossible to sleep, not for the locals they were used to it, but certainly for any visitor or new comer.
Yes, Zambia sounds like a world all to its own, and a lot of fun, as long as you watch out for the snakes, there are two that are quite poisonous it can kill you within seconds.
Some of the problematic other small creatures could be quite pestering.
He told me that the cockroaches were quite large, and the scorpions were big to and they would come in and walk across your feet in the rooms, especially where people ate, and how the waitress would sweep them back out the door, but they wouldn't kill them, perhaps for superstitious reasons.
Fun stuff indeed, that is in case you ever go to Zambia.
In fact, just the other day I met a very interesting gentleman.
He was about 85 years old, divorced 7-times, and a recovering alcoholic of 20+ years.
He is still working in his retirement as a computer consultant after enjoying a career in construction and several other industries along the way.
He could name drop like no other, and he done a lot of traveling during his time.
As we got to talking about travels in China, Africa, and other places he mentioned he had gone to Zambia.
I laughed to myself and thought; "here today, gone to Zambia, will call soon.
" Now then for some of the interesting esoteric pieces of information you learn at coffee shops.
He told me that in a few of the villages he went to the elephants would come by and walk down the road to the local water area.
He told me how you can tell if an elephant just wants to play with you, or if it is serious and going to charge you, run you over, and trample you to death.
He said the young juvenile or adolescent elephants, would walk with their mothers, but occasionally they would stick their ears out and their trunks up and run towards you.
They were just trying to get you to run so they can chase you around, their way of playing.
Once they caught you they would run around circles around you and make a lot of noise.
He told me these were the elephants you had nothing to worry about, what you had to worry about was when an adult elephants that put its ears back, it's trunk down, and charged you.
They meant business, and they wouldn't stop, if you did run you would die.
He also told me other interesting stories about how baboons would climb up in trees take one bite of a piece of fruit, and throw it on the ground for the elephants.
It's hard to say why they do this, but perhaps it's only so elephants don't shake the trees while the baboons are in them.
They seem to have a nice relationship going.
Anyway, that's something that was memorable, not only because I've never been to Zambia, but just in case I ever go I know what to watch out for.
He also talked about the hippopotamuses and how they could be dangerous, and how at night they would make a lot of noise making it almost impossible to sleep, not for the locals they were used to it, but certainly for any visitor or new comer.
Yes, Zambia sounds like a world all to its own, and a lot of fun, as long as you watch out for the snakes, there are two that are quite poisonous it can kill you within seconds.
Some of the problematic other small creatures could be quite pestering.
He told me that the cockroaches were quite large, and the scorpions were big to and they would come in and walk across your feet in the rooms, especially where people ate, and how the waitress would sweep them back out the door, but they wouldn't kill them, perhaps for superstitious reasons.
Fun stuff indeed, that is in case you ever go to Zambia.
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