Every day brought a barrage of questions for Anderson, our affable and highly knowledgeable guide (pictured here helping us to set up breakfast). How he put up with us, I don’t know. Here's what he had to endure during our trip:Q: What does /y/z animal eat?
A: Dependent on animal, of course.
Q: Does x/y/z animal sleep at night?
A: As above. Giraffes sleep lying down but with their necks straight up in the air. Who knew?
Q: Where does x/y/z animal sleep at night?
A: Completely depends. Leopards stay up in the trees.
Q: Why don’t leopards fall out of the trees?
A: They balance themselves cleverly.
Q: What’s your favourite animal?
A: Cheetah, because they’re very friendly.
Q: Why aren’t animals green for camouflage?
A: Anderson quite rightly ignored this question.
Q: Can you do any animal impressions?
A: Although at first Anderson was reluctant to do any impressions he did later crack out a great cheetah noise. (A high pitched squeak and not at all what we were expecting!)
Q: What lives in that hole?
A: A hyena. Or a warthog. I wasn’t going to stick my head into it to find out.
Q: If the car broke down, would the animals eat us.
A: (After much laughter) No. This was proved to be correct when the car did in fact, break down.
Q: What are your views on zoos?
A: Anderson has never visited a zoo but isn’t keen on how they sound. At all.
Q: Where does the petrol for the 4x4’s come from?
A: A tanker makes a 4 day trip from Nairobi once a month and fills a tank on-site.
Q: Why do giraffes have blue tongues?
A: The only question that stumped Anderson. I happen to know the answer after a trip to Desert Islands and their resident giraffe group. Think you know the answer? Let me know and I’ll tell you if you’re right!
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