It's so close!

[blubirdie]

Silas felt the elephant approaching before he ever saw it. He was sitting in the tall savanna grass, silently studying his journals when he felt the ground begin to rumble. *thud, thud, thUD, THUD* Silas whipped around just in time to see the enormous beast emerge into view from behind an acacia tree. It was right in front of him! "Woah!" he breathed, "Would ya look at that..." He stood there for a long moment, mesmerized by the lumbering movements of the immense, powerful animal. It was so much larger up close than he could ever have imagined...