Explorer Levison Wood has always longed to get up close to elephants in the wild. But a “close shave” with a huge male while filming his new Channel 4 series Walking with Elephants took things to the extreme, even for this action man. “That bull gave us a blunt reminder of how dangerous elephants can be if we overstep the mark,” Levison says. “We had a couple of close shaves but I love being in the wilderness.
It’s great to be that close to nature.” Luckily for Levison, the bull let him pass through the bush unscathed, allowing him to continue his epic 650-mile journey – on foot – documenting the world’s largest annual migration of elephants across Botswana.
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