Elephants at the Middelvlei Waterhole, south of Mopani Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park, compete for water.

The grey-green shrub in the foreground is the Pechuel-Loeschea leubnitziae, known as the stinkbush, bitterbos or even wild sage. It is native to South Africa and Namibia and is part of the sunflower family. In the Kruger National Park, this strongly aromatic shrub is sometimes called the zebra sweatbush. It grows to a height of 1.3 meters and its smell resembles that of wild asparagus.

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