the colonies are positioned right next to the kruger national park. r more an a year w, the two consvationistsave been testing whether honeybees can protect selected trees inside the park. believe it not, these bees can ward off the pk's largest residents, elephants. just like people, elephants don't like getting stung. they also have an acute sense of smell and hearing, so one hint of a beehive and they're off. >> and the reason we are doing that is because in our protected areas here in south africa, we have got a build up of elephant densities and concern over the impact that they maybe having on our large tree species. and so we're trying to find ways that we can mitigate the effects that elephants have on trees and thereby placing honeybees in these trees we're hoping that we can find a new method to actually protect the trees from elephant impact. >> while elsewhere in africa, the elephant population is in decline, in south africa, their numbers are growing. here, nature reserves are fenced in and equipped with manmade watering holes. protected a

. >> this one is happening at the kruger national park in south africa.phant appearing to try to learn to use siphon. after awhile, he says forget it if he can make emergency calls on their phones. >> are you still doing the two-piece chicken combo. candy not the stick. >>> back in the day, when we had an emergency, we could always depend on the trusty pay phone, fwhu do to do you. >> do you still have the two piece chicken combo. >> oh, thank you. >> this brother hands over his phone and just spaces out. hey, can jeremy sleep over tonight? it's the only night that his mom said he could. it's the only night, mom. >> up until tonight, people have played along. >> 623 number i can put on here. >> like a credit card or anything? >> well i have to pay for it. >> i'm not going to pay for it. >> he is like we're done here. >> it is a pizza emergency. >> not an emergency in his book. >> at 1:00 in the morning, it's an emergency. >> why. >> why. >> he stopped answering my calls. oh, you blocked me, okay. are we still going out tonight or? and she hung up, so ther

you find yourself in the kruger national park in south africa. a good chance you'll see something like this. a few ip pa la in a rut to fight for the lady's attention. >> maybe they ought to be worried where, i don't know predators. >> this leopard jumps out of nowhere. one goes one way, the other goes the other way. leopard is left here like whoa. i missed. where did you guys come from? which way -- which way do i go. >> the fun part is check out this giraffe in the distance. >> i totally missed it the whole time. i didn't even know it was there. >> the giraffe is like the shady lady in the neighborhood. you got played. >> speaking of animals ready for the meal, we head over to russia. wide open road. up ahead, there's something that causes had car to slow down. >> oh! >> she hops up. the cubs are like wait, wait, wait, wait. we saw mama just lounging on the road. this incredible sight to see. however, not entirely unlikely to see either. many times when you see bear this close to the road, it's a result of people slowing down and feeding bears.

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