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Vuria and Bongo started the day’s activities with a warm up pushing game as Orwa partook in a lone game of rolling on the ground. Shukuru spend some time scratching her buttocks against an anthill. Shortly later, the juniors were joined by Makireti, Kasigau, Kilabasi, Chaimu and Kilaguni. Chaimu and Kilaguni had been missing for some time. Turkwel and Barsilinga escorted Chaimu and Kasigau to the water trough to drink some water. After drinking water, Chaimu played Kasigau and later played with Teleki. Teleki quit the game and went to engage Kilabasi in a pushing game and later with Kilaguni too. In the browsing field Orwa engaged Kasigau in strength testing exercise as Garzi did with Barsilinga. At mud bath time Kithaka and Barsilinga has a disagreement and we were not sure over what. They decided to sort out their differences by play-fighting. Only Kilaguni, Kanjoro, Kasigau, Bongo and Chaimu decided to wallow in the mud bath. Soon after wallowing, Kasigau engaged Orwa in a strength testing exercise that lasted for quite some time. In the afternoon the herd settled to browse on the western side of the Ithumba Hill. In the evening the temperatures were still high and the herd passed by the mud bath again where they decided to have an evening wallow to cool off, only Kilaguni boycotted that final activity of the day.

This morning was all about sharing. Kithaka shared his food with Kanjoro, Barsilinga with Vuria, Laragai with Teleki, Bomani with Narok and Kainuk with Turkwel. Kithaka and Garzi then participated in a strength testing warm-up exercise, Teleki and Shukuru did some soil dusting. Barsilinga happened to pass by close to Shukuru and she threatened to push him away by raising her head high with ears spread out. Barsilinga changed direction and met with Turkwel where the two locked trunks before Barsilinga pulled himself away and went to resume browsing. Lemoyian engaged Bomani in a pushing game; when the game was apparently over, Lemoyian followed Bomani slowly behind and when the opportunity presented itself he attempted to mount climb on Bomani’s back. Mutara and Suguta joined the orphans at Kanziku area. It appears that Ishanga has abandoned the two and jumped into another group again. It seems that Ishanga will never have a permanent group or even form her own; if she does perhaps it will only be with her own children. Shortly before mud bath time Makireti, Kilabasi, Kasigau, Chaimu and Kilaguni joined the juniors and escorted them to the mud bath. At mud bath only Shukuru, Narok, Laragai, Kanjoro, Mutara, Kilaguni, Kilabasi, Suguta, Kasigau, Chaimu and Vuria participated in wallowing. Kasigau had a game of mounting on Kanjoro while still in water; Chaimu was splashing water with her trunk as Laragai waded through the water in a playful style. Bomani and Lemoyian opted for a soil dusting exercise. Kasigau and Kilaguni were the last ones to leave the mud bath. Chaimu came out in a very excited mood and started charging around in the thick bushes. She ended up kicking a stone which hurt her foot and brought a swift end to her happy, excitable mood. In the afternoon, the orphans settled to browse in Kanziku area and in the evening Rapsu and Taita joined the orphans. When it came time to return back to the stockade Kanjoro, Suguta and Mutara stayed behind with Taita, Rapsu and the semi ex-orphan group. This group later passed by the stockade on their way to Kalovoto.