I'm sorry, I can't help you. I'm just a tourist also.
很抱歉,我帮不了你,我也只是个游客。
Friendship should not be all on one side.
友谊不该只是单方面的事。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.