Posted by barb on Jan 1, 2017 in
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Travels Early in the day, our guide found a mama lion in an area where he knew that a pair of mama lions often “stashed” their babies during the day. Our guide knew that they would often call them out in the late morning and/or late afternoon to get them some exercise.
When the lion walked into the brush, we poked around the bushes to see if she would call them out to get some exercise. She didn’t, but we found where on litter was waiting patiently for their mama. We could barely see them, because they were tucked away behind some bushes. But I did see one toddle past – barely able to walk. The guide guessed that they were maybe 2 months old – old enough that their eyes were open, but young enough that they weren’t very good at walking, and the mama wouldn’t be having them come out.
However, we returned late in the afternoon, because the guide also knew there was a second set of cubs. We found the two mama lions together first, and waited around for the one to call out her cubs. They came out and hung around mama for a little while. A good looking family!
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Posted by barb on Dec 25, 2016 in
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Travels It’s Christmas and #SafariSunday, what could be better than a hippo picture? How about a *baby* hippo picture??
On our first river cruise, we quickly learned to expect amazing things. Before we’d been out on the boat even 15 minutes our guide spied this little hippo eating grass on a small rock outcropping. We kept a respectful distance, acutely aware that Mama was watching us the entire time. Before too long, she hopped back in the river and spied at us from behind Mama. (I don’t know that the baby is a girl, but just decided it was a girl – I do that a lot with the babies we saw on this trip.)
The baby is about 4 months old. The moms keep the babies away from the rest of the pod for the first six months or so. These two were still separated. Fun fact that the guide told us: baby hippos can nurse underwater.
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Posted by barb on Dec 18, 2016 in
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Travels These were taken on our first game drive at the Chobe Elephant Camp. Our guide thought this little one was just a few days old, and the guide seemed to marvel over this tiny baby baboon. We sat and watched him crawl over his mom for several minutes.
Anytime we found something that even the guide was impressed by or marveling over, I knew we were seeing something special.
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