This Mother’s Day I’m honouring animal mothers and their babies. This series of animals were photographed in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in Kruger National Park and the greater Kruger area in South Africa.
One of my favourite animal mothers to watch is baboons.
This little one couldn’t have been more than a month old. I first found it napping with mom standing over it.
Mama giraffe cleans her newborn. This giraffe was about an hour old. When we arrived at the sighting, we found it surrounded by eight hyenas. Mom stood on guard until the baby giraffe stood up. Happy to report that hyena did not attack. See video below.
Mom and baby black rhino
These cubs are part of a pride of 9 lions and were about three months old in this photo. This kill was one of their first meat based meals.
This baby giraffe just finished suckling from its mom.
Watched this pair of baboons for a while as they walked through an open area with their troop. The baby would hitch a ride then climb down to suckle and return to its spot on mom’s back.
Bonus:
With Father’s Day around the corner, I couldn’t resist this one of this lion cub and his father. This cub is one of the cubs from the photo above of the lioness and her three cubs. In this image; he’s about nine months old.
