Have you seen baby hyenas before?
Hyena puppies, also known as cubs, typically stay in the den for about 2 to 6 weeks after birth. During this period, they are nursed and protected by their mother. After this initial denning period, the cubs begin to venture out and gradually integrate into the clan’s social structure.
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Maasai Mara Game Reserve
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in full video, Orkirikoi, a first-time dad is seen here with his family of 6 cubs. click on the link for the full video. Orkirikoi hails from the marsh pride and has been living with oloborani who disappeared mysteriously.
Playing hard to get?
a male giraffes will curl his lips as a flehmen response in detecting readiness of the female to mate.
gestation period of giraffes is 15 months after which, one calf is born and ready to move within 20 mins.
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when its cold in the savanna.it gets cold for everyone?
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Amboseli National Park
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Crown cranes grooming. these large birds mate for life and groom each other often
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Hells Gate National Park
Maasai mara-Serengeti National Park ecosystem.
These two-game reserve and national park respectively sit on the same geographical location. Serengeti, which dwarfs Maasai mara at 14,763 sq km is almost 9 time larger than Maasai mara which sits to the north of it. Maasai mara is 1.510 sq kms.
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Parental responsibility.
baboons live in a communal set up known as a troop and consist of a dominant male and several members consisting of other males females and young ones.
however, parenting responsibility lie with the mother who is largely responsible for looking after the babies.
Young baboons often hitch a hike on their mothers back during daytime activities.
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click on the above link to find out more about Dik-Diks.
Günther's dik-dik is one of the smallest ungulates in Africa, weighing only 3 to 5 kilograms when fully grown. Males have horns varying in length between individuals. Although the horn cores are only present in males, gender identification can be difficult from a distance. Females are larger and lack horns.
Günther's dik-dik is a browser rather than a grazer, taking few grasses but preferring leaves, flowers, stems, fruit and seeds