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A 'sounder' (family) of warthogs The Warthog is the only pig adapted for savannah habitat. It wallows daily, therefore they can look quite different in colour, because of the soil. In the dry season, it roots for underground rhizones, bulbs and tubers which it unearths with its tough snout. While rooting, it rests and walks on its calloused 'knees' (which are really carpal joints/wrists).	. Cheetah in late afternoon light.

.		The mother-calf relationship in Giraffes is strong, and can last nearly two years.
One of these lionesses had four cubs, and the other had one, much smaller, which was cheerfully scuttling between both lionesses being fed. You can just see the smaller cub nuzzling into the right-hand lioness.			Giraffe calf, stashed in a tree by a leopard.
. Topi are like hartebeests (to which they are related) but are smaller and darker. Their preferred territories have elevated areas which are used as 'static-optic advertising points'. it has been said that topis and termite mounds go together!		. Coke's Hartebeest calves are born throughout the year.

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