A blue wildebeest calf looking for reassurance at the side of his mother, in the Pilanesberg National Park.
Our end-of-year 2015 holidays were absolutely packed to the brim. Apart from our ten-day visit to the Kruger National Park (read more about our time at Lower Sabie, Olifants and Shingwedzi in December), we also made day trips to five other reserves, and will be sharing photos from those (except Suikerbosrand, which we introduced in a post all of its own) daily through the month of February, in a series we call “a month of monochrome memories”.
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Die foto gee regtig moederliefde en beskermong weer. Mooi en duidelike foto..
Maak nou nie saak wat jy is nie, Ma bly maar lief vir jou!
Beslis! 🙂
My concerns were the same as those of Candy and Liz… Glad to hear that rains may have helped…
We’ll post some more photos from Pilanesberg, from our February visit, soon, Jane, and the difference is very noticeable!
Such a sweet photo. Love the way the mom’s tail is over her baby. 🙂
I liked seeing that as well, Sylvia – a wildebeest hug – and the calf seemed so safe and loved.
Pragtig soos gewoonlik
Dankie Tina!
She is so thin…
Lack of water and quality grazing due to the prevailing drought, Candy. Luckily the area did receive some rain during January which brought some relief.
Apart from the mother’s milk, motherly love and care are also important to the calf.
Very, very true!
Die kalfie lyk so onseker…pragtige foto,Dries!
Dankie Dina! Ja, arme ding het so onder sy ma se stert vertroosting gaan soek.
Sjoe lean times, the mother wildebeest is looking under nourished with ribs showing through like that. Hope she has milk enough for her calf. Interesting how bnw shows up the details.
Pilanesberg was going through a terrible time in December, Liz. Happily we returned in February and noticed that the Park received some much needed rain, hopefully enough to carry them through winter.
How adorable! That little one looks like he’s not quite sure about how those legs work. 🙂
Wildebeests look comical at the best of times, and a scrawny calf with those long, spindly legs certainly looks very awkward! Astounding to think that within an hour or so after birth they can keep up with their mother’s running pace, isn’t it Pat?
LOL! Real glad human babies don’t do that. 🙂
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