Nursery Time in the Wilds of Africa

We were in South Africa at their spring time. A lot of animals give birth year round, but seemed like we  saw so many newborns. It was quite amazing and the sweetest thing to see them with their mommas!

Our female cheetah with her three little cubs again! One of her cub had been killed (probably eaten). We watched this momma hunting for food the whole week we were in Zulu Nyala. We kind of "bonded" with her and we were pulling for her to make a kill, so her little ones would not starve to death.

A very young giraffe (maybe 6 weeks old). Loved seeing this little one laying in the grass.

I really wanted to see a hyena, unfortunately the only one we ever saw was asleep with her baby suckling by her side. The baby hyena is on the right and is the darker color.

My VERY FAVORITE was this newborn elephant. He was so tiny (well . . . comparatively!!!) It was probably just a day or two old and already walking and following the herd. 

This young rhino with its mother hardly qualifies as a newborn, but it was bashful and always stayed on the far side of us under the protection of its humongous mother!!!

This was another awesome sight! A mother leopard and her young cub!!! They were both so beautiful! The young cub would do everything the mother did! She was teaching him well!