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My first new family of the year and it made my day to see them, she parked them right outside the entrance to the hide giving everyone a chance to enjoy, she actually had eight ducklings but only five are showing here.
Mama takes an afternoon snooze as her young cub prepares to join her. It's an average midday during the dry season here in the Serengeti but the weather has been anything but average. The sky is grey and storms have been coming early this year. It means that food is plentiful and days are cooler than normal. Despite this, life for a lion cub is not as easy as it seems. Lions usually have several cubs to a litter but this is the only cub this mother has. It means that she has likely lost at least one, if not more of her cubs. Despite their cuteness factor and powerful females to protect them, less than half of all lion cubs will survive their first year. For now junior is safely surrounded by at least 4 females that will protect him and so it's a good time to join in what seems to be the family inactivity for the afternoon. Maybe I'll do the same!
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