Heartstring Moments - Springtime in the Kalahari 2018

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Our morning drive began, once again, with guess who?… -O- :-0


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There were only two of us (cars) at the sighting, and the cubs took turns using our cars as play things for their games - was fun to look out the window and see their tails, etc sticking out from under the car and hear them so close up -


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Next family to add to the list - LBR courtship feeding


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Our next cheetah sighting was our first encounter of the trip with Hanri and cub.


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Last cheetah sighting of the day was WAY far away up on the dune, so no way to tell who it was, but we had seen 6 different cheetah that day, which always puts a smile on our faces. :-0


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It seemed even the adult squirrels were celebrating springtime, and were in a dancing mood. O/\


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A playful one-two punch


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I can sit and watch them for hours as they seem so happy to be amongst their family members, acting like kids again...


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Lovely cheetahs \O

Seeing Hanri's cub so grown up ( since Nov. 2017) is almost like seeing a family member after a few years \O

Squirrels always seem to have great fun and they can go on and on. It always makes me in a good mood watching them ^Q^ ^Q^

Stupendous photos like always :-0

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Wow, what a beautiful experience with the cheetah cubs playing around your car!!! ^Q^ ^Q^

And so many other lovely pics! \O \O


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Uh, ah, I love that cheetah cub messing around sighting!
It's been some time since we had the cheetahs in the road like that.
But I rather not complain… at least we had good sightings of them again on our last trip.
Had been a while before that 0-

And those squirrels… always great to watch when they are up to something O\/


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Wonderful pictures once again ^Q^ ^Q^


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Like the Garden of Eden there! :-0

Cheetahs all over the place!

I also like the cubs playing under the car! O/\

And great chipmunk studies! [O]

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Wonderful cheetahs and squirrels action shots ^Q^


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Sis, Flutts, Mel, Alf, RP, and DinDingwe - thanks for sharing in my joy at watching the cheetah cubs and the funny squirrel antics - makes me smile just thinking about them. :-0 , and each of you 0/0


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Our move to KK unveiled some of the common, but still beautiful, animals along the way.


Gemsbok


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Hartebeest


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Another family group


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A sighting of some familiar friends greeted us as we approached KK


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A couple of the insects seeking moisture around our unit


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An insect inside the unit


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More visitors after dark


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We spent our afternoon game drive with a delightful family of meerkats


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What could possibly be cuter than a meerkat baby???


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TWINS!


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Triplets???


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None of the above…Quadruplets!!!


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TLC


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Dad takes a more "laid back" approach to parenting


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Playing is SO tiresome


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Bunk beds


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Babies of any species are so endearing, and meerkats have to rank way up there on the smile-inducing scale. :-0 :-0


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