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Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) [Sandy, born 29.04.82] sitting, holding two young

Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) [Sandy, born 29.04.82] sitting, holding two young. One [Samboja, born 09.06.05] is her own offspring, the other [Dayang, born 01.12.05] was rejected by its birth mother, and so this female has adopted it. Captive, Netherlands

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Affectionate, Babies, Behaviour, Cute, Endangered, Families, Females, Great Apes, Holding, Juvenile, Mammals, Orangutan, Pongo Pygmaeus, Primates, Sleeping, Young

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) mother grooming baby, Samburu Game Reserve

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) mother grooming baby, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa, August

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Africa, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Artiodactyla, East Africa, Even Toed Ungulates, Family, Giraffa, Giraffa Camelopardalis, Giraffe, Giraffid, Giraffidae, Grooming, High16, Kenya, Mammal, Mammalia, Mother, Mother Baby, Parent Baby, Parental, Parental Behaviour, Protection, Protector, Reticulated Giraffe, Ruminant, Samburu National Reserve, Vertebrate, Wildlife

Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), two pups (right) seem to be kissing their parent

Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), two pups (right) seem to be kissing their parent. The behaviour is a gesture of recognition and identification among members of a social group of these gregarious mammals. Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma, USA

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Affectionate, Babies, Behaviour, Cute, Cynomys Ludovicianus, Families, Greeting, Interaction, Kissing, Mammals, Prairie Dogs, Rodents, Sciuridae, Three, Usa, Vertebrates, Vertical, Young