They welcomed us on our first day - never getting too close - often running off with its tail raised up in fear before stopping, relaxing - looking around to see why the hell it was running in the first place - occasionally to be eaten.
The largest of these guys can reach 150kg - a somewhat scary proposition... Those tusks look like they could do some serious damage!
Apparently Pumba has a very short memory span of around 30 seconds by local accounts.
Mothers with young do a fairly good job of camouflaging themselves - the babies are barely visible - though some parents do a better job than others - each of the photos below feature a mother and two young:
And of course running away through a group of fake meerkats, tail raised, before getting confused and looking around in a daze:
And a family group - most likely sisters - raising their young together - if one of the adults is to be hurt or killed the other can continue providing milk to her sisters offspring.
Some photos of some sisters with their babies - small age gap clearly visible.
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