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Posted by Morkel Erasmus on Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:35 pm

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I was fortunate to be one of the first people to visit the den of a pack of African Wild Dogs (Painted Dogs) in the Ngala concession of Kruger National Park last week...this concession is just south of the Timbavati and west of Orpen. There are 17 puppies in this year's litter! 

While we were there, the adults called them out and regurgitated meat for them three times. We spent the better part of 2 hours with the pups before they all ducked into the termite mound they used as a den again.

So many images to work through, but here's a quick one.

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by SMB on Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:48 pm
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What a great shot.
Could be any domestic litter but then there are the eyes....
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by Rumbaugh Photography on Tue Jun 23, 2015 4:34 pm
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Love this!
 

by Robert on Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:40 pm
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Great capture of these pups. Interesting that they appear to have blue eyes like many other young animals, do these change (like other animals) after they mature?
 

by Cindy Marple on Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:47 pm
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Such cute little pups, looks like they're having a grand time playing. What a special 2 hours for you.
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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:13 am
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Lucky you Morkel! The pickings must be good for them to have so many pups, that's a lot of little mouths to feed. Lovely intimate view of the interaction here - I could have stayed there all day and night!
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by Gary Briney on Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:47 am
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Great interaction -- with seventeen pups running around it must have been a real circus!
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by Matthew Pugh on Thu Jun 25, 2015 9:37 am
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Hi

A wonderfully illustrative shot - and one this has plenty of appeal to boot

All the best
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:00 pm
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by david fletcher on Sat Jun 27, 2015 4:36 pm
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nailed this cutie Morkel. Nice!!!!!!
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by Nate Chappell on Sat Jun 27, 2015 9:18 pm
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Super cute Morkel, congrats on the pick!
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by PV Hiker on Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:28 am
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What a great time you had to see these pups.




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Great capture of these pups. Interesting that they appear to have blue eyes like many other young animals, do these change (like other animals) after they mature?
 It appears the blue is the blue sky reflecting in the pups eyes.
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by Morkel Erasmus on Sun Jun 28, 2015 1:47 pm
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by Missy Mandel on Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:40 am
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Wow Morkel! This is so special and certainly worth of EP! Congrats!
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