![Zambezi elephants](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/a69066b8-9457-47a3-b804-868fe85bb5ed/13415.jpg)
![Cheetah mother and cub](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/0daa90c4-bdc0-40fc-b5f0-d8c062ab4b6a/13420.jpg)
![King penguin walking with her chick](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/67bfb6e4-0aab-4026-a858-a427974da73c/19890.jpg)
![Orangutan family](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/abf24a6f-934b-49d3-907c-dbd414e848fc/13423.jpg)
![Tiger and cub](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/ee874df8-3a63-4569-92cf-c68d25ad2bc9/19895.jpg)
![Red-necked grebe and chick swimming](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/f83d5346-af9c-4f4d-882b-6919c0526d6e/19893.jpg)
![Polar bear mother and cub](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/7958764a-aee9-4e4e-b728-3a8b5ab9016e/13419.jpg)
![Mother wolf and pups](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/c12a3e30-559f-4ce4-840a-c4d0dd872241/13417.jpg)
![Lioness carrying a cub in her mouth](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/b1ab9d5f-90ed-47f7-9432-5e6f80aec5d9/19892.jpg)
![Baby gelada](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/62f776a2-eb04-4b1b-b35c-a7fc8007d4f7/13413.jpg)
![Kangaroo with a joey in her pouch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/d4e9469d-d5ea-42d3-855d-86c9cc4b1c2e/19889.jpg)
![Giraffe mother nuzzling her calf](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/bc7c1710-4279-4465-9530-5b6041d9f84e/19887.jpg)
![Wild dogs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/b2637f70-18ac-425f-82ba-be2bff19be6f/13414.jpg)
![Hippos swimming](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/3a566c6f-a358-4094-bb52-bd525254e002/13416.jpg)
![Monkey mother and baby](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/5e490b82-d132-4a80-b25f-dd4726b0361a/13421.jpg)
![Horses in mist](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/56b58d6c-6d31-4295-b13e-c8bda803f953/13418.jpg)
![Grizzly bear and cub](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/18bc871a-f299-4bcc-a268-ba31c760d845/19888.jpg)
![A baby koala on its mother’s back](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/fff8ba8c-a0c9-4dac-af3b-935c89db38cd/19891.jpg)
![Sea lion and pup nuzzling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/3ccc5a6d-e966-449c-bb78-51fe894f197d/19894.jpg)
![Tiger carrying cub](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.natgeofe.com/n/887d1ff4-a13a-4ac6-9d0e-1022a9747ee1/13422.jpg)
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