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    15 Photos Of Animals In South Africa Guaranteed To Make You Smile

    This past summer I spent five weeks volunteering in Hoedspruit, South Africa, at Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and Daktari Bush School and Wildlife Orphanage. Here are some heartwarming photos I took while there.

    1. These oxpeckers looking for ticks on a giraffe's head.

    2. These elephants exchanging secrets.

    3. This sassy lioness.

    4. This rambunctious baby black rhino.

    5. This cheetah waking up from an afternoon snooze.

    6. This mother zebra embracing her baby.

    7. These buffalos that hate having their picture taken.

    8. These lion cubs playing king of the termite mound.

    9. This modern mammal family composed of impalas, zebras, and a random wildebeest.

    10. These suspicious looking vervet monkeys.

    11. This African Wood Owl with an attitude.

    12. This meerkat pondering the meaning of life.

    13. This nosy banded mongoose.

    14. This curious marmoset.

    15. Best of all, this impala photobombing a giraffe.