While on safari in Southern Africa, photographers Ann & Steve Toon were captivated by the little creatures that slept under their tent at night - Cape ground squirrels.
The husband-wife team soon decided that, in the desert of the Kalahari, you can have an unforgettable safari experience without ever leaving your campsite!
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Ann & Steve Toon / Male and female Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) interacting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, February.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) greeting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Non-ex.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Non-ex.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Baby ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) using its tail for shade, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Non-ex.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) foraging, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Non-ex.
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David Pattyn / Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) digging to put cool sand on back, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, November (one of the hottest months in the Kalahari desert)
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris ) one with its tail over the back of another, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, February
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) digging burrow, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, non-ex. Non-ex.
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Jouan & Rius / Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) at burrow entrance, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari desert, South Africa
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) greeting young, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. Non-ex.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) greeting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, non-ex. Non-ex.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrel colony (Xerus inauris) at burrow, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa.
