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Warthog mommy taking a mud bath with her piglets

Phacochoerus aethiopicus

Notes:

This was such a special Christmas present! We got to see a mommy warthog having a mud bath with her babies. After a quick roll in the mud, she got up and they all trotted off into the bush together.

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34 Comments (1–25)

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Thanks for the lovely compliments Rieko, Bruno, James, Joseph and Reza! :)

Awesome, Congratulations !

Belated congratulations Stacey on SOTD.

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

Bravo staccyh....well deserved SOTD

BrunoMoller
BrunoMoller 9 years ago

Beautiful photos!!!!!

RiekoS
RiekoS 9 years ago

Congratulations!

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Thanks medusasnakes123 and Saumya! It was very cool to see this :)

Congrats ! Happy muddy family ! =)

medusasnakes123
medusasnakes123 9 years ago

Awesome! Pigs are great!

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Thanks a lot Sckel! Happy new year to you too! :)

Sckel
Sckel 9 years ago

congratulations, dear staccyh . beautiful photos. happy new year. :)

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Awesome news, thanks Caleb :) I was just checking out your site when this email notification came through!

Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 9 years ago

Congrats stacy, you've been selected as my spotter of the month for January! Check it out here: www.calebsbuzz.weebly.com

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Thank you Daniele, marirs, rams4d and Tiz!

Tiz
Tiz 9 years ago

Great moment and series :)

rams4d
rams4d 9 years ago

Excelent pictures, superb, congrats !!!

marirs
marirs 9 years ago

Congrats Stacy :)

Beautiful series

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Congrats Stacey! What a lovely series.

staccyh
staccyh 9 years ago

Wow, it was so exciting to wake up and find this email in my inbox! I've enjoyed every single moment on PN and I think we have a great online community. Thanks for choosing these gorgeous piggies at the sotd and for the kind words everyone! :)

Amazing spotting! We love pigs! Congrats on the SOTD! :-D

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 9 years ago

Congrats! Tracy!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Well deserved congratulations. Piggies are good.

beaker98
beaker98 9 years ago

Congrats Stacey! What a wonderful series and amazing opportunity to see they lovely warthogs.

AshleyT
AshleyT 9 years ago

Congrats Stacey, adorable series!

Congratulations on SOTD and Happy New Year!

staccyh
Spotted by
staccyh

Siyancuma Local Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa

Spotted on Dec 25, 2014
Submitted on Dec 31, 2014

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