episode description
Marlice brings her kids up in the way she grew up - with a love and respect for animals. Her sons Zacheo and Nicklai and their friends are fortunate to be on a place like Naankuse where they are in constant contact with a large variety of wild and domestic animals. In this episode Marlice, her two kids and a friend start by feeding and playing with 2 baby warthogs, a baby porcupine and a kitten in her lounge. She and Zacheo then take the little porcupine outside where she explains the importance of sunlight and Vitamin D for animals to Zacheo. They then make balloons covered with paper mache in which they are going to put treats for the little baboons. While the machet dries Marlice takes the kids on a short field trip during which one of Naankuse's rangers tells them more about caracals. The kids return to the mache and fill it with snacks, they take these to the little baboons who really enjoy the treats. After that it is playtime and the kids and the baboons jump on a trampoline. It's time for another outing and Marlice and the kids head off into the veldt on horseback - the trip is interrupted by a rainstorm though, but everybody is grateful for the rain and cooler weather. A honey badger that has recently been brought to Naankuse has a problem with one of its legs and Rudie needs to have a look at it. Zacheo and Nicklai help him to dart it and inspect the leg. The episode ends with a beautiful scene of Zacheo and his friend playing with cheetah cubs at a waterhole.
