Namibia Warthog
The Namibia Warthog lives in families of related females with their offspring while the males live alone or in bachelor groups. Even an unborn warthog has callouses on its elbows to prepare itself for a lifetime of eating grass and roots on its knees. Warthogs sleep in burrows, usually old aardvark holes which they often share with nocturnal animals, including the hyena who use it by day while the warthogs feed. If the burrow is not large enough to turn around in the hole, the warthog family will disappear down it backwards to enable them to exit face first to be ready for danger. When fleeing possible danger they hold their tails upright as a sign for others in the sounder to follow. Best viewing areas are Etosha, Khaudom, Mahango, Mamili, Mudumu and the road between Gobabis and Windhoek.
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