
With plenty of people making last ditch efforts to buy a card or flowers this Mother's Day it is clear we can learn a lot from the animal kingdom.
Because while we rush around to make last minute plans these pictures show the heartwarming closeness between animal mums and their loved ones.
From an African baby hippo hitching a ride on its mum's back, to a lemur cradling its young, these loving shots have been released by an award-winning British photographer.


Top photographer, Steve Bloom, 59, travelled to every continents to capture mothers and their pride and joy.
He said: 'I was attracted to the relationship between mothers and their babies.'
'In the wild each animal must fight to survive, but mothers have to think about their precious young as well as themselves.


'Despite the pressure they are under, like the hard-pressed mothers they are, they still find quality time for their young.
'These pictures show that no matter how hard things are even in the perilous animal kingdom, families still make the effort to bond together.
'In fact it is these very bonds that can make the difference between life and death and allow each species to continue to survive down the generations.


Pandering to its child: This panda keeps a close eye on its child in Sichuan, China
'In this sense I think many of us humans can learn a lot from the creatures shown in these pictures.
'I compiled the best of the shots that show this in my book My Favourite Animal Families.'
He travelled across Africa capturing tigers, lemurs and monkeys with their offspring whilst he also covered Asia, Australasia and even Antarctica to get these stunning shots.



source :dailymail