Just in time for Mother's Day, Busch Gardens Africa will introduce guests to two new additions: a baby bongo antelope and a new dromedary camel. Both were introduced to their new habitats with their mothers Friday morning.

Maverick, a male bongo antelope, was born Friday, March 23, to mother Molly. Since Maverick's birth, mother and baby have been in an area off guest view to allow them time to bond. The pair joins three other bongo antelope on the park's 65-acre Serengeti Plain.

Busch Gardens' Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds.

Busch Gardens participates in the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) for bongo antelope. The SSP is a cooperative population management program designed to maintain the genetic diversity of threatened and endangered species.

Roxy, a female dromedary camel, was born Thursday, April 19. Roxy is the first baby for mother Marian and brings the adventure park's total number of dromedary camels to four. The pair reside in the Nairobi area of the park.

Baby camels are born without a hump. Camels store fat in their hump, not water, and this layer of fat will not develop until the baby begins eating solid food.