Cute Alert: Baby Otter Swim Lessons
Did you know that otters are born not knowing how to swim? Their mothers teach them by dragging them through the water. Molalla was born at the Oregon Zoo, and her mother -though orphaned herself- knew exactly what to do. See still pics at Zooborns.
Cute Alert: Arctic Fox Pups
When they play, they practice the pouncing skills they’ll use for hunting later. (via Popular Mechanics)
Cute Alert: Bentley the Fussy Bulldog Puppy
I stumbled across this in the right column of YouTube, while looking at something else.
Cute Alert: Yakini the Baby Gorilla and the Really Cold Stethoscope
Yakini the baby gorilla is about to get a checkup… and is surprised by how cold the stethoscope is. See other cute baby animals in the Daily News gallery, Cutest in the Animal Kingdom
Cute Alert: Kasi and Mtani, One Year Later
Zooborns has a nice article about Kasi, a male cheetah, and Mtani, a female yellow lab, that were paired together a year ago as 6- and 8-week old “pups”. A year later, it looks like they’re the best of pals. See other pics and a video at Zooborns
Cute Alert: Baby Meerkats!
The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma has four new meerkat pups. Cuteness abounds. From Zooborns (photo credits Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium)
Cute Alert: Pot-Bellied Piglet
This pot-bellied piglet was one of three born at the Wroclaw Zoo in Poland. Her two siblings didn’t survive, and the mother rejected her – so the zoo staff is hand-rearing this little piggy. (From ZooBorns)
Cute Alert: Libby the Sea Otter
Libby the sea otter is from Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo. More pictures at ZooBorns
Cute Alert: Baby Seal Enters House in New Zealand, Sleeps on Couch
From the Huffington Post: New Zealander Annette Swoffer got the surprise of her life when she found a baby seal in her kitchen, who later began to snooze on her couch, the New Zealand Herald reports. According to the report, the seal wandered from the bay waterfront, through a residential area, across busy roads, under a gate, through [...]
Cute Alert: Don’t Mess With Teddy Bear the Porcupine When He’s Eating His Pumpkin
Teddy Bear is Zooniversity’s “talking” porcupine. He’s been featured in at least one other Youtube appearance where he jealously guarded some corn on the cob. Here he is enjoying some pumpkin. He’s funny. (via Cute Overload)
Goose Parade
Okay, this is just silly, but fun to watch. It makes you wonder why the geese are willing to go along with it?
Cute Alert: Baby Francois Langur
Recently born at the London Zoo, this baby Francois langur doesn’t look anything like mom and dad. The brilliant orange fur doesn’t last very long though; by six months, it will be completely black. (via ZooBorns)
Cute Alert: Clouded Leopard Cubs
These clouded leopard cubs were born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Photo Credit: Seth Bynum. See more photos, and video at ZooBorns.
Extreme Cute Alert: Maternal Chimp Feeds Baby Tiger
From Eugene at MyModernMet: Over the weekend, two-year-old chimpanzee “Do Do” was seen feeding milk to “Aorn,” a 60-day-old baby tiger cub, at Thailand’s Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo. Completely at ease with each other, the chimp’s motherly instincts took over as she attentively bottle fed the baby tiger. Aorn gratefully lapped up the [...]
Cute Alert: Arctic Fox Pups
Two arctic fox pups just arrived at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Arctic fox babies are called either pups or kits. A litter usually has about seven kits but may contain up to fifteen. The Arctic fox is an incredibly resilient animal that can live in temperatures as low as -59° F and as warm [...]
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