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...
View ArticleCute 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)
View ArticleCute 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...
View ArticleCute 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
View ArticleCute Alert: Bentley the Fussy Bulldog Puppy
I stumbled across this in the right column of YouTube, while looking at something else.
View ArticleCute Alert: Arctic Fox Pups
When they play, they practice the pouncing skills they’ll use for hunting later. (via Popular Mechanics)
View ArticleCute 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...
View ArticleCute Alert: Red Panda Cubs at Knoxville Zoo
The Knoxville Zoo is one of the most successful in the world at breeding endangered Red Pandas. These guys are looking for names; the zoo has a contest going. (via ZooBorns)
View ArticleCute Alert: Spud the Kitten
Spud is my daughter-in-law’s kitten. Like all our pets, she’s a foundling – someone spotted her under a van in the church parking lot, and our daughter Lindsey brought her home. She’s about 5 months...
View ArticleCute Alert: River Otter Pup Swim Lessons
The Oregon Zoo recently welcomed a new river otter pup. They’re cute little balls of fur when they’re tiny. Interesting fact about river otters: they’re not born knowing how to swim. Their mothers...
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