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Polar bear mom licking by Karen Su :)
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Nobody wants mommy to leave!
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Cheetah cub cuddles up to mother by ithiefaleaf :)
Pygmy Hippo Celebrates UK Mother’s Day at Edinburgh Zoo
A pygmy hippo at the Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating Mother’s Day (March 18 this year in the UK) by introducing her baby calf to their outdoor enclosure at the hippo house.
Ellen gave birth to baby Eve on Dec. 31, 2011, squeaking in as the zoo’s last birth of 2011.
“Eve is a little shy and tends to stick close to mum. This week we’ve started to see Eve follow her mum into their outdoor enclosure and she’s growing in confidence every day,” said senior primate and hoofstock keeper, Donald Gow.
Pygmy hippos, native to West Africa, are strong swimmers and are perfectly adapted to the water, with muscular valves that close their ears and nostrils when submerged. But surprisingly, given their affinity to water, baby pygmy hippos have to be taught to swim…
(Read more: http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2625-pygmy-hippo-mom-baby-celebrate-mothers-day.html)
Photo credit: Edinburgh Zoo
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Friendship, with mommy.
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Let’s say AWWW.
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Extremely Rare Guam Rails Hatch at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
by Smithsonian staff
March 2012 - As Washington, D.C.’s unseasonably warm winter turns into spring, a baby boom is underway at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Two Guam rail (Gallirallus owstoni) chicks hatched March 3 and 4; they join six others in the Zoo’s collection—three of which live at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. This brings the total population of these small, flightless birds to 162 individuals. Each hatching is significant—the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists these birds as extinct in the wild.
In about six weeks, keepers will separate the chicks from their parents, and Zoo veterinarians will perform a routine medical exam and take feather samples to determine their sexes.
To date, 82 chicks have hatched at the Zoo and SCBI, and each provides scientists with the opportunity to learn about the growth, reproduction, health and behavior of the species. The Zoo sent 29 Guam rails to the government of Guam for release and breeding, and an additional 25 birds have gone to other institutions to breed…
(read more: Smithsonian Science) (photos: Jim Jenkins)
