Weekly Adorbs for Sept. 10-14, 2012

CATTLE DRIVE CELEBRATION 

Herdsmen and women wearing traditional Bavarian clothes accompany cattle down from alpine mountains in the annual cattle drive descent near Oberstdorf, Germany.

PRECIOUS POSSUMS

A 5-month-old male golden brushtail possum named Cooper eats his meal next to his mother, Cascade, at the Wild Life Zoo in Sydney.

COME WITH ME 

A lemur reaches out his hand to the photographer and invites him up the tree. How sweet! 

SMILING SWEETIE 

Saturday is International Red Panda Day, which aims to raise awareness of the plight of this threatened species. Red Pandas are found in Nepal, India, Bhutan, China and Myanmar. They are mostly threatened by habitat destruction. 

NAME THAT ANIMAL

A horse? A zebra? Nope! Meet the 16-month-old male okapi named Kivu. 

MEET BABY JARJ

This past Monday, Zoo Basel welcomed the arrival of a baby Indian rhino. The birth was so quick, keepers named the baby Jarj (Nepalese for "instantly"). The calf was strong and vivacious from the start, and immediately stood up to begin drinking his mother's milk.

TRADITIONAL TREATS 

A bear enjoys fruits at the Israeli zoo of Ramat Gan, north of the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, as a traditional treat ahead of the upcoming celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

TIGHTROPE WALKERS 

Female silvery gibbon Pangrango balances with her 4-week-old baby on ropes in their compound at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, German.

PANDA PREMIERE

San Diego Zoo's newest panda cub is making its debut this weekend. How exciting! 

BABY TIGER CRAWL 

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium introduced an endangered Sumatran tiger cub at the zoo in Tacoma, Wash. Look at those little paws! 

RARE HIPPO BIRTH 

A 6-day-old hippopotamus is photographed next to its mother, Kara, at Planet Sauvage Zoo in Port-Saint-Pere, France. The birth of the baby was a rare event for this species in captivity. 

SLOTH SNACKS 

A sloth snacks on a green bean while lying down inside of its enclosure at Houston Zoo.

BABY BOY 

A five day old guanaco is pictured in its enclosure at Zoologischer Garten Zoo in Berlin. 

SILVERSPOT BUTTERFLIES 

A batch of endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly females recently arrived at Oregon Zoo. They'll lay their eggs in the zoo's butterfly lab, and next spring, they'll be released into the wild as pupae. This one's drinking nectar from a Q-tip.

MEET BOMASSA

Bomassa, the first of two baby gorillas born at the North Carolina Zoo, naps on his mother's arm. 

TASTY TREES 

Did you know that a porcupine’s front teeth continue to grow throughout its life? Thank goodness for that, since the snackers spend their days constantly gnawing on hard substances, wearing down their teeth.  

KIWI CUTIE 

A kiwi chick hatches at Auckland Zoo during their spring breeding season. The chick, a flightless bird that will grow to about the size of a domestic fowl, is the fifth born this season, and has been named Nick. 

BLUE-TONGUED BABY 

A zookeeper holds a blue-tongued skink in his hands at the Santa Ana Zoo. These reptiles are native to Australia and thrive in mountain and semi-desert mixed woodlands and forests.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 

A coati enjoys honey off the hands of a zookeeper at the Ramat Gan Safari Park outside Tel Aviv, Israel in honor of Rosh Hashanah. 

PICTURE PERFECT 

A mischievous marmot got a taste of life on the other side of the lens. Tired of being photographed, the cute creature seized the opportunity to take some pictures itself after spotting an unattended camera. Stefan Meyers, the 67-year-old from Germany who owns the camera, watched helplessly as the shy creature approached his equipment, stood on its hind legs and looked carefully through the lens. 

LUCKY MICE 

These adorable baby dormice are feeling berry good after a lucky escape. Six of the tiny youngsters were discovered alone in a hedge in a garden in Cornwall with their dead mother close by. The brood was uncovered by Geoff Brown, who heard their frantic squeaking. If it weren't for Brown, these tiny furballs would have died. 

LONG-DISTANCE CROAKING 

Did you know that a bullfrog's deep, loud call can be heard from up to a quarter of a mile away? Guess there are no secrets in the bullfrog community. 

BUN IN THE OVEN 

Zoo Praha's ape, Moja, is pregnant. She's expected to give birth in March. Congratulations, Moja!

HEAD SCRATCH

A wood-bison calf scratches its head in its enclosure at Berlin's Tierpark Zoo.

SURF'S UP

Over the weekend, Iams sponsored the Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon in Del Mar, Calif. Here's a peek at one of the star Moondoggies.

SIT BACK AND RELAX 

This lazy lemur likes to kick back and relax on sunny afternoons. 

MONKEY SEE

A baby squirrel monkey clings to its mother's back at Exmoor Zoo. 

BEAR BUNCH

A polar bear gathers her babies at Zoo Sauvage. 

RADIO STAR 

Norvy the red-kangaroo joey visited South African radio station 5FM this morning. Norvy was thrilled to meet and be fed by radio personality Gareth Cliff and his team. 

CUB CRAWL 

Seven cheetah cubs begin their outdoor adventures at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. 

GREETINGS, WORLD

Zoo Sauvage's baby coati greets visitors for the first time. Hello, cutie! 

BIRTHDAY CHIMPS

To celebrate chimpanzees Betty and Wendy’s 50th birthdays, Dublin Zoo is teaming up with Age Action Ireland for Positive Aging Week 2012. You don't look a day over 21, Betty! 

FRIENDLY GREETER  

An armadillo at the Maryland Zoo helps welcome guests who came out to see Jack Hanna. 

MORNING STROLL 

A hedgehog takes a walk through a garden in Kaufbeuren, Germany. 

FLOAT LIKE A BOAT 

What happens when a sea turtle has an intestinal blockage? It floats. The South Carolina Aquarium currently is treating Eddie, a juvenile green sea turtle who was admitted into their sea-turtle hospital. 

AFTERNOON NAP 

A pair of Amur tiger cubs take a nap with each other. 

A FURRY FAMILY AFFAIR 

Happy birthday to Bailey the capybara. Here she is enjoying some birthday treats with Clancy and their babies.

GYM CLASS 

A polar bear lifts a manhole cover in the pool. To strengthen his chops, perhaps? 

ENDANGERED SPECIES 

The spoon-billed sandpiper is one of Earth's 100 most threatened animals according to an international conservation group. 

MEET SERPENTINE 

Serpentine is one of several Mang Mountain viper hatchlings at the San Diego Zoo. 

YOU SCRATCH MY BACK 

A silvery langur helps his friend RanDee, a Bornean orangutan, to look her best. 

STINKIN' CUTE SKUNK 

Point Defiance Zoo's 4-month-old skunk named Thurston is so stinkin’ cute. He stopped to smell the flowers on his walk around the enclosure. 

BANANA BUTTERFLY 

A peleides blue morpho butterfly sits on a piece of banana in one of the greenhouses of the science center Botanika at the Rhododendron Park in Bremen, northern Germany.

WHAT IS THAT? 

If you guessed Numbat, then you are correct. Perth Zoo rescued 19 of the endangered marsupials this year. 

DOGGY DAY SWIM 

Hank the Beagle gets some help out of the pool from his owner, Lacey Amaddrey, during the fourth annual Doggy Day Swim at Upshur Pool in Washington D.C. 

CAPYBARA CUTIE

Two capybaras recently were born in Elephant Odyssey at the San Diego Zoo. Capybaras are the largest rodents in the world, with females weighing up to 150 pounds. 

NO FEAR OF FLYING 

A turtle tries to fly at the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Try flapping, little guy! 

FOAL'S FIRST PHOTO 

An adorable photo was taken of Fort Wayne Children Zoo's little donkey foal just eight hours after its birth.

BABY BIRD 

A penguin chick recently was born at Perth Zoo. The tiny bird is growing quickly. It already weighs more than two pounds. It's still in its burrow, being looked after by its parents, but it will emerge in the next few weeks, ready to take its first swim.

HOWDY NEIGHBOR

An adult black bear walks through a residential neighborhood in Montrose, Calif. The bear was first seen walking on the 210 freeway before moving further into the city.