cute baby animals.
At the Berlin Zoo, Kathi the hippo gave birth to a bouncing baby calf. We don't want to call her overprotective, per se, but Kathi literally pushes away her other kids, according to the zoologist. Actually, yes, we will call her overprotective. She won't even let the baby's pop look at him. Although heaven knows he'll be paying for therapy bills for years to come. ...
Remember those ads for Coca Cola with the computer-animated polar bears wearing scarves and going sledding? Yeah, that was weird, but so, so cute. Good news is, we've got our paws on a video featuring a baby polar bear living it up in the fluffy white stuff, and we're not talking about his precious coat! So forget about those soda bears and get rid of those winter blues by watching this little guy get all roly poly! Now if there were only a way to get him into our backyard... More Polar Bears ...
Squirrel Monkeys. Credit: Edinburgh Zoo What's better than a baby monkey? Try three types of adorable baby monkeys for the price of one! Zookeepers at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland recently welcomed the arrival of 15 new monkey babies from three species. And they're all adorable. There's been a squirrel monkey baby boom, with a whopping 12 births since last fall. Squirrel monkeys are recognizable by the tufts of white fur around their faces and throats. In the wild, they live in Central and South America, where they swing through the canopies of rain forests. ...
As sad as it is that 10-month-old chimpanzee Kartik was abandoned, there is a happy ending. Zookeeper Srihari Charan at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in India has "adopted" Kartik, treating him as if he were his own child -- including putting him in a hot pink baby walker. Watch the video and tell us what you think of this relationship in the comments below. ...
At the Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo, the aptly named baby anteater Sunshine is having a little trouble keeping his balance. So, naturally, he climbs onto Mama's back to make his way around the place. Hey, if you're going to hitch a ride, it may as well be on the back of someone who loves you, right? ...
We love animals. And we understand the desire to take them everywhere. We put our cats in carriers and our dogs in bags. But we've never known anyone to carry her pet around in her bra -- until now. In what is one of the most bizarre news stories in recent weeks, Cara the marmoset caused a stir when she was spotted in the Amherst County Courthouse in Virginia, reports the Lynchburg Virginia News and Advance. The little monkey is just 7 weeks old, so her owner didn't want to leave her at home while she ran to the courthouse to fill out some forms. As you'll see in the video below, Donna Bruce decided the easiest thing to do was stick her baby in her bra. ...