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02 FebTeeny piggy and dog

An 8-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback, Katjinga, took a liking to Paulinchen, a pot-bellied piglet after she was abandoned by her family in Germany.

Credits: Fame

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Katjinga’s owners breed a pair of Vietnamese pigs and rescued the runt of the litter after seeing she had been rejected by her parents and the rest of her litter!

Katjinga had puppies of her own 10 months ago so her owners thought she might take on the responsibility to care for little Paulinchen the Pig and sure enough the two are now inseparable.

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Credits: Fame

19 Febtawny frogmouth chicks

Thanks to SeaWorld in Orlando for sending in this article and photos!

ORLANDO, FL (FEB 18, 2009) — BIRDS OF A FEATHER GROW UP TOGETHER — Already showing the large, frog-like mouths that give the species its name, Hoover (L) and Sawyer (R) are tawny frogmouth chicks that were hatched at SeaWorld Orlando last month.  Until recently, the population of tawny frogmouths in North American zoos was facing extinction and breeding programs were largely unsuccessful.  SeaWorld worked with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to develop a breeding program to help sustain the species’ growth. And, the program is showing early success — in less than a year, six chicks have been hatched and all are now thriving at the park.  Frogmouths are native to the forested savannas and open woodlands of Australia. When fully grown, the insect-eating birds will be between 9 and 21 inches tall.  To learn more about tawny frogmouths and other animals, explore SeaWorld.org.

Photo credit:  Jason Collier, SeaWorld Orlando

I can’t decide whether I think these are incredibly cute or ugly.  What do you think?

CUTE!!!

UGLY!

*sigh*

09 FebMore baby zoo animals!

AWWW baby zoo animals!!  ABC News added more adorable baby zoo animals to their slideshow!  Here are some of the cutest.  Photos and captions originally posted here.

A Langur infant is seen in the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, where two Langurs were born during the last three weeks. Langurs predominantly feed leaves and the Hanover zoo freezes leaves in summer to feed to the Langurs during winter time.
(Joerg Sarbach/AP Photo)

Amani, shown here, was born Dec. 8 to mother Rachaael and father Mchimbaji, at the Detroit Zoo. Amani means “peace” in Swahili. The 23-inch infant arrived hairless, weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces, with ears measuring 4 inches. The zoo is awaiting DNA tests to determine the newborn’s sex.

(Mark M. Gaskill/Detroit Zoo/AP Photo)

The baby hippopotamus swims beside its mother, “Kati,” at a Berlin zoo. The baby hippo was born Nov. 29, 2008.
(MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)

Two white lion cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, were born on Dec. 9, in the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia, which now has five white lions. White lions are unique to the Timbavati area of South Africa; they are not albinos but a genetic rarity.
(Srdjan Ilic/AP Photo)

One-month-old elephant twins play around their mother’s leg at an elephant breeding center in Chitwan Dec. 6, 2008. The pair, born to a 30-year-old elephant, are Nepal’s first jumbo elephant twins. Authorities celebrate the twins as a conservation success, as elephants are protected by law in the Himalayan nation.
(Gopal Chitrakar / Reuters)

Meet baby pandas Meihin and Eihin! The 2-month-old Giant Panda twins were born in western Japan in September. Their names were unveiled Thursday.
(Kyodo News/AP Photo)

Zookeeper Renae Zammit holds Monifa, a 3-week-old pygmy hippopotamus, in her enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 7, 2008. Monifa was born Oct. 15 after a difficult breech birth.
(Daniel Munoz/Reuters )

A caregiver looks after twin giant panda cubs, the first twins delivered this year at the Bifengxia base of the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Yaan in Sichuan province, China, Oct. 24, 2008. Following the traditional Chinese custom, the center held a naming ceremony for the twin cubs 100 days after their birth. Thirteen giant pandas have been born at the base this year.
(China Photos/Getty Images)

This photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows a newborn female Bornean orangutan curled up with her mother, Sophia, 27, at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. The female, born on Oct. 6, is only the second birth of an orangutan expected in a North American accredited zoo this year.
(Chicago Zoological Society/AP Images)

Three eleven week old Siberian Tiger cubs, Sayan, Altai, and Altay with mum Nika at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Bekesbourne, England, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Siberian tigers feature in the top 10 of the world’s most endangered creatures. The three cubs have been named after mountain ranges in Siberia.
(Gareth Fuller/PA, via AP)

A newborn southern white rhinoceros calf stands next to its mother, Lulu, inside their enclosure at a Budapest zoo. The calf was born Wednesday morning.
(Pool Photo/Reuters)

29 DecNew forest and new species! Mount Mabu, Mozambique

According to an article found here, a new forest with previously undiscovered species of animals has been discovered, with the help of Google Earth.

Here are a few of the cuter things found in the forest.

chameleon

Pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon sp.)

Picture: Julian Bayliss/RBG Kew

hemipteran

Hemipteran bug

Picture: Julian Bayliss/RBG Kew
olive-sunbird

An Olive Sunbird

Picture: Julian Bayliss/RBG Kew

01 Novbaby hippo

This little hippo baby was posted in ABC News slide show up of cute baby animals!  Click here to see it.  The caption and photo is from the slide show.  Who knew hippos could be so cute??

baby hippo

Move over, Knut. The Berlin Zoo has another star that has visitors and animal lovers cooing over his cute factor. The hippopotamus mommy is out and about with her 3-month-old baby, Paul. Paul likes to eat and he’s already up to a whopping 66 pounds. Fans lined up at the zoo’s opening to catch a glimpse of him, and they better come fast. As Knut has found out, the cute stardom doesn’t last very long. Paul is already gaining weight fast and he’ll be big in no time.
(MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)

21 Sepdonkeys!

Who knew donkeys could be so cute?!

shaggydonkey

shaggy lil guy!

babydonkey

Awwwright look at all those fuzzies!

24 Julsad kitten

sadkitten

don’t be sad, kitten!  you’re so cute!

19 Julchubby bunny

chubbybunny

this is the chubbiest bunny ever!  don’t worry, he can’t hear us talking about him cause his ears are sooo tiny!

15 Julhomage to hedgehogs

Strange but adorable, here are some cute pictures of little hedgehogs!

tinyhedgehog

one little hedgehog curled up in a ball

3babyhedgehogs

3 itty bitty baby hedgehogs!

14 Julbaby zoo animals on ABC News

ABC News has a GREAT slide show up of cute baby zoo animals!  Click here to see it on ABC News.  I’ve picked out my favorite ones!  The captions and and photos are all from the slide show.  Enjoy >.<

BabyWhiteLions

Three white lion cubs play at a wildlife zoo in Schloss-Holte Stukenbrock, Germany, July 14, 2008. The park’s two rare white lionesses gave birth simultaneously to a total of seven cubs on June 30. Three of the cubs are being hand-fed after their mother rejected them.
(Alex Grimm/Reuters)

red panda babies!

Red panda twins Tai and Pip sleep in the hands of Sandy Helliker, an animal health technologist at the Edmonton Valley Zoo in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Thursday, June 19, 2008. The pandas were born on May 26 and receive round-the-clock care from Helliker. They were taken from their mother after she showed aggression toward one of the babies.
(Jason Scott/The Canadian Press/AP Photo)

sea lions

A little sea lion cub hides behind an adult lion at the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany, on June 13, 2008. The sea lion cub was born in the zoo on May 26, 2008.
(Christof Stache/AP Photo)

piggyinboots

Cinderella, a British piglet, won’t walk through mud unless she is wearing her specially adapted Wellington boots. The little piggy lives with owners and pig farmers Debbie and Andrew Keeble.
(Ross Parry Agency )

baby beluga in the deep blue sea

Vancouver Aquarium’s newest addition, a minutes-old beluga whale, swims around in its tank in Vancouver, Canada on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. The calf and its mother, Qila, were doing fine after a nearly three-hour labor.
(Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/AP Photo)

tigercubs

In this photo provided by the Saint Louis Zoo, five critically endangered Amur tigers are seen May 19, 2008 at the zoo. The five cubs, two males and three females, were born April 28 and are with their mother, Kalista, in a maternity den at the zoo.
(Saint Louis Zoo/AP Photo)

capybara

A capybara mother and her young investigate each other in their enclosure at a zoo in Hanover, Germany. The capybara is the largest living rodent in the world and is mainly found in South America.
(NIGEL TREBLIN/AFP/Getty Images)

babyhedgehog

This is one of three hedgehogs born May 7, 2008, a month before their due date. The momma hedgehog gave birth to the triplets a day after she was found starving underneath a shed in Britain.
(Steven Haywood/SWNS.COM)

flocke

A handout picture shows polar bear cub Flocke (snowflake) for the first time in her new outside enclosure, at the zoo in Nuremberg April 8, 2008. Flocke was separated from her mother Vera after officials at the Nuremberg zoo became concerned she might harm the cub.
(Tiergarten Nuernberg/Stadt Nuernberg/Reuters)

meerkats

Three baby meerkats cuddle in the cold at Bristol Zoo, April 4, 2008, in Bristol, England. The 4-week-old new arrivals — two boys and a girl — are being well looked after by four adult meerkats and are already proving a hit with visitors who can see them out in their enclosure more as the weather gets warmer. Meerkats are quite lively and sociable animals, carnivores and belong to the family of mongooses, but can only be found in Southern Africa.
( Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

the teeniest lion

A 1-day-old lion cub rests beside its mother at the Roncali International Circus installed in the National Agricultural Fair in San Salvador, Feb. 26, 2008. Four lion cubs were born Monday in captivity in the circus. The Roncali Circus breeds its animals including hippopotamus.
(Jose Cabezas/AFP/ Getty Images )

miniature giraffe

Baby giraffe Niek stands with his mother, Oranya, in Animal Park Artis in Amsterdam on Monday, Feb. 25, 2008. Niek was born the previous Friday evening.
(Koen van Weel, AFP/Getty Images)

panda bear

New photos of 5-month-old male panda cub Fu Long (Lucky Dragon) show him settling into his surroundings at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna. Here, Fu Long explores his enclosure Jan. 29, 2008.
(Schoenbrunn Zoo/AP Photo)

lion family

A lioness showed off her two cubs to the public for the first time since their Oct. 4 birth in a zoo in West Germany. Malai-ka played with her 3-month-old cubs, Aketi, left, and Aru in the new lions enclosure at the zoo of Wuppertal, Germany, Jan. 8, 2008.
(Frank Augstein/AP Photo)

teeny tiger babies

Three tiger babies are shown to journalists in the Leipzig Zoo, eastern Germany. The tiger triplets were born June 30, 2007.
(Eckehard Schulz/AP Photo)