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02 JulBaby Cheetah! Super fuzz alert

Super fuzz alert! 

This little fuzz ball is being taken care of at Busch Gardens.  Full Story below the pictures.

ITS SO FUZZY!!!

Look at that face!

Busch Gardens Welcomes
New Baby Cheetah Young Cat Receives Round-The-Clock CareBy Park’s Animal Care Experts Thursday, March 17, 2011 (Tampa, FL) – Busch Gardens’ animal care team has something new keeping them up at night – a four-week-old baby cheetah that requires regular feedings and 24-hour care.  The new cub was born at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens to a mother who wasn’t able to care for him. When zoo keepers saw that the baby was not eating and having trouble gaining weight, they made the decision to hand-raise him. Now, at a little more than two pounds, the cub is eating well, getting stronger and eagerly exploring his new home. Cheetahs are regulated by the Species Survival Plan (SSP), which tracks a species’ genetic lines in zoos and animal parks around the world and makes recommendations as to where specific animals should be placed for successful breeding opportunities. It was on the SSP and Jacksonville Zoo’s advice that the new baby was brought to Busch Gardens. Once he is old enough, he will join the group of cheetahs living in Cheetah Run, the innovative new habitat opening alongside the Cheetah Hunt launch coaster that will bring guests face to face with these agile predators. Upon reaching maturity, he may also become an important part of Busch Gardens’ plans for a cheetah breeding program that will help boost the population of these critically endangered animals. Cheetahs are included on both the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of vulnerable species as well as on the US Endangered Species Act list of threatened species. Only approximately 12,400 cheetahs remain in the wild. Busch Gardens supports the conservation of and education about cheetahs through the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, which has donated nearly $100,000 to cheetah efforts in Africa since 2005 and also helps fund conservation programs for white rhinos, marine animals and many other species around the world.

18 JunBaby Skunks!

The LA Times has an article up about cute baby skunks that debuted at the German Zoo. (link)

Soo cute!!!

A basket of cute!

02 MarIn like a lion

They say that March comes in like a lion…  if only it could be this cute!

18 JanBaby Red Panda

NY Daily News has a great slide show of cute animals posted here.

Here’s one of the cute animals, a baby red panda!

AUSTRALIA-ANIMAL-ZOO-RED PANDA

Caption from NY Daily News:

Pemba is the 44th red panda cub bred in the zoo’s international breeding program for the endangered species since 1977.

Above, the cub receives a treat.

Credits: GREG WOOD

19 Novlittle panda

baby panda seems to be having a blast playing on the rocking horsey!

baby-panda

15 Novbaby squirrel

baby squirrel

Little baby squirrel is cute and tiny!!!

27 OctWhite baby seal

Thanks to wili for sending in this adorable picture of a baby seal!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a seal so cute!!!

18 Junbaby elephant is stuck!

This little baby elephant seems to have gotten stuck on his way over the log!  oh noes!  look at those little feeties and his fuzzy tail ><

23 Marthe slowest nom

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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)

28 Janmore snow critters… lemmings!

If you were born around the 80’s, or even if you weren’t, you might remember a fun game that was out called lemmings!  The lemmings the game were adorable.  As it turns out, lemmings in real life are adorable too!

 

hai!

chubby lemming

 

he sees what you did there

burrowing in the snow

 

15 JanPolar Bears!

With temperatures dropping, it’s nice to know that some of our furry friends are still able to keep warm!

 

 

Polar bear cuddles time!

mmmmm this paw is delicious and nutritious!

Come on in… The water’s great!  (if you’re a polar bear)

being fuzzy helps!

06 JanArctic Fox

Here are some cute pictures of arctic foxes!

Hoverfox!

This little guy is sooo cute!!!  Think he’s just a baby?  He looks a little bit like a puppy!

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