ZooBorns

Baby Baboons Bounce into North Carolina

Two baby Hamaydryas Baboons were recently born at the North Carolina Zoo. With 19 baboons and counting, the NC ZOo has the largest troop of baboons in the United States. In the wild, baboon troops can range from 5 to 250 members. 

Not so fast

 

 

Stepping out with mom

 

Dinnertime

Hanging out with the gang

Photo credits: Tom Gillespie / NC Zoo

That's a Tiny Dama Gazelle!

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is proud to announce the birth of a female dama gazelle calf Friday, Oct. 2, to 2-year-old female Adara and 2-year-old male Rajih. The calf weighed 5 kilograms (11 pounds) at birth. Zoo keepers have observed the calf nursing, grooming, and galloping—all good signs pointing to good health!

Photo Credit: Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Babies of M’Bopicuá

Uruguay's M’Bopicuá Breeding Station works to protect and repopulate native species in danger of extinction around their conservation area. A member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, M’Bopicuá also focuses on environmental education and training with local school children.

Yesterday M’Bopicuá, known in Spanish as Estación de Cría de Fauna M'Bopicuá, shared three beautiful species born at their location, all of which are new to ZooBorns. 

Pampas Cat Kitten

 

Southern Screamer Parents and Chicks

Southern River Otter Pup

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Baby Menari Photos by Life on White

Life on White is a Belgian team that has photographed over 469 different animal species, all on white backgrounds. This week they photographed baby Menari, the new orangutan at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, and were kind enough to share the incredible photos. Enjoy.

 

Menari is the Audubon Zoo's first baby orangutan in 13 years and her name means "dance" in Indonesian

Chester Zoo Welcomes a Lanky Crane Chick

A mother West African Crowned Crane keeps a beady eye on her new charge as it takes its first steps at Chester Zoo. The little crane - which one day will grow up to look as unusual as its attentive mum - is the first to be bred in the UK.

 

Female cranes can have up to five chicks in one go, but mum seems perfectly content to take just one under her wing. (On an noneducational note... crane chicks look like dinosaur chickens to us)

Brood of Barbary Babies Hits Taronga Zoo

The Taronga Zoo is brimming with Barbarys...  baby Barbary Sheep, that is.  Over the past few weeks the tiny sheep have hit the scene and clearly are having no trouble acclimating to their surroundings.

Brand New Pygmy Hippo Hits Rotterdam

A newborn baby pygmy hippo from Rotterdam’s Blijdorp Zoo, is no bigger than a head of lettuce! The pygmy hippo grows to just over 3ft tall - just one fifth of the size of the common hippopotamus and is the only other species of hippo in the world. Reclusive and nocturnal, the mammals are semi-aquatic and need to live near water to keep their skin moisturized and their bodies cool.

Pint-Sized Pachyderm

A tiny elephant standing just 3ft high is the latest addition to the herd at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. The pint-sized pachyderm was born to mum Kaylee, 27, weighing in at a healthy 277 lbs. Adult elephants can weigh over 11200 lbs!

Przewalski Foal Finds Feet

The latest arrival at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is a total beginner, but the newborn Przewalski foal is already finding his feet in the public arena. Born in the early hours of Tuesday 15th September, the foal is still sticking close beside mother Tuuli but can be seen here wobbling around, trying to copy the other horses as they quick-step around the paddock.

Keti the Firefox Debuts in Calgary

Red Pandas, also known as firefoxes, may be called pandas but are actually more closely related to raccoons than Giant Pandas. However, watching the video below might lead you to believe they are most closely related to giant fluffy caterpillars. The Calgary Zoo's newest little firefox, Keti, debuted last week.