On January 12th, Switzerland's Zoo Basel welcomed a Sable Antelope calf, its third in two weeks! Typically, expectant Sable Antelope mothers exhibit a number of signs before they give birth, but this time the little female calf was born so quickly that keepers had to scramble just to throw hay on the ground to create a soft resting place for the newborn. The vet check-up confirmed that the baby girl was in good health.
We have been following the first weeks of the Melbourne Zoo's charismatic elephant calf closely. During her public debut, the calf faced off with media photographers. In particular, this AFP/Getty lensman brings out another facet of her quirky personality we just had to share.
Look out for that trunk Mom!
...Narrowly escaped!
(Photo Credits: AFP/Getty Images)
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Louisville Zoo’s 20-year-old Western Lowland Gorilla Mia Moja gave birth to her second baby on Saturday, February 6. It is the first gorilla baby born in North America this year and the second gorilla ever born in the Zoo’s 41-year history. The first was male Azizi born to Makari on December 4, 2003, a year after Gorilla Forest opened in May of 2002.
Photos Courtesy Louisville Zoo
The Liberec Zoo in the Czech Republic celebrated the birth of three Golden Takins in January. The playful calves, all boys, represent hopeful progress for this vulernerable subspecies of takin, native to the Himalayas. Although they look similar to muskox, takin are actually a type of goat-antelope more closely related to sheep.
Photo credits: Radek Petrasek / Associated Press
Melbourne Zoo's first ever baby elephant makes her public debut and enjoys her first swim. Zookeeper Erin tells us more about the calf's unique personality and the (as yet un-named) baby girl shows us why she is making such a splash already.
Yesterday, we brought word of a brand new Tamandua (Lesser Anteater) at Busch Gardens' Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida. There's another baby anteater (Giant Anteater) on the Busch Gardens block, this one at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Weighing about 3 pounds at birth, the little boy will ride on his mother's back for about four months until he is ready to walk, explore and find food on his own. Giant anteaters detect insects with their powerful sense of smell, which is 40 times stronger than a human's and allows them to find and eat up to 30,000 insects a day.
Photo by Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
It’s a boy! This little guy – a lesser anteater or tamandua – was born just days ago to mom, Cypress, at Discovery Cove, in Orlando, Florida. The youngster will hitch a ride on mom’s back for the first part of his life until he’s able to walk and find food on his own. Tamanduas are native to the forests of Mexico to South America. They use their sharp claws and 16-inch-long tongue (41 cm) to eat up to 9,000 ants in a single day.
Photo credits: David Collier / Discovery Cove
Discovery Cove is an all-inclusive experience in Orlando where guests can swim with dolphins, snorkel among tropical fish and interact with animals.
Belgium's Antwerp Zoo recently welcomed Golden Headed Lion Tamarin twins. These little Brazilian monkeys are endangered in the wild and, while the population decline seems to have been stabilized thanks to conservation efforts in Brazil's União Biological Reserve, continued habitat destruction outside of the park makes the prospects of reintroduction beyond União bleak.
Baby marmoset or gremlin? You decide...