Starting off the day with a piece of incredibly happy news! A critically endangered black baby rhino was born in Chester Zoo, and we could not be any happier about it. There are only less than 1,000 of them left globally, so any new addition to the black rhino family should be celebrated everywhere. On top of that, the rare birth and the baby's first steps were all caught on camera!
Take a look at the footage below!
Take sculpting talent and mix it with animals, and you have this incredible YouTube channel. This guy loves animals so much that he builds ponds and castles for them - for fish, for rabbits, for cats and more. He has insane talent and is putting it to wholesome and cute good use.
This video showcases one of his latest creations - a pond built for tiny newborn crocodiles, because who doesn't love tiny animals being pampered? Watch the little babies frolic around in the water, looking adorable and fancy in their new pond, while making the cutest pewpewpewpew sounds that baby crocodiles make.
This video is just wholesome kindness, and don't we all need a little wholesomeness in our lives right now?
On two separate days, two newborn kittens were rescued - one from a garbage dump and the other from a storage compartment. Herbie was discovered in the garbage dump a day before Pippi was found in the storage compartment of a pickup. Luckily, they are now being taken care of and are keeping each other warm in a Mending Spirits Rescue foster home.
A huge congrats to the attentive and caring mother, Mei Xiang!
According to the Smithsonian National Zoo, the moment the cub was born on August 21st, Mei Xiang picked up the newborn cub and immediately began to cradle and care for it. Just like any loving and devoted mother would.
Animal care staff heard the cub vocalize and were able to catch a glimpse of the newborn. As of now, the team is monitoring Mei Xiang and her cub via the Zoo's panda cams. From what the team has observed so far, the panda cub appears to be strong and healthy.
Check out some of the Smithsonian's panda cam footage below!
Story via Smithsonian National Zoo
Kyla King, from Portland, Oregon, woke up on Wednesday to check in on her pregnant cat to discover a litter of 6 newborn kittens.
She picked up each kitten, and when picking up the last kitten, she found herself face-to-face with two tiny noses and two pairs of eyes tightly shut.
Kyla said she sent a picture to her husband, BJ King, with a text that read: "We have 6-1/3 kitty cats now!" BJ shared the news on their local community page, Albany Happenings.
"I said we'll probably get a little bit of reaction out of this and it took off really fast," BJ told Koin. Kyla reached out to their vet to learn more about their surprise kitten(s), and how to properly care for it. Unfortunately, there isn't much that could be done for the kite(s)n medically. All Kyla could do is make the kitten(s) comfortable and make sure the kitten(s) eats.
"It doesn't really know how to nurse properly because it has two mouths so I've been trying to feed it," Kyla said.
The two-faced cat isn't the first of it's kind, it's actually known as a "Janus" cat. Named after the Roman god Janus often depicted with two faces in mythology. They suffer from a rare congenital defect called disprosopus, or cranial duplication. Most Janus cats don't live longer than a day but one defied the odds. His name was "Frank and Louie" and he passed away in 2014 at the age of 15.
The kitten(s) appear to be doing well and taking it day-by-day. The King's do have a realistic outlook.
"We're not super optimistic but it does seem pretty lively and has an appetite and seems to be doing pretty well," BJ said.
"It's smaller than the other kittens but it could be the runt, too, on top of having two faces," Kyla said.
They've named their kitten Biscuits and Gravy—"Biscuit" for short. There has been many requests to take in Biscuits and Gravy but the King's are planning on keeping the special kitten(s).
We wish Biscuits and Gravy and a long and happy life!
Story via Koin
UPDATE
We are sad to report that Biscuits and Gravy did not make it. The kitten born last week has passed on Saturday night, Kyla King tells CBS affiliate KOIN-TV.
Biscuits and Gravy lived about four days. We are heartbroken over the news and wish the pair a peaceful rest.
According this is video, there are 7 stages in which a Maine Coon slowly falls in love with a newborn. Or at least in this case.
What are the stages?
Stage 1: "Ewww, what is it?"
Stage 7: "I'll take it from here, thanks."
Just kidding, but not really. Watch the see the delevoping love between the two!
Chester Zoo has some adorable new residents. The three hyrax pups were born there in July and they're as cute as newborn fur babies come.
Born at the Pairi Daiza zoo in Belgium, the adorable baby Asian elephant can be seen wobbling and trying to get her footing as she tries to stand just moments after being born! Rob Conachie, Elephant manager, says the zoo feels "very lucky".
The baby is an Indian elephant which has been listed as endangered since 1986. She has yet to be named.
Brenden Boggs, a professional photographer who takes gorgeous pictures of newborns and expecting pics, recently took on a new project. A newborn photoshoot of Olive, the Frenchie pup! To see more of Brenden Boggs work, check out So Cute Photos! And you can also follow the adorable Olive on Instagram.
A couple from the Bronx in New York City have spent over $10,000 on a squirrel that they rescued and then adopted.
It all started when two baby squirrels were found on a pile of leaves and twigs on a homeowner's bed in a tenth floor apartment. Christina Reyes, who has been rehabbing squirrels since 2008, rushed in to help the two babies. Sadly, one of them past away due to fever not long afterwards, but the other one was adopted by Christina, who named her Thumbelina. Her husband Michael helped Christina nurse the baby squirrel.
When professional newborn photographers Erin and Theresa Rouse decided to photograph Erin's cousin's three-week old newborn, they never expected the video featuring the baby and a tiny kitten would have over 2.5 million views. And with more than 56,000 shares from their Hello Little – Milwaukee Facebook page, they are beside themselves. So cute!
The twin giant panda cubs were born at the Atlanta zoo and have officially been named Mei Lun and Mei Huan.
Producer Peter Chinn used a combination of dimensional ultrasound scans, tiny cameras and computer graphics to create these truly mesmerizing images. But lets face it… They are still a bit creepy.
He did this project for a National Geographic documentary that aired several years ago. Now mind that they are not actual photographs, this is digital images in what the unborn baby relatively accurately looks like.
A Canadian family photographer,Jessica M Thomas, took her incredible skills and put a little spin on the original "newborn photoshoot". Instead of a baby, she substituted in a very small, 6 week old kitten. She still continued to do the photoshoot just as she would with a newborn baby. Having the little kitten bundled up in fuzy soft knits and blankets and even shooting her with a very tiny teddy bear. The pictures turned out Purrrrrrrr-Fect!
"It was so much fun," Thomas told The Post, adding that she hopes to do more kitten shoots in the future.
We hope so too! Check out her amazing skills!
Gemma Marin and Israel Duffus first caught our attention back in March with their epic dance videos throughout Gemma's pregnancy, but now that she's given birth, the couple's videos have gotten a major upgrade. From mommy's tummy to daddy's baby carrier, at just 4-weeks-old, baby Alexandra is joining her parents' dance party and it's so great!
