New Baby Animals Thread

i thought it might be cool to have a thread dedicated to the birth of baby animals, esp. the rare ones.

a rare Clouded Leopard was born in the Nashville Zoo the other day. here are some of the first pix of the cute lil kitten:

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An adorable clouded leopard cub is making history by being the first of his species to be born from an artificial insemination (AI) procedure that used frozen and thawed semen. The birth on Wednesday was significant for the Nashville Zoo and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute given that clouded leopards are among the rarest cat species globally.

Described as secretive animals, clouded leopards are difficult to breed in captivity, making this birth a significant step forward in conserving the endangered species.

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here's an adult Clouded Leopard:

it's so cool!

full story: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clouded-...nashville-zoo/

more here, including vid: http://abcnews.go.com/US/clouded-leo...ry?id=45892951

:)

That baby is about the cutest thing I've ever seen.

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That baby is beyond adorable. I am dying over that little frownie face...


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ok, there have been some cute bb animals born recently:

April the Giraffe had a live webcam and millions of peeps watching, anticipating her birth. she gave birth to a 6 foot boy named Tajiri!

(story here - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...name/308216001)


and Fiona, a was born prematurely but is doing well. she's sooooo cute!


:D

http://fox21news.com/2017/04/22/vide...the-first-time
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...pers/307100001
more pix: http://www.cincinnati.com/picture-ga...hippo/99552782

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13. Respect bandwidth, copyrights, and ownership. Do not "hot-link" images from other websites or post copyrighted material.

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LINKS to the pictures are welcome

YAYAYAY!!

:carrot::carrot::banana::banana:

we have a new baby giraffe over here in Seattle! just born this morning. check out the birth!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz16Wkx3kuI

more here: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-...ounces-a-birth

:pinkele::pinkele::pinkele:

a baby Great White was found beached in Australia the other day. it was taken to a pool to recover and released back into the sea yesterday. really cool baby animal and story!

read more here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-1...randed/8895252

and here: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/fluffy-the...912-gyfx4w.htm

this one has alotta nice pix and vids: http://people.com/pets/no-swimming-a...to-public-pool

:)

Six baby squirrels were found w/ their tails stuck together the other day! oh no! it's a 6way tuggowar. they were found and got help, so it's still cute:

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How a wildlife expert rescued 6 baby squirrels in Elkhorn whose tails were knotted together
​Laura Stastny has a skill few others share: untangling squirrel tails.

And the local wildlife expert got a chance to use it last week.

Six baby squirrels were found last week in Elkhorn with their tails tangled together, so much so that they became a six-headed animal cluster.

Stastny, executive director of Nebraska Wildlife Rehab, said their tails got stuck together because of tree sap. Then their tails became knotted as the eight-week-old squirrels wrestled around in their nest.

She said it wasn’t the first case of tangled squirrel tails her group has dealt with. The rescue group gets one such case every year or two.

Tree sap is often involved. But sometimes string ends up in a squirrel nest and that causes the tangle, Stastny said.

She did the untangling at the rescue group’s center in Fort Calhoun.

She gave the squirrels a mild painkiller and covered them with a towel during the untangling, because they would be calmer in the dark.

First she snipped away the sap-covered fur that initially glued them together. Then she untangled the six tails like you would a ball of knotted twine.

It took about an hour.

The squirrels are all doing fine, she said, although several of them will need surgery to remove parts of their tails that were damaged while tangled.

She expects that all of them will be released back into the wild in a few weeks.

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more here: http://www.omaha.com/news/goodnews/h...f77fb0a6f.html

Edit: look at them - whatta cute and funny predicament. glad they're ok now.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...6d0a.image.jpg

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Originally Posted by Ax01

Six baby squirrels were found w/ their tails stuck together the other day! oh no! it's a 6way tuggowar. they were found and got help, so it's still cute:



more here: http://www.omaha.com/news/goodnews/h...f77fb0a6f.html

Edit: look at them - whatta cute and funny predicament. glad they're ok now.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...6d0a.image.jpg

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How would that happen ??


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It's explained in the story tree sap was the culprit in this case.
It's a type of "Rat King" - which for the longest time I thought was an old wives tale but it does happen, it's rather rare:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...6&q=60&o=f&l=f


how 'bout a lil bit of cute bb animal news?!

uh oh. a zoo visitor gets a lil love bite from a tiny Rhino. vid and story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...on/1500625002/

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Baby rhino bites Cincinnati Zoo patron, 'expected to be fine'

CINCINNATI – A visitor to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Tuesday was bitten by a rhinoceros, according to police dispatchers.

Dispatch confirmed one person was hurt by the zoo's baby black rhinoceros Kendi during a private encounter.

The Cincinnati Fire Department was called to the zoo.

The incident is under review, according to zoo spokeswoman Michelle Curry. The incident occurred during a standard, behind-the-scenes tour with staff. Hundreds of people do the same tour every year without incident, she said.

The zoo tweeted an update Tuesday afternoon.

"Kendi, the one-year-old rhino, nipped the tip of an adult male's right index finger during a behind the scenes encounter earlier today. The guest is being treated for a minor injury and expected to be fine," zoo officials said via social media.

The zoo’s black rhino Seyia gave birth to Kendi, which means “the loved one” in Swahili, in July 2017. She was the first black rhino to be born at the Cincinnati Zoo since 1999. The species is critically endangered because of poaching and habitat loss. Fewer the 5,000 black rhinos remain in the world.

The Cincinnati Zoo is no stranger to incidents with its animals.

In 2016, a boy scaled a fence and fell 15 feet into a moat in the gorilla exhibit. That fall allowed Harambe, a 17-year-old gorilla, to reach the child and drag him around, ultimately forcing zoo officials to fatally shoot the primate.

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also here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/ba...zoo/ar-BBNQ1c4

:)

Welcome babies!

these look like high-pattern Scrubs w/ a ghostly glow. i've seen Halmahera Ground Boa's at shows and stuff, but have never seen these pythons before. they look really neat and it's really exciting these are world's first CBB!

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...0a&oe=5CCA3813

story: https://kfor.com/2018/12/05/oklahoma...-in-human-care

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Oklahoma City Zoo welcomes five Halmahera python hatchlings; first in history to be bred in human care

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Zoo welcomed five Halmahera python hatchlings - the first in history to be bred in human care.

The pythons were born in the Herpetarium habitat on November 10.

The Halmahera python is a large, nonvenomous snake, native to the Indonesian island of Halmahera.

Officials at the zoo say they had been attempting to produce Halmahera python hatchlings for five years before finding the optimal environment for reproductive success.

According to the zoo, the manipulation of temperature, humidity and varying their dietary intake seasonally were all crucial factors in stimulating breeding. Once the eggs were laid, the zoo’s reptile and amphibian caretakers gathered them to be incubated. As time progressed, it was revealed to zoo caretakers that Halmahera pythons contribute to the number of known long-incubation snake species, taking 90 days to hatch - as opposed to short-incubation species, which take up to 60 days.
“To have successfully bred this rare species of python was an extraordinary feat, which required an enormous amount of knowledge, diligence and dedication,” said Blake Bauer, assistant curator of herpetology at the OKC Zoo. “With this ground-breaking achievement, the OKC Zoo has gained invaluable insight that can be shared with other organizations to protect the viability of the Halmahera python in the future.”

The newest additions are not yet viewable to the public. Caretakers will observe the young pythons' first developmental milestones behind the scenes.

Click here if you'd like to learn more.

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Cute as can be!

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good on these vets helping out a way cute wayward bb dugong!

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...e_12x5_992.jpg

story: https://abcnews.go.com/International...k-sea-63709888

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Thai vets nurture lost baby dugong with milk and sea grass

A baby dugong that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and getting lost in the ocean off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine experts in hopes that it can one day fend for itself.

The estimated 5-month-old female dugong named Marium has become an internet hit in Thailand after images of marine biologists embracing and feeding the aquatic mammal with milk and sea grass spread across social media.

The dugong is a species of marine mammal similar to the American manatee and can grow to about 3.4 meters (11 feet) in length. Its conservation status is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Marium was spotted alone near a beach on Ko Poda island in Krabi province in April. Officials later tried to release it into a dugong habitat off the coast of another island but it swam away.

Veterinarians and volunteers set out each day in canoes to locate Marium near the dugong habitat off Ko Libong island. It does not swim with the herd and usually comes straight to them, then follows them into shallower water, where it is fed milk and sea grass, similar to her natural diet, for up to 15 times a day while also receiving health checks.

Marium's caretakers believe it has formed a bond with humans but is also drawn to the shape of the underside of canoes, perhaps seeing it as a mother substitute.

"She's attached and tries to swim and cling to the boat as if it was her mother and when we are swimming she would come and tuck under our arms. It's almost like the way she would tuck under her mother," said Nantarika Chansue, director of the Aquatic Animal Research Center of Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Veterinarian Science, who advises Marium's caretakers.

"So I think it's not only humans but anything that looks like another dugong that she would be attached to," Nantarika said.

Marium has attained fame on social media, and images of it bonding with its human guardians have been widely published by Thai media. It also attracts crowds on Libong island, where its feeding is often watched by scores of people crowding the seashore.

Veterinarians say they need to continue looking after Marium for at least another year until it can be weaned off of bottled milk, after which they hope it will be able to look after herself without their help.

Nantarika said dugongs typically stop feeding on milk at around 18 months and usually spend around eight years under their mothers' care. She said Marium would have to be trained later to detach herself from humans but, at this point, the emphasis should be on her survival.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyqVpTQ0Ha4

That's awesomely cute...how could you say no to such a cuddly creature that mistakes you for her mom? :love: