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If You Give a Baby Pig a Baby Bottle, Cuteness Ensues!
Pigs are really having their moment, wouldn't you say?! Especially with those micro pigs over in the UK, seems that baby oinkers are photogenic superstars lately. Case in point with these lil ones — check out the interesting feeding process by zoo visitors.
Whoa, Mama! Tiger Gives Birth to Six Cuddly Cubs
Just call this show Tiger and Mate Makes Eight! Normally, tigers give birth to only three or four cubs at a time, but for this doting mom seen here resting up at a tiger park in Harabin, China, she gets an extra set to cuddle with at night. Lucky her!
Long-Armed Basketball Star Saves Hungry Dolphin
Dolphins' natural diets usually consist of fish, but one dolphin in China's Hangzhou Polar Ocean Park Zoo decided to try something new and exciting — a pool mat! We all know how dangerous it is when your pets eat something they shouldn't, and the same goes for sea life. After the popular dolphin stopped eating and seemed slow and sluggish, the staff at the Chinese zoo had an x-ray taken of the mammal's tummy and discovered that he had eaten a pool mat from one of his tanks!
Birds (Not) Behaving Badly
No birds were harmed in the shooting of these pictures – after all, they're the well-trained professionals of Bird Island in Shenyang, China. The parrots, cockatoos, and other fluttering fellas perform heroic sport feats. From bowling and bicycling to weight lifting and tightrope walking, it's all there.
Eight Red Pandas Doing Great!
A Red Panda is neither a raccoon nor a bear so should we call these creatures cubs or kits? Whatever you prefer to label the babes, don't forget to add in adoro. The very endangered species often has untraditional caretakers – this time staff at China's Giant Panda Research Center successfully nurtured eight of ten newborns, making it the fifth year in a row that this unit helped these animals pass the critical stage after birth.
Video: A Panda Is Born . . . And It's Caught on Tape!
Not only are they one of my favorite animals to watch on zoo webcams, I can't resist baby animals (even when they're tiny and pink). Watch twin Giant Pandas being born in China – brave mom, Guo Guo, was evacuated from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve post-earthquake, and now makes her home at a panda base in Ya'an. Wow, can you believe how little they are?!Super Cute Gallery: Panda Plane Touches Down in Beijing
Hungry, hungry pandas! These giant pandas made the trip from China's Sichuan province on Saturday and are settling into their new home at the Beijing Zoo. There were food and (safe) shelter shortages in their original home of Wolong Giant Panda Reserve post earthquake, but they look like they're getting plenty of that leafy green bamboo now.
The Scoop: Pandas Fly the Friendly Skies Post-Earthquake
Last week's horrible earthquake in China caused devastation across the country. The area is home to many pandas, both in the wild and at several zoos and reserves. These black-and-white creatures you see here are chomping on their fave diet of bamboo at the Chengdu Research Base in the Sichuan Province.
Orphaned Piggies Love Their Doggie Foster Mom!
From unlikely BFFs to not one but two sets of "pittens," all these animal mommies are doing such good deeds lately! Meet Hei Zi, a dog whose three pups recently froze to death in China. During the same sudden blizzard, another villager in Hongdong city had his mommy pig die of cold, leaving behind eight lil babies.
Globetrotters: Penguins Celebrate Chinese New Year, Too!
With Chinese New Year celebrations still taking place around the world, I spotted pictures of some penguins getting into the spirit at a zoo in Harbin, China. I'm hoping the little ones didn't have to wear their custom-made costumes much longer than this photo opp, but they do look pretty spiffy all decked out in traditional garb. To see the rest of this family – including a baby penguin wearing a festive red bellyband for this holiday – read more
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