Wildlife

The calf, which has been revealed as a boy, arrived to proud parents Margery (7) and Betong (6) on Thursday morning (18 July). Weighing just 5kg at birth, the youngster follows a 13-month-long (391-day) pregnancy — via Youtube

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Lincoln Park Zoo is excited to welcome its latest arrival after 15 months of gestation. On 19 May, Kapuki, an eastern black rhinoceros, gave birth to an healthy male calf at Regenstein African Journey — via YouTube

The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens is excited to share that all six puppies, born 24 April 2019 are healthy and thriving. Today, May 24th, the animal care and veterinary teams performed a routine well-baby exam and learned there are five male puppies and one female puppy in the litter — via Youtube

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo‘s three adorable mountain lion cubs are starting to get settled into their new home and they are exploring all that their temporary den has to offer — via Youtube

The arrival of spring also brings a litter of four critically endangered red wolf pups at Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo. The pups, two male and two female, were born on 13 April — via Youtube

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium zookeepers Donovan and Jarek checked on the eight endangered red wolf pups. The wiggly, healthy pups will receive a more thorough hands-on veterinary exam later in the week — via Youtube

Zoo Miami’s newest litter of endangered African painted dogs received their follow-up 8 week exam which included getting weighed, having blood drawn and receiving vaccinations for distemper. This was only the second time that the puppies have been separated from their mother to be examined and they all did very well — via Youtube

On 22 April 2019, after an over 15 month pregnancy, Akuti, a 7 year old Greater One Horned Indian Rhinoceros, gave birth at approximately 12.30am — via Youtube

What if, rather than cleaning your house properly, you instead welcomed in some bug-eating lizards? — via Youtube

The team spotted this Stubby Squid off the coast of California at a depth of 900m. The stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) looks like a cross between an octopus and squid, but is more closely related to cuttlefish. This species spends life on the sea floor, activating a sticky mucus jacket and burrowing into the sediment to camouflage, leaving their eyes poking out to spot prey like shrimp and small fish. Rossia pacifica is found in the Northern Pacific from Japan to Southern California, most commonly seen up to 300m deep, but specimens have been collected at 1000m depth — via Youtube

Two seven-month-old Sri Lankan Leopard cubs at Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands show off their climbing skills. The cubs’ antics were captured by a Go-Pro camera mounted at the top of the rope — via Youtube

Pallas Cats may look like cute and lazy house cats, but don’t let that fool you — via Youtube

Mum, Kyan certainly has her paws full with six fluff balls chasing and playing with her. These little guys are too cute for words — via Youtube

Nudibranchs may look cute, squishy and defenceless … but watch out. These brightly coloured sea slugs aren’t above stealing weapons from their prey — via Youtube

A custom-made contraption has catapulted the Oregon Zoo’s cheetahs toward a new level of fitness. Dubbed the cheetahpult, it’s an 2.4 metre wooden device that flings a ball far enough for a cheetah — the fastest land animal on earth — to chase. After more conventional ball launchers fell short, the cheetahpult was designed and built by staff members with the zoo’s speediest residents in mind — via Youtube

A one-week-old rhino calf born at Chester Zoo has ventured outside to play for the first time. The little youngster spent around an hour running around and rolling in sand before returning to mum’s side and heading off for a much-deserved nap — via Youtube

The biggest Bush Dog litter ever born at Chester Zoo has emerged from its den.

The six pups, born to mother Mana, age 7, and dad Franco, age 4, have made their public debuts after spending their first few weeks of life tucked away in their underground burrows — via Youtube

These 7-week-old Cheetahs were born 6 January at San Diego Zoo Global’s off-site Cheetah Breeding Centre to an inexperienced mum named Malana. In an effort to care for her cubs, Malana inadvertently caused minor injuries to them. After being with their mother for five weeks, the cubs were taken to the Animal Care Centre to be monitored for medical issues. Keepers will keep close watch over them, feeding them a special diet of soft carnivore food and formula, and weighing them to monitor their health. After they turn 12 weeks old and receive their three-month immunisation, they will be returned to their home at the Cheetah Breeding Centre — via Youtube

Zookeepers have revealed the name of a rare baby rhino born last month.

Meet Akeno, the greater one horned rhino calf — only the second of his kind to ever be born at the zoo.

The name Akeno is of Asian origin, meaning beautiful sunrise. And since his birth, he’s definitely been giving his mum the run-around.

Greater one horned rhinos can weigh up to 2.4 tonnes but, despite their bulky size, they can run at speeds of up to 40 kph.

And although at just one-month-old Akeno has a lot of growing to do, keepers say he has bundles of energy and is proving a real handful for mum, Asha — via Youtube

An abandoned Cheetah cub is being hand reared by her keeper at Longleat. The female cub has been nicknamed Xena, after the warrior princess, which also marks her battling qualities. Xena spent her first ten days being cared for by her mum, Wilma. However, keepers discovered the tiny cub was cold, weak and alone on 19 April. Despite numerous unsuccessful attempts to get mother and baby back together, the decision was taken by keepers to remove the cub and rear her by hand — via Youtube