Wildlife

Rock Hyrax Pups / Chester Zoo

Four adorable baby Rock Hyraxes have been born at Chester Zoo. The quartet of pups, one male and three female, arrived weighing between just 250g and 290g. They were born on 14 July and are yet to be named — via Youtube

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Yellow-bellied Glider / Taronga Zoo

This 10-week-old Yellow-bellied Glider is recuperating at Taronga Wildlife Hospital, after she and her mother collided with a barbed-wire fence. Our vet nurse, Felicity is providing round-the-clock care to the joey, carrying a makeshift pouch and feeding her six times a day from a dessert spoon while her mother recovers from her injuries — via Youtube

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Rare Scottish wildcat kitten / Chester Zoo

Amazing video footage has captured a rare Scottish wildcat kitten, bred at Chester Zoo, emerging from its den for the first time since birth.

It’s believed that there could be fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild making the Scottish wildcat, also affectionately known as the Highland tiger, one of the most endangered populations of cats in the world.

Chester Zoo are working with Scottish Wildcat Action on a co-ordinated action plan to help save the highly threatened animals — via Youtube

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Fennec Fox Kits / Zoo Wroclaw

Earlier in the month, Zoo Wroclaw happily announced a new litter of Fennec Fox kits. The Zoo was expecting only one, so when mum came out from her burrow with three kits following behind, you can guess keepers were excited — via ZooBorns

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Southern White Rhinoceros / Hamilton Zoo

Keepers snapped these photos of a baby Southern White Rhinoceros just hours after it was born at New Zealand’s Hamilton Zoo in June. The male calf is described as determined by his keepers, and an eager feeder from his mother, Kito. This is Kito’s third calf as part of the Hamilton Zoo’s Rhino breeding program. He weighed about 64kg at birth — via ZooBorns