Wildlife

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

Wildlife

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

Wildlife

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

Craft, Wildlife

Blue Octopus / claymeeples

This little octopus is handmade using polymer clay, resin, acrylic paints and a bowl from the garden shop. Size: bowl is 9 cm in diameter, octopus is about 5 cm tall octopus in not removable from the bowl — via Etsy

Wildlife

World’s Laziest Wolf Howls / NY Wolf

Alawa (the lazy howler) is a captive-born Canadian/Rocky Mountain grey wolf at the Wolf Conservation Centre (WCC), a 501c3 non-profit organization, in South Salem, NY. She is one of the four ambassador wolves at the WCC that help teach the public about wolves and their vital role in the environment — via Youtube