The Gundis: A Small Rodent That’s Big On Cute
Gundis are a family of rodents (Speke’s Gundi, Felou Gundi, Desert Gundi, North African Gundi and Mzab Gundi) that are native to the rocky deserts of Northern Africa. They are small and stocky, with...
Author: The Zookeeper
Markhors: WIld Goats Make Cute Babies
The national animal of Pakistan, the Markhor is an endangered species of wild goat. Like all animals, Markhors start off as little squirts like the rest of us, but they grow up to be...
Some Unlikely Friends!
In December of 2004, wildlife officials in Malindi, Kenya were alerted that a herd of hippopotamuses were stranded off the coast; dangerously close to the ocean (if hippos get swept out into salt water,...
Your Favorite Bright Orange Little Monkey
The golden lion tamarin aka the lion monkey is a little fireball of monkey fun. They are always active and talking just like a little red-headed stepchild. You notice they always seem to cling...
Baby Goats Are Great Kids!
The first animal to be tamed by humans over 9,000 years ago, Goats are still a fixture on farms to this day; with at least 300 different breeds, and over 500 million individuals specimens....
Gremlin or Tasier? Tiny, Big-Eyed Primate
Tiny and nocturnal, these gremlins or tarsiers are pretty reclusive so it isn’t very easy to get a glimpse of them with their babies in the wild. Also, they live rather far off in...
Penguins: The Flightless Bird
Penguins are unique aquatic birds that have flippers for swimming rather than wings for flying. Most penguin species live around Antarctica, but the Galapagos Penguin prefers the milder climate on Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands. Baby...
Gorillas: The Largest Primate Still Starts Out Small
Baby gorillas are active, fun-loving primates that use the central African forests as their playground. Baby gorillas weigh only 3-4 pounds (1.4 to 1.8 kg) at birth; half the weight of a newborn human...
Baby Alligators
My favorite thing about baby gators is how they crawl all over the parent gators like they were monkeys, sometimes even going in the parent gators’ mouths. It’s something you wouldn’t expect from reptiles,...
Spectacled Owl Chicks Born Fluffy White
Spectacled owl chicks may be born fluffy white (with a black face) but they will change into one of the more striking colored (black, white and yellow) owls in the world. They sure take...