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Newborn. LOL animals (14 pictures. 70 Cutie Baby Animals Bring You a Good Mood. Cuteness is usually characterized by some combination of infant-like physical traits, especially small body size with a disproportionately large head, large eyes, and round and softer body features.

70 Cutie Baby Animals Bring You a Good Mood

An eagle, a fox and my cat all getting along fine on my porch. Description First of all just let me explain the hot water heater!

An eagle, a fox and my cat all getting along fine on my porch

My hot water heater leaked and flooded my kitchen and so I just went through getting it replaced. We have had so much snow (it's melting now) that it was too hard to carry it through all the snow to get to the landfill so it and other building materials are hanging out on my porch until more snow is gone. See how the fox, eagle and cat are all just fine hanging out and no one is trying to attack anyone and they are getting along just fine? Notice the eagle in the background on the lamp post down by the street. A to Z Index of Animals - A-Z Animals - Animal Facts, Information, Pictures, Videos, Resources and Links. News. By Emma Reynolds Published: 11:05 GMT, 28 March 2012 | Updated: 09:31 GMT, 30 March 2012 Adorable Harry the hippopotamus is no stick-in-the-mud when it comes to making friends with humans.

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The six-day-old pygmy hippo calf is filling the time of his doting carers after being rejected by his mother at birth. The 11lb baby was born last Thursday at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa and requires round-the-clock care. Strong bond: Devoted carer Toni Inggs was like a mother to the little hippo All alone: The tiny calf was his mother Hilda's third child to survive out of eight and was rejected by her at birth But the regal little Harry - named after the Prince - has brought joy to the whole centre, according to Rob Hall, the reserve's manager.

Handler Toni Inggs looks after the mud-loving creature at the privately-run Cango Wildlife Ranch. The pygmy hippo - who will not grow to more than three feet tall - requires 125ml of milk around every three hours. Friends. Cute Baby Elephants: Born to Be Wild! (Photos) Elephants are some of the most spectacular animals on Earth, and baby elephants are especially adorable.

Cute Baby Elephants: Born to Be Wild! (Photos)

They should spend their early years playing, learning, and bonding with their families, but circuses such as Ringling Bros. rip babies away from their mothers and force them to perform cruel and unnatural tricks. Here are 10 of our favorite pictures of baby elephants looking happy and adorable—in the wild! These animals are cheerful and carefree, a stark contrast to enslaved baby elephants who endure lives of constant pain and exhaustion in the circus.

Baby elephants used by Ringling Bros. and other circuses have their childhoods stolen from them. Help put an end to this cruelty by demanding that the U.S. 8 Oddly Colored Creatures. Baby Otters. Albino Animals. Birdwatchers are rushing to Avebury, near Marlborough, Wiltshire to hopefully catch a glimpse of a rare albino jackdaw.

Albino Animals

Author Andrew Collins was the first to photograph the bird which locals have named Jackie. Other fabulous albino animals include: According to Wikipedia there is no reported case of a true “albino” horse even though white horses have been referred to as albino in literature and some registries. All so-called “albino” horses have pigmented eyes, usually brown or blue, and thus are not true albinos. Many albino mammals, such as mice or rabbits, typically have a white hair coat, unpigmented skin and reddish eyes.

Dominant white in horses is caused by the absence of pigment cells melanocytes, whereas albino animals have a normal distribution of melanocytes In other animals, patches of unpigmented skin, hair, or eyes due to the lack of pigment cells (melanocytes) are called piebaldism, not albinism nor partial albinism. Stray Pit Bull saves woman & child from attacker - ... PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida - February 2011 The wandering 65-pound Pit Bull mix might have seemed menacing to some passerby, but one woman will always remember him as her “guardian angel.” The dog, which authorities think is lost and not a stray, successfully thwarted a robbery attack on a mother and her 2-year-old son, who were held at knifepoint Monday afternoon.

The Florida woman, who has been identified by authorities simply as “Angela,” was leaving a playground with her toddler son in Port Charlotte when a man approached her in the parking lot with a knife and told her not to make any noise or sudden movements. Angela didn’t have to do either to protect herself and her child — a dog mysteriously ran to the scene and charged the man, who quickly fled. “I don’t think the dog physically attacked the man, but he went at him and was showing signs of aggression, just baring his teeth and growling and barking. Animal Sleep - StumbleUpon. Most animals have a daily pattern of rest and activity.

Animal Sleep - StumbleUpon

Some animals are more active during the day (diurnal) and some are more active during the night (nocturnal). How much time do animals spend sleeping? Well, it depends on the animal: