baby animal images - Joel Sartore

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A Steller sea lion cow (Eumetopias jubatus) exchanges a “kiss” with her pup. Lowrie is a small island on the north end of Forrester National Wildlife Refuge; it serves as the rookery of the world’s largest concentration of these mammals. About 5,000 gather here at the height of the breeding/pupping season in late June and early July. Biologists puzzle over the fact that the species is faring so badly in relatively wild Alaska. Slow starvation may be the answer, since its principal food, pollock, has become increasingly popular with human competitors.

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A juvenile Texas cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus alacer) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

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A juvenile Texas cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus alacer) at Houston SPCA’s Wildlife Center of Texas.

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A one-month old toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) at the North Florida Wildlife Center.

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A one-month old toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) at the North Florida Wildlife Center.

A picture of a coastal plain cooter hatchling (Pseudemys peninsularis) at Petra Aqua.

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A coastal plain cooter hatchling (Pseudemys peninsularis) at Petra Aqua.

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A coastal plain cooter hatchling (Pseudemys peninsularis) at Petra Aqua.

A six-day-old Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus, at the Minnesota Zoo. This species is listed as endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered.

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A six-day-old Malayan tapir, Tapirus indicus, at the Minnesota Zoo. This species is listed as endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Tierpark Berlin.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Tierpark Berlin.

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A 33-day-old eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis hypophaeus) at the Wildlife Rescue Center of Minnesota.

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A federally threatened koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) with her baby at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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A common wallaroo (Macropus robustus) with joey in pouch at Miller Park Zoo.

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A common wallaroo (Macropus robustus) with joey in pouch at Miller Park Zoo.

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A common wallaroo (Macropus robustus) with joey in pouch at Miller Park Zoo.

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Veterinarian bottle feeding two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs, (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa), at the Nashville Zoo.

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Veterinarian bottle feeding two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs, Neofelis nebulosa, at the Nashville Zoo.

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Veterinarian bottle feeding two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs, (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa), at the Nashville Zoo.

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Two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

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Two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

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Two female hand-raised nine-day-old clouded leopard cubs (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Nashville Zoo.

A picture of a five month old Tammar wallaby (Notamacropus eugenii) named Billy at Moonlit Sanctuary.

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A five month old Tammar wallaby (Notamacropus eugenii) named Billy at Moonlit Sanctuary.

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A critically endangered juvenile northern white cheeked-gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) and its surrogate mother, an endangered white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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A critically endangered juvenile white cheeked-gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Tierpark Berlin.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Tierpark Berlin.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Tierpark Berlin.

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Adult (and baby) roundnose minnow (Dionda episcopa) collected from El Rito Creek, a headwater of the Pecos River, New Mexico.

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A juvenile muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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A juvenile muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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A two month old female crimson crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) at the National Aviary of Colombia.

A picture of a two-week-old Japanese macaque or snow monkey (Macaca fuscata fuscata) named Gigi at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she's four-months-old.

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A two-week-old Japanese macaque or snow monkey (Macaca fuscata fuscata) named Gigi at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her.

Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.