Animal Planet is reporting about these two cute animals that were saved from the Jesuta Fire near Santa Barbara, California. The bobcat kitten was saved a week before the fawn, near Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Ranch, where it was dehydrated and near death.
“They rescued the fawn during last week’s wildfire. Although wild animals, especially of separate species, are never placed together due to regulations, in this emergency situation, they had no choice. During the mayhem of the fire, they were forced to put animals anywhere they could, since they had run out of crates large enough for the fawn. The kitten ran to the fawn, and it was instant bonding.”
The population of cute is booming at the San Diego Zoo, as reported on NBC Bay Area.com. Check out the March madness…
San Diego Zoo
Pagi, a female Bornean sun bear cub whose name means morning in a Malayan dialect, reassured her brother, Palu, who is named after a valley in Borneo, as they made their public debut at the San Diego Zoo. The 5-month-old bears surpassed their keepers expectations by exploring every inch of their habitat, including the highest points of their climbing structures.
Tammy Spratt, San Diego Zoo
A couple of mule deer steer clear of a black rhino calf while he runs around his habitat. This calf was born at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park. Despite their size and weight, black rhinos are known to run at speeds up to 40 miles per hour.
San Diego Zoo
A baby western lowland gorilla has made his debut at the San Diego Zoo. Frank was born at the zoo in September and introduced to the public on Friday. Immediately after being placed in the Gorilla Tropics exhibit, Frank began crawling and foraging for food with his mother, 12-year-old Azizi, and the other gorillas. Zoo officials say Frank weighs 13 pounds, but he’s expected to grow to more than 400 pounds by the time he is full grown at about age 15.
Ken Bohn, Zoological Society of San Diego
Thirteen Australian red-bellied short-necked turtles hatched at the San Diego Zoo. The hatchlings are about the size of a quarter. The females will grow as large as dinner plates while the males will reach only about four inches in diameter. This aquatic species is native to tropical regions of Australia and New Guinea.
by Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo
Three of four meerkat pups stay close to each other at the San Diego Zoo. The pups are thriving and are scrambling about in their habitat with the whole group of 12 meerkats. After their birth they spent much of their first few weeks in the den. Animal care staff was not even certain how many pups there were initially, as mom would only allow one out at a time. The mother, Ngami, is the dominant female of the group, but the whole troop helps raise the pups.
Ken Bohn, San Diego Zoo
A female koala joey born in 2008, at the San Diego Zoo holds onto its mother, Orana, in a tree.
Ken Bohn, Zoological Society of San Diego
Matamata turtles hatched at the San Diego Zoo in 2008, the first time this species has successfully reproduced at the Zoo. The matamata, native to Brazil, Guiana and Trinidad, has a name that means “I kill, I kill,” in Spanish. The matamata is not endangered, but its population is feeling the pressure of habitat loss.
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This week is the “next week” that I’ve been talking about for weeks now. I have been planning to join a gym and start working out for quite some time now, never really thinking that “next week” would ever arrive.
Next week is now.
*Sigh*
To get motivated, I have come up with the following tips and images that are hopefully going to help me get my workout on. If they work for me, they’ll definitely work for you…
1. If it does hang out, let it.
2. Stretch it out, but look good doing it.
3. Rest between sessions.
4. Try to remember which locker is yours.
5. Remember that even the little weights add up.
6. When you DO look in the mirror, try to smile.
7. Eat your carbs.
8. The bigger guys are always happy to spot you.
9. Don’t take anything from little trolls handing out “Power Bars.”
10. When the pull-up bar gets the upper hand…
hang on for dear life.
11. Cool down and relax whenever you get the chance.
12. Don’t forget to work on that mid-section.
13. Drink lots of milk.
14. Don’t make fun of the chicks doing yoga.
15. Breeeeeathe.
16. Eat a piece of fruit.
17. No matter how silly you feel, keep doing it.
18. Check your hair every now and then
or have someone do it for you.
19. Feeling pretty takes a little time.
20. There’s plenty of room in the locker room.
Go ahead and spread out a bit.
21. Try not to accentuate your humps, your humps, your lovely little lumps.
22. The trainers are there to help.
23. Avoid mischievous looking types lurking in corners.
24. You’re going to want to scream. Just do it.
25. Pick up a bite to eat on the way home.
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Super cute snuzz alert!! Check out these pics from the Daily Mail–a fawn delivered by C-section after his mother was hit by a car.
From the Daily Mail article:
The little orphan, delivered by Caesarean section, was just six inches tall and, at 500 grams, weighed little more than a bag of sugar.
It looked like he, too, would face a tough fight for survival.
But staff at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire believe Rupert, as he has been named, will make a full recovery after his dramatic arrival.
At five days old, he is being kept in an incubator and has just opened his eyes.
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