The Top 5 cutest:
- This photo single handedly introduced ZooBorns to 500,000 new visitors. Twice as popular as our friend the Mouse Deer, this Fennec Fox kit from Korea’s Everland Zoo, has since become the ZooBorns’ mascot. Many many more Fennec Fox posts...
2. It’s been two years since we shared the Paignton Zoo’s baby Mouse Deer and we still get comments claiming the post is fake! The Lesser Malay Mouse Deer, a species of Chevrotain, is very real, and very small. Full story
3. In 2009, these Clouded Leopard cubs were the first born in 16 years at Smithsonian National Zoo. Many Clouded Leopard posts later, they are still the most popular of their species. Full story
4. Asian Small-Clawed Otters are the smallest species of otter and also one of the noisiest. In addition to the photo, we couldn’t resist posting the video, which incidentally, remains our most popular. Turns out otter pups chirp like birds! Full story
5. Once plentiful in numbers in the dunes of Israel, the Sand Cat has become extinct in the region. This was Safari Zoo’s first successful Sand Cat birth, which joined Israel’s Sand Cat Breeding Program in order to help reintroduce the species into the wild. Full story
This list comes from an old post at Zooborns which is sadly no longer posting regularly. I’ll follow up in another soother with the rest of their top cutest.
Have a nice weekend, folks.