Cuteness Break: Baby Animals
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From playful baby orangutans to a panda cub climbing its first tree, here are our most adorable baby animals learning life lessons, in the cutest ways imaginable.
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Baby Orangutans Learn How to Crack Coconuts
From: Orangutan Jungle School: And So It Begins
- 3m 40s
- 4K
It’s fruit-gathering time for these orphan orangutans – one of their favorite pastimes. But can they follow the lead of their human carers and learn how to crack open a coconut for themselves?
Newborn Lion Cubs Are Introduced to Their Cousins
From: Africa's Hunters: Bound by Blood
- 1m 45s
- 4K
A lioness returns to her pride with four new cubs, all male. She will take her place among her sisters, who have their own cubs, and together they’ll share suckling duty.
Brave Wood Ducklings Take 30-Foot Leap of Faith
From: America's Mississippi: The Heartland
- 3m 57s
- HD
A dozen wood ducklings have just hatched in their treetop nest. Next comes the hard part: each and every one will have to leap 30 feet into the Mississippi River, to join their mother.
Baby Hedgehog Quills Don’t Harden Right Away
From: Wild Castles: Alhambra
- 1m 13s
- 4K
Baby hedgehogs, known as hoglets, are born blind and completely reliant on their mothers. Even their famed spines start out soft and hair-like, taking a couple of weeks to harden.
An Unusual Guest Arrives at This Orangutan Rescue Center
From: Orangutan Jungle School: Tots, Teens and Tantrums
- 2m 34s
- HD
Despite its name, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation also welcomes other animals. The latest addition is a baby orphan sun bear – affectionately named Denny Bear.
Curious Baby Elephant Proves Fascinating Discovery
From: Elephants in the Room
- 1m 58s
- HD
An encounter with a baby elephant and her violently overprotective mother reveals a fascinating discovery.
Cameras Catch Adorable Glimpse of Mountain Lion Family
From: The Mountain Lion and Me
- 3m 27s
- HD
Native Montanan Casey Anderson has stumbled across a family of mountain lions living in a nearby cave. He sets up cameras to get a closer look at their lives.
Baby Panda Climbs a Tree for the First Time
From: Zoo Vets
- 50s
- HD
Curious and courageous, giant panda baby Bao Bao ventures outside into her "cub proofed" panda yard and displays her adept climbing skills.
Baby Orangutans Deal with Back-to-School Jitters
From: Orangutan Jungle School: Handle With Care
- 2m 22s
- HD
The baby orangutans at the jungle school are about to be let loose in their new classroom. To combat nerves, some have brought an object to calm them down: security blankets.
Play-Fighting Baby Elephants
From: Elephants in the Room
- 3m 15s
- HD
Two precious young cousins imitate their elders and "battle" for male dominance.
Giant Panda Cub Bao Bao Is Growing Up Fast
From: Zoo Vets
- 2m 13s
- HD
Bao Bao is already practicing her walking, climbing, and she's developing a taste for bamboo at the Smithsonian's National Zoo.
Baby Monkey Twins at Play
From: Baby New at the Zoo
- 3m 27s
- HD
In Brazil, forest space for golden lion tamarins is dwindling, so the National Zoo came up with a plan to breed monkeys and release them back into the wild.
The National Zoo's Most Adorable Baby Animals
From: Baby New at the Zoo
- 1m 5s
- HD
They're young, curious and feisty - meet the wild animal babies of the National Zoo.
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