The Newest, Cutest Baby Animals from the World's Zoos & Aquariums
In late June, the WCS Bronx Zoo welcomed two baby Lesser Hedgehog Tenrecs. While they might look like hedgehogs, and even have hedgehog in their name, they are actually a totally different family of mammals. Tenrec species come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with some looking like hedgehogs, some like mice, and some even like otters!
Photo credits: Julie Larsen Maher / WCS Bronx Zoo
An adorable example of something called convergent evolution, where two more or less unrelated species develop very similar traits just because they happen to fill similar ecological niches.
Simply put, nature likes to reuse good ideas.
Another good example from Madagascar is the fossa, a “cat” that’s not a cat at all.
Evolutionary nature is endlessly and unceasingly wonderful, awe-inspiring and demanding of respect and protection.
soooooooooooooooooooooo cute!
Way too cute! Thanks for continuing to bring us these rare, adorable creatures!
Joel. You must be a man of much faith to believe that these creatures evolved.
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Not really, I just like logical thinking. And please, I don’t want to have some sort of debate right now about it, it would hardly lead anywhere for either of us.
I love their rock-star hairdos!
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