Nekama, a baby North Chinese leopard, emerges from a basket at her official presentation to the media at Tierpark zoo on March 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Nekama was born on January 7, 2011 and currently weighs 4.5 kg.
Rabbits have been kept as pets in Western nations since the 19th century. Rabbits kept indoors with proper care have a lifespan between 9 to 12 years. Rabbits are social animals. Rabbits as pets can find their companionship with a variety of creatures, including humans, other rabbits, guinea pigs, and sometimes even cats and dogs. Domestic rabbits that do not live indoors can also often serve as companions for their owners, typically living in an easily accessible hutch outside the home.
This is the cutest thing that has ever happened: Someone put a baby in watermelon shorts. We stumbled across these photos of this adorable tot inside a watermelon on Weibo, and we're pretty sure whoever snapped these puppies is a total genius (though we're not exactly sure where they're from). How this new trend got started is still a little unclear, but we have to say, it looks incredibly refreshing (and we bet it's moisturizing, too).
Two orphaned baby burrowing owls, nicknamed Linford and Christie, have moved into the home of their keeper Jimmy Robinson. The owlets were hatched in an incubator at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, and are now being hand-reared by Jimmy.
Zookeeper Michael Horn holds up Kit and Kitty, the twin red pandas born in June on the first day of their introduction into their new enclosure at Tierpark Zoo on September 13, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The red panda (Ailerus fulgens) is a rare mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
A competitor jumps from the Old Bridge during Red Bull Cliff Diving Competition in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina on August 15, 2015. (Photo by Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
David Colturi of the USA dives from the 27 metre platform during the fifth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy on August 28 2016. (Photo by Dean Treml/ANSA/Red Bull Press Office)