Celebrate Mother's Day With Nine Baby Animal Livestreams

[Judi Lynn]

This Sunday, celebrate the moms of the animal kingdom with kittens, polar bear cubs, eaglets and more



The Melbourne Zoo welcomed three baby snow leopard cubs in February. (Courtesy of Dingopup via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0)
By Theresa Machemer
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
MAY 8, 2020

Spring is just about in full swing in the northern hemisphere. Snow has melted, and bears have begun emerging from hibernation with their cubs. Among the flowers blooming in your backyard, you might find a nest of baby bunnies. (Don’t panic and don’t move them—in three weeks, they’ll be grown up and hop out of your hair.)

These baby animals and more are starting to scamper around—just in time for Mother's Day. Enjoy these live cams of busy animal mamas and their young ones to help celebrate motherhood all across the animal kingdom.

Puppies at Warrior Canine Connection
The puppies shown on Warrior Canine Connection’s “puppy cam” are hard at work, even when napping in a puppy pile. Warrior Canine Connection trains golden and Labrador retrievers to be service dogs for disabled veterans, and pairs veterans with service dogs-in-training. The organization, based in Maryland, teaches their clients how to train the dogs with positive reinforcement.

Rhinos in Denver
In late April, the Denver Zoo in Colorado announced the name of their baby greater one-horned rhino, Joona. The zoo has a camera set up in the den she shares with her mom Tensing. As Alex Scoville writes for Colorado Public Radio, Joona’s name means “treasure” or “joyful in nature,” which is apt because as the weather warms up, the pair are spending more time outside.

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