Mother love

[rose_cat]

1.

Rebecca and Martin Hill’s cat Sugar, looking after her litter of several kittens and one adopted baby squirrel, Chestnut
Photo by Nils Jorgenson
Orphaned Animals Who Were Adopted By A Different Species

2.

Fuhrmann's backpack frog, carrying her froglets
Photo by Juan Pablo Hurtado
Amphibian Ark Photo Competition (many more beautiful contest winners)

3.

Miranda showing off her three-day-old kittens, fostered by John Bartlett several years ago
Meet Foster Dad John and his "Critter Room" Foster Kitten Cam!

4.

Tamandua DJ giving her snarky pup MJ a ride, Staten Island Zoo, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
Photo by Steve Yensel
Baby Tamandua Hitches a Ride at Staten Island Zoo

5.

Sandhill crane, with her chick getting a bird’s-eye view of the world
Photo by Jim Ridley

6.

Hyena and her cub, who needs to snuggle
Photo by Andrew Nicholson

7.

Cheetah and her cubs, getting some much needed lovin’
Photo by Andrew Nicholson

8.

Carolina wren feeding her nestlings in an unusual birdhouse
Photo by Livesay Photography
17 Unusual Bird Nests Built in the Oddest of Places

9.

Broad-snouted caiman carrying her hatchling to safety, Argentina
In Pictures: Bringing up baby

10.

Polar bear and her playful cub, Svalbard, Norway
Photo by Ralph Lee Hopkins

11.

Giant forest scorpion carrying her scorplings
Owner's post at Scorpion Forum (more pics of mother and babies, and of how they were born and cared for)

12.

Ten-year-old Yorkshire terrier Bridget and her adopted kittens, who all need hugs right this minute, Humane Society of Utah, Murray, Utah, USA
Photo by Ravell Call
Yorkie surrogate mother saves litter of kittens

13.

Red-backed poison dart frog, carrying her newly hatched tadpole to a bromeliad or other safe pool of water in the trees, Peru
Photo by Alexey Yakovlev

14.

Okapi Manala keeping in touch with her female calf Umeme, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Photo by Kim Downey
Rare Okapi Born at the St. Louis Zoo

15.

Mute swan with her cygnets safely cradled on her back, Kingston upon Thames, England
Photo by Laurence Arnold

Also posted to randompictures and splodefromcute

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Adorable.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

Heartwarming and soooo beautiful. Thank you so much, for this wonderful post, my dear.

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome :) (I take it Mama Scorpion didn't make you run off screaming? ;) )

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

:-) The only animal I'm a little afraid of are crocodiles - but fortunately they don't live here in good old Germany *giggles*

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

What kinds of creepy-crawlies do you have where you live? Do you see scorpions there? (No crocs or gators this far east in the states, either.)

[julchen11.livejournal.com]

I think the most dangerous animals here are boars (they are living in the woods here). They are more than dangerous when they are having babies, then it is better not to meet one of them :-)
I can't stand slugs. They are always a plague in the garden. Last year we picked up more than 300 in one hour...
We have no scorpions or creepy-crawlies here, most of the year it's too cold - besides 3 months of spring/summer.