Who doesn’t like Koala’s?

This little baby named Imogen is adorable.

 

I just read this article a couple of weeks ago, but this happened back in June in Symbio Wildlife Park in Sydney Australia.  A younger koala lost its mother soon after birth so it was decided that this little joey, Imogen, would be hand-raised and the younger koala placed into the pouch of Imogen’s mother.

A young couple working at the reserve took Imogen home; bottle fed her and took her everywhere with them, even snuggling with her at night to make her feel like she was in her mother’s pouch. 

It sounds like koalas are similar to kittens, terrorizing their humans all night and then sleeping most of the day.  To read the entire story, go here.  Be sure to scroll through the slide show for some adorable pics.

The first baby sighting of the year

I’m talking about animal babies here, in this case baby quail.  They are about three weeks late in showing up this year but the weather has been cooler and rainier.  I don’t know if that affects quail life or not.

 Baby quail twins

 

This morning a recently hatched couple of babies were separated from their siblings and parents.  I’m not sure how this can happen because the quail seem to know how many little ones they have and if anyone is lost.  They will stay around and call out until they find the babies.  Not so today.  The parents were missing.  My husband went out, picked these two up, took them around to the vacant lot, and let them go in the dense underbrush.  They seemed to be looking that way and didn’t now how to get over there.  Of course, I’m worried about them because survival is slim anyway here in the desert.  I hope the parents will find them before dark.

They were very unafraid because they haven’t learned that skill yet.  This is the only pic I got of them but they are so cute and only about an inch high.  I’m sure more pictures will be coming later.