Lauren on October 24th, 2008

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“Oh, isn’t he cute? My little smootchie-wootchy!” Some women talk baby-talk to their boyfriend or husband.
Some folks talk baby-talk to, well, babies.
And some of us talk baby-talk — to our animals.
“You shouldn’t use the D-word, as far as we’re concerned,” Diane Turner said. Turner is the proud owner of a pug [...]

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As this little fellow’s countryman Rolf Harris might say, ‘Can you see what it is yet?’
No? Well, that’s not surprising. How many times have you seen a baby kangaroo (joey) photographed this early in his mother’s pouch? He’s still at the embryonic stage, and about the size of a jellybean, but has been captured [...]

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Lauren on October 14th, 2008

Sarabi nuzzles her newborn baby who is just a few hours old at the Memphis Zoo on Friday. The second new baby in two months was born to the zoo Friday morning around 7am. Until about three years ago, the zoo had gone 15 years without a successful birth. The babies are born while the [...]

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Ewe might not believe your eyes if you’re passing this Nottinghamshire field any time soon.
Because two baby lambs have sprung up from nowhere and miraculously been born six months after the traditional spring season for female sheep to give birth.
The adorable little pair, born three weeks ago to a Jacob Breed, are pictured galloping around [...]

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Lauren on September 21st, 2008

When Cherida Cannon’s labrador Teal chased and killed a hare, she set about preparing it for the pot.
But there was a surprise in store. The hare turned out to be pregnant, and its unborn baby’s heart was still beating.
A frantic rescue mission was launched — and today the [...]

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Lauren on August 23rd, 2008

A newborn baby abandoned outdoors in winter by her 14-year-old mother was found safe in a dog pen with a mother dog and her brood of puppies near the city of La Plata, Argentine media reported on Friday.
Farmer Fabio Anze found the naked baby girl on Thursday, being kept warm among his dog China’s puppies, [...]

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kittymowmow on June 11th, 2008

A Long Island animal shelter is a temporary home for a 1-foot-long snake that a mother found coiled on her 7-month-old daughter’s leg as the baby slept in a crib.
Cari Abatemarco of upstate Troy says she was visiting family in Brentwood last week when her baby’s cries woke her one night. She tells Newsday that [...]

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kittymowmow on May 8th, 2008

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kittymowmow on May 5th, 2008

Baby birds are like baby humans on at least one score: they both babble. But as songbirds grow up, they make the switch from babbling to singing by flipping to a different brain circuit, new research finds, suggesting a new view of human infant behavior.
We should toss out the idea that babbling is an [...]

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