[Image by Tambako the Jaguar via Zooborns.]

[Image via Russell Heistuman's Flickr.]

[San Diego, November 17. Image via AP.]

This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows the zoo's 15-week-old giant panda receiving his weekly veterinary exam and bestowed a name in recognition of his mother. The Chinese name, Yun Zi, which means "Son of Cloud," was one of five names posted on the Zoo's Web site during a four-day period in which people around the world could vote. "Son of Cloud" received 28 percent of the 17,526 votes cast, beating out names that meant blissful San Diego, little dragon, extraordinary bear and eternally blessed. The name "Son of Cloud" recognizes his mother, Bai Yun, whose name means "white cloud." (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)

[Gyongyos, Hungary; November 11. Images via AP.]

Zimba, a male lion cub, right, and Bogi, a male Puli dog, are seen at Gyoengyoes zoo, 79 kilometers (49 miles) east of Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. Zimba was donated to the zoo by a private donor in Italy, and will be raised by Bogi. (AP Photo/MTI, Sandor H. Szabo)

[Stavropol, Russia; October 30. Image via Getty.]

Twenty-two-day-old lion cubs growl at visitors at the zoo in the southern Russian city of Stavropol on October 30, 2009. The cubs are on display to the public for the first time since their birth. AFP PHOTO / DANIL SEMYONOV (Photo credit should read DANIL SEMYONOV/AFP/Getty Images}

Addict-tional cute:

Cats Performing Household Chores [Buzzfeed]

[Bristol Zoo, England; October 28. Image via Getty.]

Amneville, France; October 14. Image via Getty]

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A baby South-American jaguar named Pawa is pictured with its mother Ninja, a spotted jaguar, on October 14, 2009 at the Amneville zoo, eastern France. The baby was born on October 4, 2009. Jaguars are considered as an endangered species due to deforestation and fur trapping. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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[Rotterdam, September 30. Image via Getty.]

A newly born pygmy hippopotamus walks around its enclosure as the mother feeds at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam on September 30, 2009. AFP PHOTO/ANP/ED OUDENAARDEN netherlands out - belgium out (Photo credit should read ED OUDENAARDEN/AFP/Getty Images)

[Image via The Daily Puppy]

Addict -tional cute:

Get a burrow! [Cute Overload]

[Basel, September 9. Images via AP.]

A cheetah cub (acinonyx jubatus) seen at Basel Zoo in Basel, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. The cub is one of three born on June 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Georgios Kefalas)

[Amsterdam, September 2. Images via Getty.]

Daisy, a Yorkshire Terrier, has caught a ball in the toddler bath of swimming pool Mirandabad in Amsterdam, on September 2, 2009. Several dogs swim in the pool to close the outside swimming season. This annual event takes place in a different pool each year. AFP PHOTO ANP OLAF KRAAK netherlands out - belgium out (Photo credit should read OLAF KRAAK/AFP/Getty Images)

Bonus (via Buzzfeed):

[Berlin, August 25. Images via AP.]

New born antelope stands next to her mother at Berlin Zoo, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. The small antelope was born on Aug. 7, 2009 in Berlin's zoo. (AP Photo/Maya Hitij)

[Muenster, Germany; August 17. Images via Getty]

Gorilla mother named 'Gana' carries her young baby on her back in their enclosure at a zoo in the western German city of Muenster on August 17, 2009. The baby named Claudia was born on August 2, 2009 at the zoo. Gorillas are listed as an endangered species due to hunting and destruction of their natural habitats. AFP PHOTO DDP / HENNING KAISER ***GERMANY OUT*** (Photo credit should read HENNING KAISER/AFP/Getty Images)

Gorilla mother named 'Gana' holds her young baby in their enclosure at the zoo in the western German city of Muenster on August 17, 2009. The baby named Claudia was born on August 2, 2009 at the zoo. Gorillas are listed as an endangered species due to hunting and destruction of their natural habitats. AFP PHOTO DDP / HENNING KAISER ***GERMANY OUT*** (Photo credit should read HENNING KAISER/AFP/Getty Images)

[Image via Jezebel Tips Line]

I am reader-sometimes-commenter Soy-bean. A few nights ago, I took the attached pic of my foster kitten, Xena the Warrior Princess. Xena is the only surviving kitten of her litter – her siblings all succumbed to a horrible infection (either upper respiratory or distemper) when they were around 5-6 weeks old. I did everything I could to save them, but they were asymptomatic until just a few hours before passing (sometimes called fading kitten syndrome). Xena, though – she really earned her name! She was horribly, horribly sick – I have never seen such a sick animal.

After weeks of nursing care, syringe feedings, sub-cutaneous fluid treatments, and fearing that she was going to die, Xena is finally out of the woods and super-close to being ready for adoption. She has also become addicted to my laptop – I can't open it without her running right up to it and jumping on the keyboard!

Just thought you folks might like a cute kitten pic to brighten your day!

[Whipsnade, England; July 28. Image via Getty.]

WHIPSNADE, ENGLAND - JULY 28: A newborn Asian elephant stands with other members of its herd at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park on July 28, 2009 in Whipsnade, England. The 6 day old Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), as yet unnamed, weighed 20 stone at birth and stands at only 3 ft tall. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Additional cute: Watch a baby elephant take a bath! [Zooborns]

[Melbourne, July 1. Image via Getty.]

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: Snow Leopards enjoys the snow as snow and ice sculptures are installed to create a winter wonderland at Melbourne Zoo on July 1, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. The snow has been brought in from Mount Buller in a promotion for the Victorian ski resort. (Photo by Lucas Dawson/Getty Images)

[San Jose, June 9. Images via Zooborns.]

San José, CA—-- Happy Hollow Park & Zoo is proud to announce the birth of endangered Red Ruffed lemur quadruplets on May 17, 2009. The births are the first of a kind for Happy Hollow and mark an important step for both the Zoo and this endangered species. The babies, two females and two males, have become more visible as the mother has started to leave the nest box for small periods at a time.

[Medellin, Colombia. Images via Getty]

A Grey-bellied Night Monkey (Aotus Lemurinus) born in captivity one month ago, climbs onto his mother on May 19, 2009 at the Santa Fe Zoo, in Medellin, Antioquia Department, Colombia. The Night Monkey is an endangered species. AFP PHOTO/Raul Arboleda (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images)

[Stroehen, Germany; May 20. Image via AP.]

Dackel "Bessi" bewacht am Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2009, das fuenf Tage alte, noch namenlose Tigerbaby, im Tierpark Stroehen bei Bremen. Die einjaehrige Bessi ersetzt bei der Aufzucht des Tigers ihren Vater "Monster", der gestern vom Postboten ueberfahren wurde und verstarb. Das Tigerbaby wurde von seinen Eltern nicht angenommen, da sie die sechs Monate alte Schwester "Motte" pflegen. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer) ** zu APD9546 ** —- German Dachshund "Bessi", right, guards a five-days-old yet nameless tiger cub at a zoo in Stroehen, northern Germany, on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The little tiger is now being nursed by the the zoo owner's German dachshund "Bessi" who replaces his father "Monster", who originally adopted the tiger cub but was ran over by a post service car on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer)