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# Celebrate Mother's Day With These Photos of Adorable Baby Animals and Their Moms

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## Joseph C. Lin


May 10, 2014 12:00 PM UTC

by 

[Joseph C. Lin](https://time.com/author/joseph-c-lin/)


## Joseph C. Lin


May 10, 2014 12:00 PM UTC

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, so hope you didn’t forget to get your mom a present. If you did (or even if you didn’t), redeem yourself by clicking through this gallery, which shows some of the cutest baby animals out there doing some mother-baby bonding.

![GERMANY-ANIMAL-ZOO-KOALA](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb615c164a2fed5c/69868debe53aba47dc4d26d8/464321241.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A six month old female baby koala sits on her mother's head on January 22, 2014 at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany. Roland Weihrauch—AFP/Getty Images

![Brookfield Zoo Animals](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6efb976473c5f03/69868dea13c79f04bc191f23/451085687.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A baby and mother Snow Leopard, at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois on Nov. 14, 2013. Raymond Boyd—Getty Images

![GERMANY-FEATURE-ANIMAL](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaa264a7c9254b67/69868deb169ab089de279268/470907253.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A gray langur mother named Sally holds her baby in its enclosure in Berlin's Zoo on February 21, 2014 in Berlin. Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty Images

![FRANCE-ANIMAL-SEA LION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb838f4634e2f5de8/69868de8cd804d7a2bccab22/173718142.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A newborn sea lion and its mother are seen at Marineland in Nice, France on July 17, 2013. Valery Hache—AFP/Getty Images


![Giant Panda cub, Bao Bao - Washington, DC](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a46a2c61e001a14/69868e3be8524bba94602c0a/461478787.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Giant panda cub, Bao Bao, right, interacts with her mother, Mei Xiang, left, at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on Tuesday January 07, 2014 in Washington, DC. Matt McClain—The Washington Post/Getty Images

![Hartmann's Mountain Zebra Born At Lyon Zoo](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcbd9d376707fc91/69868de935ba6f5cb1c01d6e/186455822.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A newborn Hartmann's Mountain zebra with his mother in the Zoo of the Parc de la Tete d'Or in Lyon. France on October 31, 2013. Alexander Roth-Grisard—Getty Images

![INDIA-ANIMAL-TIGER-ZOO](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt438d399e6a3e63b4/69868ded810bbb432ec91656/481262473.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Three six-month old Indian white tiger cubs are pictured with their mother Sameera, right, at their enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India on March 29, 2014. Noah Seelam—AFP/Getty Images


![This Year's Cygnets Make A Public Appearance At Abbotsbury Swannery](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0b0786ebf5c36b4/69868de73bc9992e781a34d8/169326329.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Recently hatched cygnets sit with their mother in a nest at Abbotsbury Swannery on May 23, 2013 near Weymouth, England. Matt Cardy—Getty Images

![Twin polar bear cubs stand with their mother Giovanna in their enclosure at Tierpark Hellabrunn in Munich](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18c08f7e3c980e2d/69868e3955a8594e30a80b59/rtr3hp0v.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Twin polar bear cubs stand with their mother Giovanna in their enclosure at Tierpark Hellabrunn in Munich, March 19, 2014. Michael Dalder—Reuters

![GERMANY-ANIMAL-DONKEY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdda3cf2cf30c5ee5/69868de6810bbbb130c91641/151695975.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A white donkey foal walks with his mother Anuschka in his enclosure at the West Coast park in St. Peter-Ording, Germany on September 09, 2012. Wolfgang Runge—AFP/GettyImages


![INDIA-ANIMAL-GIRAFFE-CALF](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e65387610298532/69868de7810bbb7fa0c91645/170288401.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A mother giraffe licks her 20-day old calf at the Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata, India on June 10, 2013. Dibyangshu Sarkar—AFP/Getty Images

![Baby Ring-Tailed Lemurs Attract Visitors At Japan Monkey Centre](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42470628bda3482a/69868deeadae44d3b0542eb9/485750729.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Baby ring-tailed lemurs cling onto their mother at the Japan Monkey Centre on April 19, 2014 in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images

![SPAIN-ANIMALS-OFFBEAT-CONSERVATION](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde277cfe9b91210f/69868deecd804d47acccab2c/486657845.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A Java mouse-deer cub, one of the world's smallest hoofed animals, and its mother at the Fuengirola Biopark, near Malaga, Spain on April 25, 2014. Jorge Guerrero—AFP/Getty Images


![New Born Elephants Appear At The Safari Zoo In Israel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3693ed00b1a57eeb/69868de806f2c1b10332ebdd/184412406.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Lalana, a newborn Asian elephant calf nurses from her mother at the Safari zoo in Ramat Gan, Israel on October 13, 2013. Uriel Sinai—Getty Images

![A two week-old Eastern Bongo calf stands](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fa435ddf101c96f/69868de5169ab00790279259/142815460.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A two week-old Eastern Bongo calf stands beside her mother at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on April 13, 2012. William West—AFP/Getty Images

![GERMANY-ANIMAL-MANDRILL](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt285d0644b32baf80/69868de635ba6f869ac01d68/152896618.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

One month-old baby mandrill Aron clings to his mother Sandra in their cage at Berlin's Zoologischer Garten zoo on September 28, 2012. John Macdougall—AFP/Getty Images


![MEXICO-HIPPO-ZOO-ANIMALS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdf5a436314af7bd7/69868dec3bc999c1ed1a34dc/476795399.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A 9-day old hippo tries to walk helped by its mother at the Chapultepec Zoo, in Mexico City, on March 5, 2014. Ronaldo Schemidt—AFP/Getty Images

![HUNGARY-ANIMALS-HYENA-BABIES](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1326b6b80f239e65/69868dec1eebf72095370be8/479349929.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A newly born spotted hyena baby is cleaned by its mother at the Animal Garden in Szeged, Hungary on March 17, 2014. Csaba Segesvari—AFP/Getty Images

![FRANCE-ANIMALS-ZOO-MONKEY-GIBBON-BIRTH](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b8f0b68a9e836b0/69868de7d0b6f2953330421a/154790851.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

A baby Gibbon and its mother at the Doue La-Fontaine zoo in France on October 26, 2012. Alain Jocard—AFP/Getty Images


![GERMANY-ANIMALS-ZOO-SPECTACLED BEAR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad1a39e832ce7012/69868ded361760249a90bd79/485238809.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp)

Spectacled bear mother Cashu stands next to one of her babies on April 17, 2014 at the zoo in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Boris Roessler—AFP/Getty Images

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