Wonderous mother nature

INCREDIBLY cute images of baby animals with their parents will warm your heart this winter proving once and for all that a mothers love really is unconditional - no matter what species you are. -- Pictured, a tender moment as a baby lion cub cuddles up to its mother. Picture: Picture Media

1/43INCREDIBLY cute images of baby animals with their parents will warm your heart this winter proving once and for all that a mothers love really is unconditional - no matter what species you are. -- Pictured, a tender moment as a baby lion cub cuddles up to its mother. Picture: Picture Media

This youngster enjoys a bit of chill time as it sleeps on its mother’s back before waking up to a kiss on the lips. The baby orangutan, thought to be just a few months old, snoozed on its mum with its arms draped around her neck. While the mother sauntered through Tanjung Puting National Park in Borneo, Indonesia, the young ape took a much needed rest. Once the glazy-eyed youngster had awoken it was groomed by her doting parent before appearing to give her a smooch on the lips. The adorable photos were taken by wildlife photographer Thomas Marent who was on the search for primates for images to use in his book. Picture: Solent

2/43This youngster enjoys a bit of chill time as it sleeps on its mother’s back before waking up to a kiss on the lips. The baby orangutan, thought to be just a few months old, snoozed on its mum with its arms draped around her neck. While the mother sauntered through Tanjung Puting National Park in Borneo, Indonesia, the young ape took a much needed rest. Once the glazy-eyed youngster had awoken it was groomed by her doting parent before appearing to give her a smooch on the lips. The adorable photos were taken by wildlife photographer Thomas Marent who was on the search for primates for images to use in his book. Picture: Solent

These little grizzly bear cubs had fun making a real splash when their mum took them for a dip to learn how to fish. The adventurous youngsters couldn’t wait to get into the lake and rushed into the salmon-packed waters. After wearing themselves out diving to make a catch, they followed their mum out onto the sandy shore for a quick nap. Photographer Marco Mattiussi, 32, caught a helicopter to the isolated spot in Kamchatka, Russia. Pictured: One of the bear cubs swiming in the lake with it’s mum. Picture: Solent

3/43These little grizzly bear cubs had fun making a real splash when their mum took them for a dip to learn how to fish. The adventurous youngsters couldn’t wait to get into the lake and rushed into the salmon-packed waters. After wearing themselves out diving to make a catch, they followed their mum out onto the sandy shore for a quick nap. Photographer Marco Mattiussi, 32, caught a helicopter to the isolated spot in Kamchatka, Russia. Pictured: One of the bear cubs swiming in the lake with it’s mum. Picture: Solent

A defiant baby orangutan clings to a tree branch and demands more playtime - as his impatient mother tries to pull him away. The two-year-old made it clear he wanted to be left swinging and climbing the treetops after plucking up the courage to leave her side. Photographer Cyril Ruoso, 43, captured the human-like scene at Gunung Leuser National Park, in Sumatra, Indonesia. Picture: Solent

4/43A defiant baby orangutan clings to a tree branch and demands more playtime - as his impatient mother tries to pull him away. The two-year-old made it clear he wanted to be left swinging and climbing the treetops after plucking up the courage to leave her side. Photographer Cyril Ruoso, 43, captured the human-like scene at Gunung Leuser National Park, in Sumatra, Indonesia. Picture: Solent

These sea otters huddle together to keep warm as they go for a dip in a freezing cold lake. A baby otter even sleeps on its mother as they float on the surface of the lake which is surrounded by ice. Others hold on to each other for support as they keep their heads above the water. The sea otters can be seen relaxing as their backs as they enjoy a quick swim near the Kenai Peninsula in the Gulf of Alaska. Photographer Roman Golubenko from North Bergen, New Jersey, travelled to Alaska to take pictures of sea otters. Pictured: A mother sea otter with a baby on her chest. Picture: Solent

5/43These sea otters huddle together to keep warm as they go for a dip in a freezing cold lake. A baby otter even sleeps on its mother as they float on the surface of the lake which is surrounded by ice. Others hold on to each other for support as they keep their heads above the water. The sea otters can be seen relaxing as their backs as they enjoy a quick swim near the Kenai Peninsula in the Gulf of Alaska. Photographer Roman Golubenko from North Bergen, New Jersey, travelled to Alaska to take pictures of sea otters. Pictured: A mother sea otter with a baby on her chest. Picture: Solent

This baby baboon nervously holds on, not biting its nails, to its mother’s tail as she takes it for a quick ride. The youngster stares straight into the camera as it holds on to its mother’s tail and even begins to chew it as she starts to walk...The Chacma Baboons were spotted in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, by wildlife photographer Tanya Stollznow. Pictured: The baby baboon holds on to it’s mother’s tail. Picture: Solent

6/43This baby baboon nervously holds on, not biting its nails, to its mother’s tail as she takes it for a quick ride. The youngster stares straight into the camera as it holds on to its mother’s tail and even begins to chew it as she starts to walk...The Chacma Baboons were spotted in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, by wildlife photographer Tanya Stollznow. Pictured: The baby baboon holds on to it’s mother’s tail. Picture: Solent

7/43A hippo takes a cue from its mother as it lifts its young head to gulp some air. Picture: Getty

A Giant Panda and her cub play peacefully in the snow in the mountainous regions of western China’s Sichuan Province. Captured at the Wolong Nature Reserve, photographer Steve Bloom spent a week photographing the endangered species. Set up in 1963 the Wolong Nature Reserve is home to 6000 species of plants and animals and is one of the last protected homes of the giant panda. Picture: Getty

8/43A Giant Panda and her cub play peacefully in the snow in the mountainous regions of western China’s Sichuan Province. Captured at the Wolong Nature Reserve, photographer Steve Bloom spent a week photographing the endangered species. Set up in 1963 the Wolong Nature Reserve is home to 6000 species of plants and animals and is one of the last protected homes of the giant panda. Picture: Getty

9/43Mother tiger Leila plays with one of her tiger babies at the zoo in Hellabrunn in Munich. Picture: Getty

10/43Polar bear cub Anori cuddles with his mother Vilma at the open-air enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany. Picture: Getty

This playful cub, like any young child, pushes the boundaries and tests the patience of his dad by clamping his jaws around his tail. His courage only lasted for a moment though, as the tiny fox cub sensibly released the tail before his father got annoyed. The heart-warming scenes were captured by photographer Igor Shpilenok in Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Kamchatka - a remote peninsula in the Russian Far East. Pictured: The cub grabing it’s fathers tail. Picture: Solent

11/43This playful cub, like any young child, pushes the boundaries and tests the patience of his dad by clamping his jaws around his tail. His courage only lasted for a moment though, as the tiny fox cub sensibly released the tail before his father got annoyed. The heart-warming scenes were captured by photographer Igor Shpilenok in Kronotsky Nature Reserve in Kamchatka - a remote peninsula in the Russian Far East. Pictured: The cub grabing it’s fathers tail. Picture: Solent

12/43Baby ring-tailed lemurs cling onto their mother at Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan. Picture: Getty

A flamingo mum appears to help the chick back into the nest. This fluffy flamingo chick knows he will be in trouble with mum after getting his spotlessly clean feathers covered in mud. At just two weeks old, he’s taking his first steps out of the nest and has to be careful not to get lost among the 80,000 strong colony of birds. Picture: Solent

13/43A flamingo mum appears to help the chick back into the nest. This fluffy flamingo chick knows he will be in trouble with mum after getting his spotlessly clean feathers covered in mud. At just two weeks old, he’s taking his first steps out of the nest and has to be careful not to get lost among the 80,000 strong colony of birds. Picture: Solent

14/43Emperor Penguin chick being brooded Weddell Sea Antarctica. Picture: AFP

15/43The nine-day-old giraffe Bine licks another giraffe named Andrea in Friedrichsfelde zoo in Berlin. Picture: Getty

A keen-eyed tourist caught this doting mother swan as she amazingly takes her whole brood under her wing without a flap on a family day out. The six fluffy cygnets had been playing on the water for the day but obviously were getting a little tired.Luckily for them Mum was happy to oblige and give them a lift the rest of the way. Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, in Devon, UK. Picture: Picture: Media

16/43A keen-eyed tourist caught this doting mother swan as she amazingly takes her whole brood under her wing without a flap on a family day out. The six fluffy cygnets had been playing on the water for the day but obviously were getting a little tired.Luckily for them Mum was happy to oblige and give them a lift the rest of the way. Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, in Devon, UK. Picture: Picture: Media

A tiny cub cuddles up to its father and gave the photographer a big yawn. The father and son were snapped by Peter Hausner Hansen when he visited Odense Zoo, Denmark. Peter watched at the cub approached its father, gently rubbed its head under his and then layed across his fathers front legs. Pictured: The lion cub lets out a big yawn while cuddling into his father. Picture: Solent

17/43A tiny cub cuddles up to its father and gave the photographer a big yawn. The father and son were snapped by Peter Hausner Hansen when he visited Odense Zoo, Denmark. Peter watched at the cub approached its father, gently rubbed its head under his and then layed across his fathers front legs. Pictured: The lion cub lets out a big yawn while cuddling into his father. Picture: Solent

18/43A baby Alligator gets a ride on his mums head. Picture: Picture Media

19/43A delighted cheetah mother gets peck on the cheek from her eight week old cub in Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya. Picture: Picture Media

A four-month-old baby hippo lays down for hours whilst having a nap under the sun with its mother and her friend. Freelance photographer and musician Marina Cano, from Santander, Spain, spent months snapping the animals. Pictured: A baby hippo in Cabarceno wildlife park. Picture: Solent

20/43A four-month-old baby hippo lays down for hours whilst having a nap under the sun with its mother and her friend. Freelance photographer and musician Marina Cano, from Santander, Spain, spent months snapping the animals. Pictured: A baby hippo in Cabarceno wildlife park. Picture: Solent

The lion cub with its mother - Two talented photographers managed to snap a cheeky lion cub peeking from its mothers legs - playing a game of hide and seek. Laura Romin and Larry Dalton, professional wildlife biologists from Utah, USA, spent days with the lioness and her three cubs in the Ndutu Conservation Area, Tanzania, before they got their perfect shot of the playful cub. Picture: Picture Media

21/43The lion cub with its mother - Two talented photographers managed to snap a cheeky lion cub peeking from its mothers legs - playing a game of hide and seek. Laura Romin and Larry Dalton, professional wildlife biologists from Utah, USA, spent days with the lioness and her three cubs in the Ndutu Conservation Area, Tanzania, before they got their perfect shot of the playful cub. Picture: Picture Media

A pup harp seal and mother keep close on the ice floes off the coast of the Magdalen Islands, Quebec a few weeks before the annual seal hunt. Picture: AFP

22/43A pup harp seal and mother keep close on the ice floes off the coast of the Magdalen Islands, Quebec a few weeks before the annual seal hunt. Picture: AFP

23/43A baby gorilla sleeps on its mother Rebecca at the zoo in Frankfurt., western Germany. Picture: AFP

24/43African lioness Timobe gives one of her cubs a kiss on the neck. Picture: Dylan Coker

This little orangutan does not seem short of tender loving care as his mother lands a big kiss on his lips. The newborn Bornean orangutan was having his hair cleaned by his mother before she displayed her public affection for him. Slightly embarrassed perhaps the little ape then ran away, out of sight of amazed visitors at Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Russia where he lives. Picture: Solent

25/43This little orangutan does not seem short of tender loving care as his mother lands a big kiss on his lips. The newborn Bornean orangutan was having his hair cleaned by his mother before she displayed her public affection for him. Slightly embarrassed perhaps the little ape then ran away, out of sight of amazed visitors at Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Russia where he lives. Picture: Solent

26/43A polar bear female with her cub. Picture: Picture Media

A Japanese macaque monkey with her baby enjoys sitting in the hot springs at Jigokudani-Onsen (Hell Valley) in Jigokudani, Nagano-Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Macaques, also known as snow monkeys are the most northerly nonhuman primate in the world. In 1963 a female Macaque ventured into the hot springs to retrieve some soybeans. This behaviour was adopted by other monkeys, and eventually by the entire troop. This Macaque troop regularly visits the Jigokudani-Onsen springs to escape the cold. The hot springs are said to help relieve nerve pain and fatigue. Picture: Getty

27/43A Japanese macaque monkey with her baby enjoys sitting in the hot springs at Jigokudani-Onsen (Hell Valley) in Jigokudani, Nagano-Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Macaques, also known as snow monkeys are the most northerly nonhuman primate in the world. In 1963 a female Macaque ventured into the hot springs to retrieve some soybeans. This behaviour was adopted by other monkeys, and eventually by the entire troop. This Macaque troop regularly visits the Jigokudani-Onsen springs to escape the cold. The hot springs are said to help relieve nerve pain and fatigue. Picture: Getty

A 6 month old Black Rhino calf stands with its mother in its enclosure at Lympne Wild Animal Park in Hythe, England. Port Lympne has welcomed a host of new arrivals this year with wildebeest, colobus monkeys, gorillas and rhinos all adding to the current stock. Port Lympne and Howletts Wild Animal parks were set up by the late John Aspinall to protect and breed rare and endangered species and, where possible, return them to safe areas in the wild. The Aspinall Foundation which runs the parks also manages two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in the central African countries of Gabon and Congo where they have successfully reintroduced over 50 gorillas to the wild. Picture: Getty

28/43A 6 month old Black Rhino calf stands with its mother in its enclosure at Lympne Wild Animal Park in Hythe, England. Port Lympne has welcomed a host of new arrivals this year with wildebeest, colobus monkeys, gorillas and rhinos all adding to the current stock. Port Lympne and Howletts Wild Animal parks were set up by the late John Aspinall to protect and breed rare and endangered species and, where possible, return them to safe areas in the wild. The Aspinall Foundation which runs the parks also manages two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in the central African countries of Gabon and Congo where they have successfully reintroduced over 50 gorillas to the wild. Picture: Getty

29/43Theaw meerkats playing peek a boo with the photographer. Picture: Picture Media

30/43A young spotted hyena nuzzles in its mother’s neck at Kruger National Park. Picture: AFP

31/43A newborn baby Giant Anteater rides on the back of his mom, Evita, at the San Francisco Zoo. Picture: AFP

32/43Spring babies - A koala joey fresh out of the pouch at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. Picture: Luke Marsden.

African lion Timobe and her three cubs spend a day in the warm sunshine playing, exploring and being doted on by their attentive and loving mother Timobe. The cubs haven’t been named yet and look exactly the same. Picture: Dylan Coker

33/43African lion Timobe and her three cubs spend a day in the warm sunshine playing, exploring and being doted on by their attentive and loving mother Timobe. The cubs haven’t been named yet and look exactly the same. Picture: Dylan Coker

A baby Hyena pup takes its first steps from the den this week and relaxed with mother Forest this morning in the winter sunshine. Picture: Dylan Coker

34/43A baby Hyena pup takes its first steps from the den this week and relaxed with mother Forest this morning in the winter sunshine. Picture: Dylan Coker

35/43Gray langur mother Sally holds her baby in its enclosure in Berlin’s Zoo. Picture: AFP

36/43Asian Elephant and young Laos, age 13 days. Picture: AFP

A three-month-old snow leopard cub is watched over by his mother as he prepares to make his public debut at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois. There are an estimated 3,500 to 7,000 of the endangered leopards remaining in the wild. Picture: AFP

37/43A three-month-old snow leopard cub is watched over by his mother as he prepares to make his public debut at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois. There are an estimated 3,500 to 7,000 of the endangered leopards remaining in the wild. Picture: AFP

38/43Rhesus Macaque monkeys play up at the Darling Downs Zoo. Picture: Jamie Hanson

39/43A 3 month old lion cub snuggles up to it’s mother at the Henry Doorly Zoo in the US. Picture: AP

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