Pajak says that the little cuties were just getting to grips with life: “They were not exactly graceful as they were just learning to stand so they would often fall over in clumsiness.”

Highly sociable animals, they got up to mischief on their outing by wrestling and play-fighting.

They haven’t been left to fend for themselves just yet – their mother will poke her head out of the hole to check for predators before allowing them to come out for some tasty grass. Here we see her supervising their playtime.

The skinny, bug-eyed critters only weigh a teeny 0.14 oz at birth.

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1. A macaque monkey got his hands on a wildlife photographer’s camera in an Indonesian forest and snapped these pictures of himself.

2. Keepers dressed in panda costumes transfer a panda cub to a new environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Centre in Wolong, Sichuan province, China.

3. A black rhino is carried by helicopter to a less populated area in South Africa as part of a relocation plan for the highly endangered species.

4. Two year old chimp, Do Do, bottle feeds Aorn, a 60 day old tiger cub in Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand

5. Heidi, the world famous cross-eyed opossum, is seen here at the newly built tropical environment in Leipzig Zoo shortly before her death in September.

6. A Kamchatka brown bear mother shares a moment with her three month old cub in Hamburg, Germany.

7. Photographer, Mrs. Wai Chun says of her picture: ”Taken in June this year during a game drive at Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Rounding a bend on the track I came upon not one but seven of these magnificent young lions draped across the branches of an acacia tree. Some are dozing and some are looking disdainfully at me. I was transfixed by these superb, regal creatures. What a privilege for me to have witnessed this amazing moment.”

8. A little girl rescues a lamb from a farm in the village of Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland after the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano. Daylight was shut out by the ash and buildings were smothered.

9. Pitbull puppy, Harper, was found in a bin bag in Florida with a rigor mortis-like condition which meant she could barely move. She has since been adopted and is well on the way to recovery. “The whole world was against her, but she’s such a fighter,” said Erica Daniel, Harper’s fosterer. “She’s a blessing. She’s awesome.”

10. This little redhead was snubbed by other seals for being different. He was found under a log on the Russian island of Tyuleniy. Thankfully, the nearly blind cub now has a loving home in the country’s leading aquarium. He has been named Nafanya.

11. A vet and animal sanctuary owner embraces Ariel, a paralysed lion in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

12. Loukanikos, a successor of Kanellos the Greek Protest Dog, faces riot police during a demonstration in Athens.

13. A lost baby dolphin, with umbilical cord still attached, before it was taken in by a rescue organisation in Montevideo, Uraguay.

14. Laxmi, a 7 year old elephant mother, reaches out to her 13 month old female calf in India.

15. Twelve giant panda cubs napping in their cot at the Chengdu Research Base in China.

16. Photographer Klaus Echle captured this intimate shot of a vixen in Germany’s Black Forest.

17. A dog is rescued after 3 weeks at sea following the Japanese earthquake this year.

18. Frank and Louie, the world’s oldest surviving Janus cat.

19. Ciuchcia, a four month old German Shepherd chases a cat at a Polish animal sanctuary. Although he is now paralysed, he has incredibly survived being run over by a number of trains after being abandoned on the tracks.

20. Contestants in this year’s Surf Dog Competition in California.

Known on the streets of Brussels as Monsieur Pingouin, Belgian pensioner Alfred David has revealed his wishes to have a penguin-themed funeral in Antarctica. The 79 year old is often seen shuffling about the Schaerbeek district of the city in his homemade black and white penguin costume.

Since 1968, David has had a passion for the flightless birds. It all started when, after a car accident, he began to walk with a distinct waddle, prompting his co-workers to dub him Mr. Penguin. Consequently, the eccentric senior took a serious interest in his namesakes, amassing a 3,500-piece collection of penguin toys and memorabilia. The kind-hearted kook later donated much of his museum-worthy mementos – which included such treasures as toilet paper, underpants and countless figurines – to raise money for a local football team.

His obsession has lead to a certain level of celebrity for David. He has made several TV appearances and was even invited to the 1992 premier of Batman Returns – which starred Danny DeVito as The Penguin. However, his fixation with all things penguin also caused a rift in his marriage. His wife left him once he announced that he was to officially change his name to Mr. Penguin.

David, who eats plenty of fish and loves to ‘talk’  like his preferred birds,  recently detailed his burial plans: ‘My ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live.’ Of course, he will don his favourite penguin suit and will repose in a penguin-shaped coffin lined with penguin-patterned fabric.

Can you name this adorably big-eared, baby critter?

Is it

A. A jackal?

B. A silver fox?

C. A fennec fox?

If you thought the answer was C, you were right! It’s a baby fennec fox – these tiny nocturnal foxes are native to the Northern Sahara and are the smallest species of canid in the world. If you guessed A or B, don’t worry – there is definitely a familial resemblance between it and its cousins the jackal and the domesticated silver fox.