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  • Rare Baby Camel Born and He is the Cutest

    Cute baby animal lovers prepare yourselves.

    A very rare baby camel was born April 9 at the Budapest Zoo and made his first appearance on Tuesday.

    Little baby Ilias is of the endangered wild Bactrian or Camelus bactrianus ferus species, which are mostly domesticated today.

    Experts say there is still a small group of around 800 to 900 who live in the Gobi desert in Mongolia and China, but are very close to extinction.

    Ilias’ mother is eight-year-old Iris, whose maternal line has been at the zoo for many years, and his father came from another zoo in Miskolc, in northeast Hungary.

    Zookeepers waited a few days before presenting Ilias to the public, giving the little guy some time to bond with his mama.

    “When he was born there were problems, the baby was looking for milk from the mother, but as this was her first baby she had no experience,” said Zoltan Hanga, a spokesperson for Budapest Zoo. “Us zookeepers had to hold down the mother and gently help the baby to feed.”

    Recently another rare Bactrian baby camel was born at the Cincinnati Zoo.

    For all you baby camel lovers, here are some more precious pics of these little “ships of the desert.”

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  • Rare Baby Camel Makes First Appearance in Budapest Zoo

    The public got its first look at a rare baby camel at Budapest Zoo and Botanic Garden on Tuesday, following its birth there last week.

    Baby Ilias, a male of the endangered wild Bactrian or Camelus bactrianus ferus species, was born on Apr. 9 to its 8-year-old mother Iris.

    Zookeepers waited until Tuesday to present Baby Ilias to the public so as to allow time for him to first bond with his mother.

    “When he was born there were problems, the baby was looking for milk from the mother, but as this was her first baby she had no experience,” said Zoltan Hanga, a spokesperson for Budapest Zoo.

    “Us zookeepers had to hold down the mother and gently help the baby to feed,” Hanga said.

    Iris comes from a maternal line of camels who have lived for several generations at Budapest Zoo, which opened in 1866. The zoo is said to be one of the oldest zoos in the world.

    Baby Ilias’ father, Ilias, was also presented to the public on at Budapest Zoo on Tuesday. Ilias is from a zoo located in Miskolc, a small city in northeastern Hungary.

    Bactrian camels have two humps and are indigenous not to the Sahara, but the rocky deserts of Central and Eastern Asia. The species is highly endangered, and though Bactrian camels are protected, the species is drawing dangerously close to extinction.  Roughly 800 to 900 Bactrian camels are thought to be left in the world, and may be found living in the Gobi desert in Mongolia and China.

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  • Rare Baby Camel Born in Budapest Zoo

    Awwwwww….

    Critically endangered – possibly even extinct in the wild – the Bactrian camel is a rare species with two humps on its back and has served as a domestic pack animal since before 2500 BCE. But last Wednesday in the Budapest Zoo and Botanic Garden, a rare event occurred.

    A baby Bactrian camel was born.

    Baby Ilias was born to his 8-year old mother, Iris, whose maternal line has lived in the zoo for many generations. His father came from a zoo in Miskolc in north-eastern Hungary.

    Today, Ilias was presented to the media and given time to bond with his mother, which proved to be difficult at first.

    “When he was born there were problems, the baby was looking for milk from the mother, but as this was her first baby she had no experience,” said Zoltan Hanga, a spokesperson for Budapest Zoo. “Us zookeepers had to hold down the mother and gently help the baby to feed.”

    Bactrian camel gestation usually lasts 13 months with most young being born from March through May (following mating season in the fall). Being precocial, baby camels are able to stand and run shortly after birth. Their average birth weight is 79 pounds. (Wow. Way to go, Mother Camel.) A baby camel usually stays with its mother for 3 to 5 years and nurses for 1 to 2 years. (Once again, go Mother Camel.)

    Pictures of the baby began to spread online after Ilias’ presentation today, warming the hearts of many across the world.

    “Thank God this wasn’t at the Copenhagen Zoo,” a commenter wrote on Yahoo News. “They’d all been shot by now. Beautiful baby. I hope it lives a long happy life.”

    The Budapest Zoo currently has over 1072 species of animals and boasts over 1 million visitors a year. The park first opened its doors on August 9, 1866.

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