2 Week Old Elephant Playing in a Baby Pool

This little (figuratively speaking) baby elephant is named Baylor, and he lives at the Houston Zoo. When he was two weeks old the elephant care team got him a little baby pool and let him take his first bath.

As you can see, he kind of liked it! After he got a little older they let him hop in the the big pool, but this was a good way to let him have some fun and get adjusted before going into the deep end.
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Watch Pandas Live on the Smithsonian’s Panda-Cam!

Panda and BabyI was watching a show on PBS tonight and it was all about the massive Smithsonian Zoo. This is the national Zoo for the US, and they take care of hundreds of species of animals – many of which are endangered and near extinction.

During the show they got to talking about pandas and they mentioned that you can watch the pandas live on the Panda Cam any time you feel like it! They have about 40 different cameras all over the panda habitat, so I figured I would share this little tidbit with you guys.
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