Lancashire’s only zoo has had many extraordinary births in recent years - noteworthy because many of those babies were born to seriously endangered species.
Blackpool Zoo’s conservation programme is proving a major hit.
Who can forget such landmark additions to the zoo as baby orangutan, Jurang, and lowland gorilla, Makari?
Here are some of the delightful new arrivals at the zoo in recent times, plus one or two new adults too.
13. Proud parents, six-year-old Andina and Eskil, had their first baby at the end of July
Proud parents, six-year-old Andina and Eskil, had their first baby at the end of July 2017 - the first anteater pup born at Blackpool Zoo | Blackpool Zoo Photo: Blackpool Zoo
14. Blackpool Zoo has a healthy capybara population - here's a mum with three delightful little ones!
Blackpool Zoo has a healthy capybara population - here's a mum with three delightful little ones! | Blackpool Zoo Photo: Blackpool Zoo
15. The world's dwindling population of western lowland gorillas was given an adorable boost on September 5, 2017, whe this tiny baby was born in the early hours at Blackpool Zoo. He was later named Makari.
The world's dwindling population of western lowland gorillas was given an adorable boost on September 5, 2017, whe this tiny baby was born in the early hours at Blackpool Zoo. He was later named Makari. | Blackpool Zoo Photo: Blackpool Zoo
16. Blackpool Zoo celebrated when a baby Goeldis monkey was born there.
Blackpool Zoo celebrated when a baby Goeldis monkey was born there. | Blackpool Zoo Photo: Blackpool Zoo