A monkey mom holds her baby in as it snows in Huaibei City, Anhui Province, China. January 18, 2008. /VCG
A protective elephant mom fights off a fearsome pack of hyenas to protect her tiny calf, March 28, 2012. /VCG
This fluffy sand crane chick stays warm by wrapping up in its mom's feathers while hitching a ride on her back, March 29, 2012. /VCG
A newborn anteater on its mom's back at Berlin Zoo, Germany, March 14, 2010. /VCG
A 6-month-old prairie dog pup stands on his back legs and cuddles his mom before giving her a big smooch, April 11, 2013. /VCG
A mother capybara and her babies are seen in Bursa, Turkey, May 10, 2018. /VCG
A duck takes her brood under her wing to keep them warm and dry during a rainstorm, Forest Farm, Cardiff, UK, August 2, 2018. VCG
A wading bird looks like she has six legs but it's just her babies hiding under her plumage, June 11, 2018. /VCG
Bear cub triplets play around in the sand as their mother searches for food on the tidal flat in Katmai National Park, U.S., April 23, 2014. /VCG
An unnamed polar bear cub is pictured with its mother, Sessi, at the Mulhouse Zoo in France, February 10, 2017. /VCG
A prairie dog plays with it's mother at Bristol Zoo Gardens, June 10, 2011. /VCG
Giraffe mother Mardi nuzzles 2-week-old Sophie, the newest addition to the Calgary Zoo, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on December 18, 2009. /VCG
Baby gorilla Louna takes a ride on mom FouFou as he celebrates his 1st birthday at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Hythe in Kent, UK, October 23, 2009. /VCG
A female Daurian redstart feeds her hungry chicks in Jecheon, South Korea, August 16, 2010. /VCG
A female common moorhen and her chick, in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China, May 6, 2010. /VCG
This fearsome fox sends a troublesome badger packing when it threatened her cubs, by biting its face and tearing out chunks of its fur, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S., June 13, 2013. /VCG
One of two lion cubs plays with its mother's tail in the zoo in Neuwied, Germany, December 21, 2016. /VCG
A 3-day-old giraffe is cleaned by its mother in the "Giraffe House" at the Zoo and Botanic Garden of Budapest, January 3, 2017. /VCG
A young gorilla sleeps with its mother inside their enclosure at the Zooparc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan, France, April 14, 2017. /VCG
Koala baby Ramboora and its mother Iona are photographed in a zoo in Duisburg, Germany, March 8, 2017. /VCG
A whooper swan teaches her chicks to forage along the beach in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China, May 6, 2010. /VCG
A female Saunder's gull and her chick in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China, June 5, 2008. /VCG
Brown bear mother Valya and her cub in Novosibirsk Zoo, January 2017. /VCG