It is a human tradition that people take a family portrait at the beginning of a new year. However, do you know that animals could also have family portraits? Whether it’s fierce tigers or adorable giraffes, sturdy horses or red-faced snow monkeys, animals remind us that family is everything. Check this photo gallery that will keep you warm in this cold winter.
The pup family is perching against a wall in the stable. /VCG Photo
A mother duck takes her brood under her wings to shelter them from a rainstorm and keep them warm. /VCG Photo
A one-month-old giraffe Rafiki, who had to be kept away from her father Miguu, meets him for the first time. /VCG Photo
Dozens of red-faced snow monkeys huddle together to keep warm. /VCG Photo
Two horses both turn their head to the camera and grin as if they burst into laughter. /VCG Photo
A playful baby goat leaps over its mother as she grazes on a mountaintop. When it grows up, this wild mountain goat can jump an incredible 12 feet high. /VCG Photo
Fout puffins stand on rocks watching the other one flying in the Isle of May, Scotland. /VCG Photo