We love babies. Babies are all about hope for the future. You can’t help but think all will be well, or dang it!, we’d best clean up our act so we can make things better so our little ones will have a home here on Earth to enjoy when they are old enough to have their own offspring.

Baby siberian tiger cubs can be seen in Harbin, China. The three cubs must be bottle fed since their mother can’t produce milk. That’s how it is supposed to work. People and animals are to be friends. [Sina]

There’s a baby hippo – yeah, hippos can be small sometimes, too, at least in the beginning. This little fellow was born in the Assam State Zoo and Botanical gardens in Guwahati, India. [Xinhuanet]

This baby elephant gets to enjoy a block of ice on Thailand’s National Elephant Day in Ayutthaya Elephant Palace & Royal Kraal. Yum! [Xinhuanet]

Finally – snow monkeys enjoy an onsen (hot spring) in Jigokudani Monkey Park in Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. One little guy has the see no evil part down, eh? [JapanToday]

What do you think about when you see babies, animal or otherwise?

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Whenever I feel blue, down in the dumps, or think there is not much hope for the future or love going around, all I need to do is find a few moms and their babies. The Buenos Aires Zoo in the Argentina Capital is happy to lift my spirits today.

A baby seal and mom ...

A baby lemur and mom ...

A baby alpaca, a baby donkey, and their moms ...

All these baby animals were born from October of last year to January of this year. They made their debut for visitors earlier this week. Meanwhile, infertile couples everywhere might be found heading for Argentina.

What gives you hope? Makes you feel their is love in the air during the Valentine’s Day season?