A Mother’s Love: 40 Adorable Animal Mom and Baby Photos

37 May 11th, 2012

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A mother’s love . . . there is nothing else like it in the world. This post of adorable animal Permalink
moms and babies, sprinkled with quotes, is in honor of mothers everywhere. Happy Mother’s
Day! Maybe you can take a moment to share this with your mom? [40 Photos]

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Give your mom a hug. “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five
people, promptly announces she never did care for pie,” quote by Tenneva Jordan. Photo #1 by
fondosgratis

Meerkat momma snuggles her baby. “Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A
mother’s secret hope outlives them all,” ~ quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Photo #2 by
rofanator

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Whether you are an only child or a triplet polar bear cub, there’s no one like mom. “Mother love
is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible,” ~ quote by Marion C.
Garretty. Photo #3 by Goldy Lady

“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then I want to move in with them,”
~ quote by Phyllis Diller. Photo #4 by Martha de Jong-Lantink

Siberian (Amur) tigers, cub with its mother. “When love is gone, there’s always justice. And
when justice is gone, there’s always force. And when force is gone, there’s always Mom. Hi,
Mom!” ~ quote by Laurie Anderson. Photo #5 by Dave Pape

Always with mom -- A golden-headed lion tamarin mother with her baby on her back

Always with mom — A golden-headed lion tamarin mother with her baby on her back. “The best
medicine in the world is a mother’s kiss,” ~ quote by unknown author. Photo #6 by Tambako
the Jaguar

Mother cat holding her kitten because a hug is worth a thousand words

Mother cat holding her kitten because a hug is worth a thousand words. “When you were small
and just a touch away, I covered you with blankets against the cold night air. But now that you
are tall and out of reach, I fold my hands and cover you with prayer,” ~ quote by Dona Maddux
Cooper. Photo #7 by a_codepoet

Baby lemur hitching a ride with mom

Baby lemur hitching a ride with mom. “God sees us through our Mother’s eyes and rewards us
for our virtues,” ~ quote by Ganeshan Venkatarman. Photo #8 by Jill Mitchell

Mother and playful gray seal pup taken from the viewing area for the dune colony at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust UK

Mother and playful gray seal pup taken from the viewing area for the dune colony at Lincolnshire
Wildlife Trust UK. “Who ran to help me when I fell, Or kissed the place to make it well?…My
mother,” ~ quote by Ann Taylor. Photo #9 by Donna Nook

A mother's touch -- pat-a-cake with baby

A mother’s touch — pat-a-cake with baby. “Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while,
but their hearts forever,” ~ author unknown. Photo #10 by Eric Heupel

Prairie dogs loving on mom

Prairie dogs loving on mom. “God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers,” ~
a Jewish proverb. Photo #11 by Desktop Nexus

Mother orangutan cuddling her infant

Mother orangutan cuddling her infant. “Your arms were always open when I needed a hug. Your
heart understood when I needed a friend. Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson.
Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly,” ~ quote by Sarah Malin.
Photo #12 by Desktop Nexus

Mom keeping her babies clean can be a full time job, panther mom and cubs

Moms know that keeping babies clean can be a full time job. “All mothers are working mothers,”
~ quote by unknown author. Photo #13 by Desktop Nexus

Momma bear teaching baby bear about first bath

Momma bear teaching baby bear about a first bath. “Never say anything on the phone that you
wouldn’t want your mother to hear at your trial,” ~ quote by Sydney Biddle Barrows. Photo
#14 by Desktop Nexus

Sea Otter holding her baby as seen near Target Rock in the Morro Bay harbor, CA

Sea Otter holding her baby as seen near Target Rock in the Morro Bay harbor, CA. “To a child’s
ear, ‘mother’ is magic in any language,” ~ Arlene Benedict. Photo #15 by Mike Baird

Mom and baby giraffes -- A Mother's Love

Mom and baby giraffes — A Mother’s Love. “Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by
twos and threes by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers,
and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother in the whole world,” ~ quote by Kate
Douglas Wiggin. Photo #16 by Duncan McKinnon

Lion Cub with Mother in the Serengeti, Tanzania

Lion Cub with Mother in the Serengeti, Tanzania, as seen during an animal safari. “A mother
understands what a child does not say,” ~ a Jewish proverb. Photo #17 by David Dennis