This is the moment an adorable baby tamandua takes its first steps at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, weeks after zookeepers nursed her back to health from a respiratory disease. Footage shows the pup, named Liana, crawling and sticking her giant tongue out. This is the moment an adorable baby tamandua takes its first steps at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, WashingtonIt comes weeks after zookeepers nursed the pup, named Liana, back to health from a respiratory disease. Officials said the baby tamandua, born on April 23, had doubled in size over the past few weeks and now weighed 1.8 pounds. Terra's last pup, named Chiquita and born in August 2018, lived with her parents until late last year, when she was moved to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington DC.

Source: Daily Mail June 07, 2021 13:44 UTC