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[VIDEO] Check Out These Adorable Baby Titi and White-Faced Saki Monkeys at the Prospect Park Zoo

2019-09-07T12:00:00-04:00

These four new monkey babies at the Prospect Park Zoo are probably the cutest things you are going to see today.

Check them out in this cute video from the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The two new titi monkeys, a male and a female, share their habitat with a pair of white-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia). Both species are New World monkeys, indigenous to South America. Titis and sakis have overlapping ranges in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia; titi monkeys are also found in northern Paraguay.

If you want to visit the new baby monkeys, Prospect Park Zoo is open from 10am - 5pm weekdays, 10am to 5:30pm on weekends.

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New Yorkers Used to Hang Their Babies Out of Windows in Chicken Wire Cages

2017-10-20T11:00:00-04:00

In the early 19th century, a process known as "airing" babies was thought to be a healthy way to get city infants some fresh air and sunlight inside of the home. Promoted by numerous parenting books, New Yorkers, and even Eleanor Roosevelt, the process involved a cage made of chicken wire and metal which attached to the outside of the window frame.

Essentially, the thinking was that this was part of a process to toughen up the babies, and make them better able to withstand common colds. It was believed that exposing infants to cold temperatures—both outside and through cold-water bathing—would grant them a certain immunity to catching minor illnesses.

Here is a short video showing similar cages in action, decades later in London:

Check out the full article on Mental Floss to learn more about these bizarre baby cages.

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Meet Astoria's "OctoPossum", Mother Opossum Explores Neighborhood With 8 Tiny Babies

2016-05-19T08:58:15-04:00

Astoria resident Gene Gray recently spotted an opossum in his neighborhood that was schlepping 8 tiny babies around on her back. They named her "OctoPossum", a reference to Nadya Suleman, the original Octomom.

Typical morning, drinking coffee, […] look out of the window & see our neighborhood opossum taking her 8 that's right EIGHT opossum offspring for a ride. We've decided to name her #OctoPossum

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Check Out These Unbearably Cute Fire Escape Hawk Hatchlings on the Upper West Side

2016-04-22T08:24:55-04:00

This past weekend, Upper West Side resident Jimmy O’Kelly captured these super cute hawk hatchlings that were just born on his fire-escape.

“A beach chair was left on the fire escape and they must have thought to use it in order to save time from building an actual nest! In hindsight, my girlfriend, Vivian, and I probably would have taken the beach chair away but she had already laid the eggs so we knew best to leave it alone. We read that it took about 5 weeks to hatch so we waited and checked on her from time to time while not distracting her. We discovered the newborns this past Sunday and we did our best to capture some quick photos.”

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Hilarious Video Captures the Insanity Around Procuring a Pair of Hamilton Tickets

2016-04-20T13:51:55-04:00

Only some people want a baby. Everyone wants to see Hamilton.

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Check Out These Two Super-Tiny Foxes at Their New Home in Prospect Park Zoo

2016-04-18T11:45:41-04:00

The newest residents at the Prospect Park Zoo are two super-tiny fennec foxes — the world's smallest species of fox.

Two male fennec foxes — the world’s smallest species of fox — have moved to the Prospect Park Zoo, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced this week. The little guys officially debuted at the zoo’s Hall of Animals on Monday, the WCS said. The foxes are the first of their kind at the Prospect Park Zoo. Previously, they lived at the Bronx Zoo.

On average, adult fennec foxes are between 9 and 16 inches long and weigh less than four pounds.

If you want to visit the two tiny foxes, Prospect Park Zoo is open from 10am - 5pm weekdays, 10am to 5:30pm on weekends.

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Expecting Parents in New York City Offer Commercial Naming Rights for Unborn Baby Girl Only $750,000

2016-04-18T08:49:20-04:00

I can't tell whether this is a horrible idea or a smart investment in this child's future…

We are expecting our first child in October and are offering MIDDLE NAME rights only to any corporate sponsor. Your company brand will be introduced to dozens of potential customers every day as our daughter is called on in class, signed-up in Girl Scouts, and has her name announced over loud-speakers in airports. We are having a girl but the name need not be feminine. Our list of hopefuls includes HOT POCKET, JET BLUE, SAAB, POP TART, CHARMIN, IBANEZ, and CONVERSE. We will hyphenate her first and middle names. $750,000. 5-year renewable contract.

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This Staten Island Baby Girl Was Born With a Full Head of Gorgeous Hair

2016-03-26T16:37:35-04:00

This Staten Island newborn baby girl has hair that even a shampoo commercial actor would be envious of, and she is only days old!

The infant, Isabelle Kaplan, was born with the luscious brown locks and the image as been shared millions of times on social media, the report says. "My baby cousin has hair that looks like a news anchorman," the cousin, Colin Davis, wrote in the photo caption, according to USA Today.

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Check Out These Adorable Baby Titi and White-Faced Saki Monkeys at the Prospect Park Zoo

2016-02-18T15:10:00-05:00

These four new monkey babies at the Prospect Park Zoo are probably the cutest things you are going to see today.

Check them out in this cute video from the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The two new titi monkeys, a male and a female, share their habitat with a pair of white-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pithecia). Both species are New World monkeys, indigenous to South America. Titis and sakis have overlapping ranges in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia; titi monkeys are also found in northern Paraguay.

If you want to visit the new baby monkeys, Prospect Park Zoo is open from 10am - 5pm weekdays, 10am to 5:30pm on weekends.

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New York City Health Department Releases Most Popular Baby Names

2015-12-31T10:24:24-05:00

If your newborn is named Sophia or Ethan, their name is not as unique as you thought. The NYC Department of Health released data on the most popular names of 2014 (a year behind, but that's always the case), revealing those two names at the top girls and boys spot. In addition, the Health Department also broke down the list by ethnicity, if the Mother specified it at time of birth.

Check out the full report for more on the most popular names in the City.

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