😍🎉 Meet our new BFFs—black-footed ferrets, that is! On May 28, 3-year-old mother Aristides gave birth to eight kits at our Front Royal, Virginia, campus. Animal care staff are closely monitoring the family through the Black-Footed Ferret Cam. You can watch them grow, too! 🎥 WATCH THE CAM: nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams. . . . As you follow our ferrets, see if you can spot these milestones: 🐭 Newborn: Black-footed ferrets are born blind, weigh less than 10 grams and have a thin layer of white fur

Morning mood... 😴 Thanks to @phoenixzoo for sharing this ADORABLE video of some of the baby black-footed ferrets born during this breeding season at the zoo! It is one of six facilities worldwide breeding black-footed ferrets for release to the wild as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Black-Footed Ferret Species Survival Plan. | ABC15 Arizona