Baby Animals: Lions, Leopards, Porcupines, Monkeys And More (VIDEO)

The Early Show on CBS received a visit from some rare baby animals on Tuesday, presented by Dr. Debbye Turner Bell.

"Prince Nemacolin" is an adorable five-week-old white lion cub. White lions are not albinos, but carriers of a recessive gene, and haven't been seen in the wild since 1994.

"Mabaka", an African leopard cub, is 13 weeks old, and has a penchant for nibbling on people.

"Izzy" is a 3-month-old African crested porcupine, which is considered the largest rodent in Africa.

"Stitch" is a tiny marmoset, only three months old, and his kind is the third smallest primate in the world.

The weirdest of the bunch is a 6-month-old European legless lizard, which looks like a snake but is actually a lizard due to its movable eyes, outer ears, and regenerative tail.

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Comments

[dbmetzger]

02:12 PM on 08/18/2010

this one isn't that cute but...
Thailand's Kickboxing Orangutans
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[VerizonCells]

12:01 AM on 08/19/2010

but what? that's pure evil

[Tom95134]

01:56 PM on 08/18/2010

The cats are beautiful but only a mama porcupine could love a baby porcupine.

[tjconkster]

12:56 PM on 08/18/2010

Hey...we have the only triplet Snow Leopard cubs born in the U.S. at the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque.....

Snow Leopard Triplets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I4kiUCgVQY

[naschkatze]

12:24 PM on 08/18/2010

We have a baby porcupine at the High Desert Museum in Bend, OR. The babies are called porcupettes. Porcupines are not an endangered species around here because unfortunately you often see them as road kill.

[sabelmouse]

12:15 PM on 08/18/2010

all baby mamals are cute. what is green about that?
and why must i look at another american aparel model gyrating in weird ways. because she is underage?
from what i have read AA is neither green nor fairtrade not to mention some of their [semi] pornographic ads.
please spare me.

[chrislib]

11:57 PM on 08/22/2010

What NRA lifetime member held a .45 to your head and forced you to look at the model?

[Lisa Shaw]

09:10 AM on 08/18/2010

White lions are not rare or endangered, they are created by inbreeding and to 'promote' them here is irresponsible.

[ChaiKat]

09:34 AM on 08/18/2010

White tigers are created by inbreeding normal tigers with tigers that have the mutated gene that causes the white coat. White lions are found in the wild, and the gene that makes them white is recessive, and thus a rare but still normal occurrence.

[copelli21]

03:58 PM on 08/18/2010

Yes and this little white lion has a white papa and a tawny mama....thus inherited that recessive gene.