Chester Zoo’s top ten babies of 2017

Britain's Chester Zoo had a baby boom of endangered, unusual and simply cute animals during 2017.

To celebrate its newcomers the zoo made a video showing its top ten babies born in the last year.

Making the top ten were three colorful chameleons of the Cameroon, two-horned mountain species, the births of two incredibly rare Eastern black rhino calves, the first Andean bear born in mainland Britain, a male Asian elephant calf, Javan green magpie chicks, and two clutches of Bermudian skinks.

The video also featured a young Dik-Dik antelope named Thanos that was raised by keepers after his mum died. The first litter of endangered painted dog pups, and a rare Rothschild's giraffe calf Narus also made the cut.

The Zoo also welcomed the hatching of one of the world's rarest amphibians, Montseny newts, helping efforts to save it from extinction, it said in a news release.