The youngest inhabitants of zoos in the world

On June 10, 1793, the first public zoo opened in Paris. Zoos are still very popular, especially when cubs show up in them. We present you a selection of photos of newborn inhabitants taken over the past few months.

(Total 23 photos)

A three-month-old lion cub cuddles with its mother at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, on March 29. (Nati Harnik / AP)

2. A female Rothschild giraffe sniffs her cub at the Hannover Zoo in Germany on May 7. (Sebastian Kahnert / EPA)

3. A female white tiger with one of her cubs at the Tobu Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, May 2. (Koji Sasahara / AP)

4. A baby rhinoceros frolics near his mother in the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany, on March 7. (Holger Hollemann/AFP-Getty Images)

5. A lioness licks one of her cubs at the zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, on April 26. (Catrinus Van Der Veen / EPA)

6. Kudu licks his cub at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, April 26. Kudu is a species of antelope. (Federico Gambarini/EPA)

7. Tigress and her cub three weeks old at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany, April 23. (Michael Probst / AP)

8. Emu chicks walk on the lawn at the Berlin Zoo, Germany, April 16. (Britta Pedersen/AFP-Getty Images)

9. A female colobus holds her cub in her arms at the Brookfilf Zoo, Illinois, on March 27. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

10. Kangaroo Benetta with her cub in a zoo in Russia, March 28. (Danil Semyonov / AFP-Getty Images)

11. A koala cub sits on its mother's back at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany on March 27. (Marius Becker/AFP-Getty Images)

12. Sandhill cranes walk on the golf course in Orlando, Florida, on March 20. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

13. Polar bear and her cubs at the zoo in Brno, Czech Republic, March 16. (Radek Mica/AFP-Getty Images)

14. A baby squirrel monkey sits on the back of his mother at the zoo in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 15. (Virginia Zoo via A.P.)

15. A female Sumatran orangutan hugs her cub at a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 15. (Michal Cizek/AFP-Getty Images)

16. A female takin and her cub at the Wroclaw Zoo, Poland, on March 9. (Maciej Kulczynski / EPA)

17. Zebra and her newborn cub stand in their enclosure at the Amsterdam Zoo, the Netherlands, February 19. (Sander Koning/EPA)

18. A gorilla carries its baby on its back at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheborough, North Carolina on February 14. (Jerry Wolford / News & Record via AP)

19. A female small loris with her cub at the zoo in Szeged, Hungary, January 24. (Csaba Segesvari / AFP-Getty Images)

20. A newborn baby elephant and his mother at the zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, February 25. (Petr David Josek / AP)

21. Silver marmosets feed at the Whipsnade Zoo in England on January 8. (Adrian Dennis/AFP-Getty Images)

22. Western lowland gorilla hugs her newborn cub at the Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, December 27. (Isifa / Getty Images Contributor)

23. A baby peccary plays with his mother at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia on December 14. (Julian Smith/EPA)