NHK's popular nature program "Darwin Has Come!" (General) will be broadcasting "Challenge Your First Birth! A Special Feature on Baby Animals" from 7:30 pm on December 14th. On this day's program, adorable babies born at zoos and aquariums across the country will be featured one after another.
The annual "Baby Animals" series focuses on "first births." This year, a forest elephant in Hiroshima, a Malayan tapir in Ehime, and a puma in Iwate all gave birth for the first time.
The first birth of a zoo animal is a big challenge for the zookeepers. They use their wisdom and ingenuity to connect this little life to the future. We get a close look at the painstaking process leading up to the birth and the efforts to protect the life of the newborn baby.
