🎥 Throughout spring and summer, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) carnivore keepers celebrated the arrival of 60 black-footed ferret kits. Every birth is important to their conservation, as this species is endangered. ✏️STORY: https://s.si.edu/3mGtCAG. | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Black footed-ferret kits are born with white hair, but by the time they are 3 weeks old they start to develop a "face mask," black feet and a black-tipped tail. #WeSaveSpecies #BlackFootedFerret | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute