Three rare otters have been born at Auckland Zoo.
The Asian small-clawed babies' birth was announced on World Otter Day.
Taking to social media, the zoo's carnivore team leader Lauren Booth gave details about their health and wellbeing.
"Our second otter couple Kanan and Takumi have recently given birth to three adorable pups," she wrote on the Zoo's Facebook page.
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Advertise with NZME."It's early days with the pups only a few weeks old and it's likely to be at least a month before we will start to see them venturing outside of their nest box and learning how to swim."
Booth explained the enormity of the otters' births, describing the Asian small-clawed otters as "vulnerable", "at threat" and in "decline".
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"Asian small-clawed otters are in decline and listed as vulnerable in their wild home of South East Asia due to threats like agriculture, habitat loss and pollution – so we're absolutely delighted that we can introduce more precious otter pups into the world that will one day go on to have pups of their own!"
Asian small-clawed otters are the smallest of 13 otter species.
They like to spend their time on land as well as in the water, a reason why both of Auckland Zoo's otter habitats have options for swimming, exploring and for resting.
The zoo also indicated they'd be building new enclosures for Sumatran tigers in the near future.