15 Cuddly Parents That Won’t Let Their Kids Go

It's hard to tell where the parent ends and the child begins.

If only Baby could reach his trunk all the way around, just like Mama.

"OMG, Mom! You're so embarrassing!"

"Hold still, I see another spot. I'm going in!"

Breathing doesn't really matter anyway, right?

Brand-new to the world and already smothered with love? We should all be so lucky!

It looks like the cub's escape isn't going so well. Guess he's never leaving the den!

"I will love you, forever and for always, because you are my dear one." (from "Mama, Do You Love Me?" by Barbara M. Joosse)

"Listen to me, little one. You are perfect, because you are mine. Don't let the other prairie dogs make fun of you. I love you."

That looks like some extreme suffocating—we mean … snuggling.

"Moooo-ooommm! Stop picking at me. Leave me alone!"

"Oh my, your first 'moo'! Oh my goodness, I'm so proud."

Is there anything cuter than a child hugging its parent? Yep! It's cuter when a lion cub does it.

The foal clearly takes after his mother's good looks. Nice job, Mom!

She's doing her best impression of Mother Hen, and might we say that it's fairly spot on.

"Feeding time is 'me time.' It's when all my babies surround me, and I get to bask in their attention."

"Quick, hide behind me! Or beneath me! Or next to me! They'll never find you!"