Hank, The National Zoo's Sloth Bear Cub, Makes Adorable First Pubic Appearance (PHOTOS)

Say hello to Hank, the National Zoo's sloth bear cub, born in December. (Hi Hank!)

He's spent the last six months with his mother inside a den, where he could be seen on a webcam.

But now you can meet Hank in the fur, as it were. This little guy made his public debut on the zoo's Asia Trail on Thursday morning.

Check out pictures from Hank's first day! Story continues below...

• Hank the sloth bear cub says "hello" to public

  "Oh, hey there!"

• Hank the sloth bear cub makes public debut June 20, 2013

• Hank and his mother, Hana, cuddling up

• Hank and Hana

• Hank climbing on the sloth bear exhibit's rocky terrain

• Hear Hank roar!

• Hank likes to sniff

  But you can't eat rock!

• Hank likes to dig!

• Sloth bear cub Hank makes his public debut June 20, 2013

• Hank the sloth bear cub

• Mother and son, Hana and Hank

• Hank checking some tree branches

• Hank and Hana on Mother's Day

  Like mother, like son! Sloth bear Hana and her cub, Hank, enjoy some play time in their indoor enclosure. Sloth bear moms are the only bears that carry their young on their backs. After emerging from the den, cubs stay at their mother's side for two to three years before heading off on their own.

The adorable Hank, whose name was chosen by the public via Facebook and is a combination of his parents' names -- Hana and Francois -- is the first sloth bear cub born at the Zoo in seven years.

Hank is one of only seven sloth bears born in North America under the species survival plan. The sloth bear is considered a "vulnerable" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Hank alone raised the population of sloth bears under human care by three percent.

According to the zoo, Hank's climbing skills have developed enough to tackle the rocky terrain of the sloth bear exhibit. We recommend you verifying that claim by paying Hank a visit yourself.

Take a look at some of the other cute animals that were born recently at the zoo!

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/national-zoo-sloth-bear-cub_n_3472524.html

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