When a newborn lamb was rejected by her mother, the family dog stepped in to nurture her

April 01, 2024 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20the%20Upworthiest&body=New%20Post%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter.upworthy.com%2Fp%2Fnew-post-4b01) [When a newborn lamb was rejected by her mother, the family dog stepped in to nurture her]( A mother's urge to care for a baby is one of the strongest instincts in the animal kingdom. A mother's urge to care for a baby is [one of the strongest instincts in the animal kingdom](, but sometimes something somewhere along the line goes haywire. Occasionally, a mom will reject its offspring, refusing to nurture or feed or care for it in any way. That's what happened to baby Beau, a lamb born to [a sheep]( on Olivia Akers' farm. "Beau’s mom didn’t want to be a mom. I don’t have an exact answer as to why," Akers [shared on Instagram](. "I tried EVERYTHING under the sun to get her to accept Beau. Rubbing the placenta for scent, also tried with her milk, giving them time in close quarters. She got progressively more violent, telling me she didn’t want to do this. So I listened." [Read the story]( [Pick a random number between 100. You probably chose 37, and there's a big reason for that.]( Why are people seeing the number everywhere? When we think of randomness, something chaotic and unpredictable often comes to mind. The funny thing is that when people are asked to choose a [random number](between 1 and 100, they will most reliably select 37. That doesn’t feel very random. So why do people seem to have a strange subconscious affinity for such a seemingly [random number](? Derek Muller and [his team at Veritasium](investigated this intriguing phenomenon in a video entitled, “Why is this number everywhere?” To unravel the mystery surrounding 37, Veritasium surveyed 200,000 people, asking them to select a random number. The ones that came up most often were 7, 73, 77 and 37. [Read the story]( upworthy upworthy Add a comment... [Woman goes to huge lengths to adopt husband's ex-wife's baby to save him from foster care]( She had lived in foster care and didn't want it for the newborn with no name. Christie and Wesley Werts have taken the idea of a [blended family](to the next level. When the couple fell in love five years ago and married, they brought together her children, Megan and Vance, and his children, Austin and Dakota. As of January, the Ohio family has five children after adopting young Levi, 2. Levi is the son of Wesley’s ex-wife, who passed away[four days after the child was born](. The ex-wife had the boy prematurely, at 33 weeks, and died soon after from drug addiction and complications of COVID-19. When Levi was born, he was a ward of the state with no first name or birth certificate. [Read the story]( [Surprise finish in Savannah Bananas 'baby race' is the most adorable sports moment ever]( No one predicted how this race was going to end. If you want to see the most hilarious race in the world, line up a group of [crawling babies]( across from a parent and say "Ready, set, go!" That's exactly the scenario that played out at a Savannah Bananas [baseball game](, and the result was one for the record books. If you're unfamiliar with the Savannah Bananas, you're in for a treat. Think Harlem Globetrotters, but with baseball instead of basketball and with even more silliness and shenanigans. The athletic skill is there, make no mistake, but the primary goal is to entertain. And goodness, do they win on that front every time. [Read the story]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( [in]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © 2024 GOOD | Upworthy. All rights reserved 1370 N St Andrews Pl Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States of America [[beehiiv logo]Powered by beehiiv](