The Woodland Zoo’s adorablest baby tiger in the whole world isn’t the only baby in the Puget Sound these days. The locally-based L pod of orcas was spotted last weekend in California with a baby in tow! Likely a month or two old, “the baby and her pod were playful, breaching and zipping around a whale believed to be her mother.” [seattle times] And oh, what a cute baby it is:

photo by Nancy Black / Monterey Bay Whale Watchers, via the Seattle Times

Look at the teeny fin! And the spots! Adorable! But those mean old whale watchers refuse to name the little orcette, instead waiting until it survives its first year. So for now, the whalie is just known as L109. Which would be a great name if it grows up to be an avant-garde electronica DJ.

Unfortunately, not all babies can be adorable endangered animals–oddly enough, actual human babies are still being born. And today, one of those babies was born on I-5, on the shoulder near the Spokane Street exit. [seattle times] The mother was stuck in traffic and called 911. Luckily for her (and traffic), paramedics were able to move her from her convertible to an ambulance before the baby came. The Seattle Times quotes Jeff Merrill, State Patrol spokesman, as saying that “troopers are trained to deliver babies but don’t have to use the training very often.” Are you sure about that, Jeff?