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During the early morning hours at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, keepers witnessed five young African bat-eared foxes playing with their older siblings, exploring their enclosure and learning to stalk birds. Born in late April, the litter of this unique fox species has just recently emerged from their birthing den.

Bat-eared foxes are native to the African savannas and typically feed on small rodents, lizards, termites, beetles and fruit in the wild. At the Wild Animal Park keepers often see the older siblings bringing the newborns their mice and sharing.

"Desdamona and Biko are very good parents and often give their food away to their kids," said Autumn Nelson, animal care supervisor. "The entire group helps take care of the new kits."

This family pack shares a habitat with warthogs. They typically sleep during the day when the warthogs are active and emerge from their dens in the early evening to hunt. Due to their nocturnal behavior, many day-visitors to the Park may not see them, but with "Park at Dark" kicking off next weekend many guests will have an opportunity to glimpse these cool night-dwellers. From June 16 through Sept. 3 the Park will remain open until 9 p.m.