(Photo by Jacqueline Conrad, courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

Clutching every bit of good news before someone wrests it out of our hands along with the EPA’s climate data, we bring you word that a baby seal has been born at the National Zoo.

A few hours before the Women’s March, 33-year-old Kara gave birth to a female pup. Zookeepers say she is “nursing, moving and bonding well with mom,” and are “cautiously optimistic” that the 37-pound babe will thrive. This is the third pup for Kara and 26-year-old Gunther.

She’ll shed her fur in about three weeks time and develop a mottled gray coat, the zoo says.

Let’s all just look into the eyes of this pure creature for a little while and remember there is good in the world before we dive back into reality.

If you need to delay a little while longer, check out the brewing Twitter war between the Zoo and the Virginia Aquarium over who has the cutest baby animals.

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