Eight slender, endangered ferret babies were born last week at the National Zoo’s Virginia campus, covered in white fur and weighing about as much as a AAA battery.

A black-footed ferret named Aristides gave birth to eight kits on May 28 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, according to a news release from the zoo.

Gender reveal

The zoo has set up a temporary live camera feed on its website to spotlight the kits as they grow up and help staff monitor their progress. But don’t expect much action until the kits get a bit older; in about 50 days, they will start to explore the enclosure’s tunnel system, according to the zoo.

Also, keep in mind the creatures are nocturnal.

When they were born, the kits were blind and weighed less

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