Welcome to the Weekly Escape. Today, see what our national parks first looked like, read a 4,000-year-old complaint about customer service and a look into the wondrous world of seahorses. 

But first, here is your daily dose of baby animal photos.

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOEL SARTORE

Tapirs, tigers and (koala) bears, oh my! National Geographic Explorer Joel Sartore shares his favorite baby animal shots from working on the Photo Ark project, a multi-year mission to photograph animals in human care around the world.

PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

PHOTOGRAPH BY FRANS LANTING, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION; IMAGE BY NG STAFF 

Thanks to AI, fake pictures are getting more realistic. But don’t worry, we have some tips to help you figure out the fake. Above is a real photo of a cheetah and one created using generative AI. Which of these two images is real?  

A. Left
B. Right
C. Both
D. Neither

BEFORE YOU GO: From a "pink moon" to a meteor shower, here are the 7 best night sky events to see this April.

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