“Wild Babies” looks like a fluffy, precious antidote to our trying times, but it also might pack some surprising emotion in as well. There’s a pretty sad clip of a shivering penguin, and if this show thinks we’ve forgotten about “March of The Penguins,” it’s sorely mistaken. Helena Bonham Carter narrates the series, and in the trailer she says, “For a baby born wild, the journey toward adulthood will be hard, but most don’t have to struggle alone.”

The implication here seems to be that most of these little critters will make it with the help of their families, but Bonham Carter also mentions that survival in the wilderness takes a special sort of determination. Sadly, science has not evolved to give us nature documentaries where every single animal lives forever yet, but in the meantime, this looks great.

Here’s the official synopsis for “Wild Babies:”

Every living creature starts life as a baby. From the moment of birth, the adventure of life begins. Some enjoy a blissful babyhood full of playtime with siblings and the carefree fun that comes with learning skills for adulthood. Others have a brutal awakening as they are launched into a game of survival from day one, and have to learn to get by on their own … or not. Born Wild reveals the secret lives of baby animals as we venture into their world for a glimpse of events and interactions we rarely get to see.

“Wild Babies” will debut on Netflix on May 5, 2022.