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  • 28
    Apr
    2011
    7:01pm, EDT

    Sue Ogrocki / AP

    An Asian elephant calf, born at the Oklahoma City Zoo April 15, is pictured with her mother, Asha, right, a 16-year old Asian elephant, and her aunt, Chandra, left, a 14-year old Asian Elephant, at the zoo in Oklahoma City, Thursday, April 28.

    New baby elephant born at the Oklahoma City Zoo

    By Jim Seida

    You can go to the Oklahoma City Zoo's site and help name the baby elephant. She's definitely a contender for our 'cutest-thing-ever' list; you can see other nominees here. See more animal photos in our weekly slideshow, 'Animal tracks.'

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  • 26
    Apr
    2011
    6:39am, EDT

    Is that a yawn or a roar?

    Marko Djurica / Reuters

    A lion cub, right, is pictured next to a seven-day-old rare white lion cub in their enclosure at the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia on April 26.

    See more great animal pictures in our Animal Tracks slideshow.

    Four newborn white lion cubs make their debut at the Belgrade Zoo where the addition of the quadruplets now make 10 rare white lions in the zoo's breeding program. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    Kitty kitty kitty. Meow Kitty.

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  • 20
    Apr
    2011
    7:42am, EDT

    Rungroj Yongrit / EPA

    A newborn pangolin looks on from a cage after being born shortly before a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand on April 20. Thai customs seized 173 smuggled pangolins and 130 kilograms of dried snake skins valued at 66,000 US dollars, customs said. The pangolin is listed as an endangered species in CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).

    Curious newborn pangolin greets photographers

    To learn more about the illegal trade in Asian wildlife, watch photographer Patrick Brown's project Black Market.

    1 comment

    Scary...cute...scary...cute...Owwww I just can't decide!!!

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  • 14
    Apr
    2011
    10:36am, EDT

    Orphaned baby orangutan shows affection for a stuffed animal toy

    Andrea Comas / Reuters

    Baby orangutan 'Boo,' plays with a blanket at the Madrid Zoo and Aquarium, April 14.

    Andrea Comas / Reuters

    'Boo,' a 9-month-old orphan, plays with a toy during a presentation at the Madrid Zoo and Aquarium, April 14. Boo, the first orangutan born at the zoo, has been adopted by a female orangutan and is bottle fed by one of the keepers.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

     According to the Madrid Zoo's website:

    He was born on July 5, 2010 and at the end of February, his mother died from a chronic pulmonary disorder. Despite having had this condition for years, she was able to give birth normally and took excellent care of Boo until she passed away. The zoo tried to make sure her death had minimal impact on Boo – they fed him three times a day and started to reintroduce him to his “aunts” in order to make sure he wasn’t imprinted with human behavior.

    I have to nominate 'Boo' for our 'cutest-thing-ever.' You can see the other nominees here. Or see more photos of animals in our weekly slideshow, 'Animal tracks.'

    Boo, the 9-month-old orangutan who was left orphaned a few months ago, has been adopted by one of the Madrid Zoo's female orangutans. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    Got to love the animals, they are the sweetest things. Love animals tracks, look forward to them every week. They are the best things in the news. We could use more good news.

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  • 25
    Mar
    2011
    6:17am, EDT

    A wide-eyed baby panda takes in his surroundings

    Norbert Potensky / AP

    This photo provided by the Schoenbrunn Zoo shows seven month old panda cub Fu Hu exploring the outdoors for the first time in Vienna, Austria on March 24. Fu Hu, who was born on Aug. 23, is a sensation because he was conceived naturally. He follows in the footsteps of his older brother, Fu Long, who charmed Austrians before leaving for China in 2009.

    Norbert Potensky / AP

    Seven month old panda cub Fu Hu exploring the outdoors for the first time at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria on March 24.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    I hereby propose Fu Hu for Cutest Thing Ever status. For more great animal photos, see our Animal Tracks slideshow.

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    What a little doll!

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  • 17
    Mar
    2011
    9:38am, EDT

    Cuteness! A furry polar bear cub and his mother

    Jerry Lampen / Reuters

    The polar bear cub, named Vicks, walks under mother Olinka's legs at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, on Thursday, Mar. 17.

    Jerry Lampen / Reuters

    Born Dec. 6, Vicks is the first Polar bear to be born at the Blijdorp Zoo in 14 years.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    From adorable baby penguins to turtles on wheels, nourish your voracious appetite for cute animal photos by checking out our editors' favorites.

    Related slideshow: Animal Tracks

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    There is nothing in this world more precious than babies, no matter what the species. Thank you, God, for our Blessings!

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  • 16
    Mar
    2011
    11:02am, EDT

    A six day old chimpanzee

    Radovan Stoklasa / Reuters

    A six-day-old female baby chimpanzee clings to her mother Uschi at the Bratislava Zoo in Slovakia on March 16. The young chimpanzee is the first to be born in the ape house which was opened in 2010 and is also the first chimpanzee born in Bratislava Zoo since 1990 when her mother Uschi delivered her first offspring, a male named Samko.

    Samuel Kubani / AFP - Getty Images

    A six-day-old female baby chimpanzee clings to her mother Uschi at the Bratislava Zoo in Slovakia on March 16.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    It seems like almost every week a new baby animal comes along and raises the stakes in our unofficial Cutest Thing Ever contest. Which is your favorite?

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  • 7
    Mar
    2011
    8:05am, EST

    Two-headed, five-legged tortoise resembles muppet characters

    Radovan Stoklasa / Reuters

    An African spurred tortoise with two heads and five legs is displayed in Zilina, Slovakia on Monday, Mar. 7. The two-headed tortoise has been given the two names: Magda, left, and Lenka, is seven weeks old and was born in Slovakia.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    These little guys remind me of the two ornery, disagreeable old men from the muppets.

    The Evening Standard / Hulton Archive via Getty Images

    Statler and Waldorf, puppet characters from the popular TV Muppet Show.

    Which reminds me, have you seen the new series of HD muppet videos? They are brilliant.

    If you're looking to lighten the mood on a Monday morning, check out more of our editors' selections for the cutest thing ever.

    The African spurred tortoise was born in Slovakia and has two heads, five legs and one shell. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

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  • 4
    Mar
    2011
    8:53am, EST

    Christian Charisius / Reuters

    A baboon mother holds her baby at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday, Mar. 4.

    Baby baboon nurtured by its mother in Germany

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    Why work when you can look at more pictures of cute animals?

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  • 3
    Mar
    2011
    11:15am, EST

    A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver

    Parken Zoo / Reuters

    A baby pygmy hippopotamus named Oliver sits next to his mother, Krakunia, after he was born at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna, Sweden in this handout photo taken Feb. 15, and released Thursday, Mar. 3.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    If you have a soft spot in your heart for animals, take a look at our editors' picks for the cutest thing ever.

    Sweden's Parken Zoo is celebrating their baby hippo, Oliver, after zoo keepers managed to milk the mother hippo to save Oliver's life.

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    All zoos are an abomination! No one should take children to see captive animals suffer, and simply for pleasure.

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  • 22
    Feb
    2011
    10:31am, EST

    Jenna Walker / Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP

    A six-week-old snow leopard cub sits in a bowl for her weigh-in at the zoo in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Feb. 21, 2011. Though snow leopard cubs only have a 30 percent survival rate, the cub is healthy and growing around 100 grams every two days, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.

    Snow leopard cub in a tub.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    A contender for our Cutest Thing Ever? More on the cub from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

    1 comment

    The "Cub In A Tub" is definitely the cutest thing I've seen in a while! Adorable!

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  • 11
    Feb
    2011
    4:53am, EST

    Koji Sasahara / AP

    A capybara sits under a stream of hot water to keep warm during a cold snow day in its enclosure at Saitama children's Zoo, near Tokyo, Japan on Feb. 11.

    Capybara takes a hot shower at Tokyo zoo

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    According to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Capybara are the largest rodents in the world, and they are pretty comfortable in the water - they can dive and remain underwater for as long as five minutes.

    Could this be a contender in our ongoing quest to find the Cutest Thing Ever?

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    I had a capybara named Charlie try to eat the buttons of a shirt I was wearing when I was in the Amazon. But he was a cute capybara, so I forgave him.

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Jim Seida is a senior multimedia editor at msnbc.com. Fourteen years ago, he helped create multimedia storytelling for an online audience as one of the core group of multimedia producers at msnbc.com. He thrives on field work and telling stories about people with video, still and audio gear.

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