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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.
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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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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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).
To learn more about the illegal trade in Asian wildlife, watch photographer Patrick Brown's project Black Market.
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Baby orangutan 'Boo,' plays with a blanket at the Madrid Zoo and Aquarium, April 14.
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'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.
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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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.
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Seven month old panda cub Fu Hu exploring the outdoors for the first time at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria on March 24.
I hereby propose Fu Hu for Cutest Thing Ever status. For more great animal photos, see our Animal Tracks slideshow.
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The polar bear cub, named Vicks, walks under mother Olinka's legs at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, on Thursday, Mar. 17.
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Born Dec. 6, Vicks is the first Polar bear to be born at the Blijdorp Zoo in 14 years.
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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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.
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A six-day-old female baby chimpanzee clings to her mother Uschi at the Bratislava Zoo in Slovakia on March 16.
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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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.
These little guys remind me of the two ornery, disagreeable old men from the muppets.
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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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A baboon mother holds her baby at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, on Friday, Mar. 4.
Why work when you can look at more pictures of cute animals?
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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.
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.
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.
A contender for our Cutest Thing Ever? More on the cub from the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
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.
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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