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Babies are being born all around the animal kingdom, including your local zoo. Here are a few snapshots of the cuddliest caged cuties around the world.

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Asian Elephant Nayan, and babies Hari and Bala Hi-Way take a dip to cool down from the hot weather at Chester Zoo England, Tuesday July 9, 2013.Peter Byrne/The Associated Press

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Here, zoo kepers present eleven of twelve ferret babies at Eekholt Zoo in Grossenaspe, Germany, Wednesday July 10, 2013.Markus Scholz/The Associated Press

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The ferret babies were born May 25, 2013.Markus Scholz/The Associated Press

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An endangered Southern Pudu, the world's smallest deer species, is seen at The Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo in New York July 9, 2013. The doe, which is native to Chile and Argentina, could weigh as much as 20 pounds as an adult.Julie Larsen Maher/The Associated Press

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She weighed 1 pound at birth.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters

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A five-day-old South American sea lion cub at Tiergarten Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, July 11, 2013.LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters

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Her name is Alida.LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters

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Her mom’s name is Kelo.LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters

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She’s five days old.LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters

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Sink or swim, kiddo.LEONHARD FOEGER/Reuters

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