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Babies - pics

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 20: A newborn baby Giant Anteater rides on the back of his mom, Evita, at the San Francisco Zoo on January 20, 2011 in San Francisco, California. The new infant giant anteater, born on December 22, 2010, made its first public appearance at the Zoo.

A black rhinoceros calf stands at the Saint Louis Zoo in this undated handout photograph released to Reuters on January 25, 2011. The calf was born to first-time parents, mother Kati Rain and father Ajabu, at the Saint Louis Zoo on January 14, 2011. Weighing 120-1/2 pounds, the little male is nursing well and being cared for by his mother, according to zoo staff. This is the first black rhino calf to be born at the Saint Louis Zoo in 20 years. In all, eight black rhino calves have been born at the zoo.

A black rhinoceros calf stands with his mother at the Saint Louis Zoo in this undated handout photograph released to Reuters on January 25, 2011. The calf was born to first-time parents, mother Kati Rain and father Ajabu, at the Saint Louis Zoo on January 14, 2011. Weighing 120-1/2 pounds, the little male is nursing well and being cared for by his mother, according to zoo staff. This is the first black rhino calf to be born at the Saint Louis Zoo in 20 years. In all, eight black rhino calves have been born at the zoo.

An Indian elephant calf sits in her enclosure at Chester zoo, northern England, January 24, 2011. The calf, born on January 22 is the second baby elephant born at the zoo in the last six months.

An Indian elephant calf stands with her mother Thi in her enclosure at Chester zoo, northern England, January 24, 2011. The calf, born on January 22 is the second baby elephant born at the zoo in the last six months.

A ten-day-old gorilla named Kipenzi embraces its mother, Kriba, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney January 25, 2011. The baby is the eighth born since the group arrived at Taronga Zoo from Appenheul in Holland in December 1996.

A ten day-old gorilla named Kipenzi embraces its mother, Kriba, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney January 25, 2011. The baby is the eighth born since the group arrived at Taronga Zoo from Appenheul in Holland in December 1996.

A baby Rothschild giraffe stands next to her mother Kleopatra in their enclosure at Prague Zoo January 26, 2011. The female baby giraffe was born on January 23, 2011.

A newly born baby hippo swims around its mother in a pool at the San Diego Zoo in this handout photo taken and released to Reuters on January 26, 2011. The calf was born at 11:30 a.m. in a pool on Wednesday. The calf's gender is not yet known.

A two-week-old Little Penguin rests against a stuffed animal in an incubator at the Cincinnati Zoo, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in Cincinnati. The chick weighs about a quarter of a pound but is expected to weigh just over two pounds as an adult. Little Penguins are found along the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand. The Cincinnati Zoo is home to one of only four Little Penguin colonies in the U.S. and has successfully hatched 22 Little Penguins to date.

A baby orangutan clings to her mother at an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta on January 27, 2011. Orangutans are far more genetically diverse thatn thought, a finding that could help their survival, say scientists delivering their full DNA analysis of the critically endangered ape. The study, published January 27 in the science journal Nature, also reveals that the orangutan -- 'the man of the forest' -- has hardly evolved over the past 15 million years, in sharp contrast to Homo sapiens and his closest cousin, the chimpanzee. Once widely distributed across Southeast Asia, only two populations of the intelligent, tree dwelling ape remain in the wild in Borneo and Sumatra islands of Indonesia.