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    Caution: what you're about to click through may cause uncontrollable squealing and unusual heart-melting due to the avalanche of cute baby animals you are about to encounter. Take a deep breath, prepare your best squee and check out this month's most aww-inducing critter kids and their families from across the globe. 

    WIDE-EYED AND BUSHY-TAILED

    Mouse lemur birthing season is officially over at Duke Lemur Center, but it was a very successful period. A total of 20 infants were born, including this 2-day-old mouse lemur baby. It doesn't get much cuter than that, folks!

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    FIRST BORN

    Woo hoo! For the first time ever, Zoo Miami welcomed a Somali wild ass. The foal, a female, seems to be adapting and integrating well into the small herd. We can't wait to watch her grow.

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    TINY ARMADILLO

    Ever wonder what an adorable three-banded armadillo looks like when it enters the world? It's cuter than you can imagined, and it fits in the palm of your hand. Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Fla. welcomed a little armadillo that will eventually grow to be the size of a softball. Baby armadillos are born blind, but quickly develop the ability to walk and close their shella.

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    PRECIOUS AND PECULIAR

    What big horns you have! A baby bigfin reef squid swims around the Monterey Bay Aquarium in hopes of surprising visitors with its bizarre appearance. Bigfin reef squids are rarely displayed in aquariums. 

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    COATI'S CUTE COMING OUT

    Germany's Tiergarten Delitzsch finally shows off how cute its baby coatis are after they spent their first few months of life secluded in their barn. This little one's gender has yet be determined, but zookeepers will be able to tell soon. Boy or girl, one thing's for sure: its cuteness is too much to handle! 

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    TINY TRUNK

    You've got a little something in your hair, Anchali! The baby Asian elephant stands inside the elephant house next to her mom, Pan Pha, at the Berlin Zoo. 

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    SLEEPY POPPA

    New parents can sympathize with this guy. It's not easy being a proud papa to four new capybara babies. But aren't they precious? The Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Fla. is happy to house this growing family. 

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    THE SWEET ONE

    Dublin Zoo's newest arrival came in the form of a six-foot sweetheart named Tamu. The name means "sweet one" in Swahili, and is the perfect way to describe the tiny (and rare) female Rothschild giraffe. 

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    PENGUIN PARTY

    Three gentoo penguin chicks cuddle together and pose for their family portrait at Tennessee Aquarium. We wonder if they tried the pyramid and failed. This stance will have to do. 

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    STYLIST IN THE MAKING

    A 2-month-old Barbary ape baby attempts to braid its mother's hair during a hot day at Erfurt Zoo in Germany. We smell a future career as a hair stylist.

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    THE LITTLEST KID

    Edith and Sunny, Rosamond Gifford Zoo's adult markhors, welcomed their first female kid born at the zoo in nine years. The 5.8-pound girl will grow to be 45 inches tall and 250 pounds. Markhors are the largest members of the goat family.

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    FAMILY PORTRAITS

    Pippa the meerkat poses with her beautiful new family at Colchester Zoo in England. She first kept them mainly in the burrow, but they are now out and about, playing with the other meerkats in their enclosure. 

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    THUMB NIBBLER

    Om nom nom. Newquay Zoo's tiny Owston's civet kitten finds its zookeeper's hand quite tasty. The civet is a critically endangered species, but Newquay Zoo has managed to breed them for the last few years. 

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    UGLY DUCKLINGS

    Three hairless starlings get used to one another and their surroundings at Zoo Praha in Prague. Hair is totally overrated anyway, guys. 

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    BOX TURTLES

    Eighteen hatchling ornate box turtles are experiencing their first few days alive at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The zoo has partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore the species to the state of Illinois.