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Animal Photos Of The Week

First Posted: 01/02/11 12:22 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 07:20 PM ET

Happy New Year! Start 2011 off right with the best animal photos from the past week. We've included everything from the stunning to the bizarre, and of course plenty of cuteness for all you baby animal lovers.

Check out photos of a newborn potto, baby orangutan and some playful tiger cubs. Don't miss the adorable jackass penguins or the strange Meishan pig either!

Vote to let us know which animal pics you like the best, and CLICK HERE to check out incredible photos of elephants playing in the snow, in case you missed it.

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A newborn potto hangs inside of the Nocturnal House at The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, in Cincinnati, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ernest Coleman)
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Happy New Year! Start 2011 off right with the best animal photos from the past week. We've included everything from the stunning to the bizarre, and of course plenty of cuteness for all you baby ani...
Happy New Year! Start 2011 off right with the best animal photos from the past week. We've included everything from the stunning to the bizarre, and of course plenty of cuteness for all you baby ani...
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Marturia
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11:55 AM on 01/04/2011
What gorgeous butterflies! And who could resist a baby Potto?
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arabianway
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11:46 PM on 01/02/2011
I try not to click on these things because I feel so for the mothers of these captive baby animals. How harrowing it must be for them to have no control, as they would in their native habitat. Giant, alien beings taking and doing things to their babies. I h.a.t.e it with a passion.
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playsindirt
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05:27 PM on 01/02/2011
Nothing cuter on the planet than a baby orangutan.
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05:25 PM on 01/02/2011
awesome!
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janie@atthelake
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04:53 PM on 01/02/2011
Wonderful!
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triplettam
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05:32 PM on 01/02/2011
Hi janie. Didn't get a chance to catch up with you before 1-1-11. My best to you and yours.
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janie@atthelake
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06:11 PM on 01/02/2011
Thank you and to you as well! What state do you live in?
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TigersEye
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03:41 PM on 01/02/2011
Baby tigers!
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TggerJen
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06:25 PM on 01/02/2011
ALL Tigers!! But baby tigers are especially gorgeous!! Faved!
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12:36 AM on 01/03/2011
I love the tigers, baby tigers are soooooo cute, I can barely stand it!, lol.

Thank You, Huffington Post!!
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03:49 PM on 01/03/2011
What about them squirrels???
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Kalamama2
If I had wanted one, I would have written one
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02:11 PM on 01/02/2011
As always, they are ALL adorable.

This week, my vote has to go to the lions!!

Although, the pic of the pup holding 2 tennis balls had to make me laugh. Wonder how many men look at that picture and shudder? :-))
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02:01 PM on 01/02/2011
#46 - I have only lived here 36 years, but I'm pretty sure there are no zoos in Minneapolis, but no one knows St Paul the capital and where the zoo is. :)
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