What's your state's official aww-nimal?
Along with other symbols like trees, drinks and even rock songs, your home state has chosen a variety of animals to officially represent it. Regardless of whether these state mascots are mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds or insects, their babies are usually pretty cute.
Scroll through and see how adorable your state's representative is.
: You're never supposed to get in between a bear and her cub, which could be hard when they look like this.
: These resplendent ring-tails grow up to be expert climbers. Of course, this cat has already climbed into your heart.
: These pulchritudinous panthers are also sometimes called a "painters," because Florida.
: According to legend, these majestic mammals received their name as whalers declared them the "right" whale to hunt. Poor guys.
: Before they get their wings, these classy caterpillars eat a ton of milkweed in anticipation of metamorphosis.
: Cardinals breed two to three times each mating season, with the female making multiple nests of these tousled chicks.
: For a period before learning to fly, these chicks are effectively just loud mouths pointed expectantly toward the sky.
: This one might be small enough to fit in a brown bag, but a different Maine coon named "Stewie" was the longest cat ever recorded, end to end.
: Back in the day, this puppy might have had something other than a soccer ball in its mouth. The first Chesapeake Bay retrievers hunted waterfowl in the icy bay from which they get their name.
: The sex of these young nippers is determined by how warm the nest gets, with warmer nests often resulting in more females.
: These cherub-faced calves are born with the help of an "auntie" dolphin, who is initially the only other dolphin the mother allows near the recherché calf.
: Sometimes these cubs are born during the hibernation period, meaning mothers can give birth in their sleep.
: These hot tamales almost went extinct, but a few were accidentally trapped within the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where the population was.
: The larvae really aren't that cute.
: These puppies have rapid growth spurts and can become visually larger overnight.
: You can buy a baby chick for about $2, or this pair for a cool $4.
, where you can buy chicks.
: All of these toddler foals are descendants of a horse named "Figure."
: Be still, my beating heart. The University of Wisconsin's mascot, Bucky Badger, must have been really adorable as a baby.
: In the most adorable move of all, if threatened, these horned lizards will squirt blood from their eyes.
: When these babyish blossom birds grow up, their call is described by National Geographic as a "popopopo" sound.
Correction: The photo for the Wisconsin state animal, the American badger, was replaced in this story. The previous photo depicted a European badger, which was so cute we got confused.