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A flamingo chick is nudged by its mother in their enclosure in the Budapest Zoo in Hungary in June 2009. With fifteen chicks newly hatched the number of flamingos at the zoo has grown to 98. Attila Kovacs/MTI/AP
A cheetah cub is seen with its mother Msichana at Basel Zoo in September 2009. Georgios Kefalas/Keystone/AP
Budapest Zoo's newborn giraffe calf rests on hay while its mother Santana walks by in Budapest, Hungary, on March 5. Bela Szandelszky/AP
A five-month-old Western Lowland Gorilla named Komomo hooks her hands around her mother Momoko and Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, on April 29, 2009. Shuji Kajiyama/AP
A capybara and its mother are seen at the Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia, on March 8, 2009. Albeiro Lopera/Reuters
Red River Hog piglets Sammi and Becca play alongside their mother Belle during a photocall at their enclosure in the Edinburgh Zoo on Sept. 17, 2009. The Red River Hogs have been at the zoo since 2004 but the arrival of the two piglets, who were born on August 14, is the first time they have bred successfully. Red River Hogs are found throughout western and central Africa living in wet habitats like swamps and marshes. David Moir/Reuters
An albino red-neck wallaby pet looks out of its mother's pouch at the Gettorf Zoo in Germany on April 7, 2009. Heribert Proepper/AP
A baby African Gecko lies on top of its mother. NEWSCOM
A polar bear mother stands with her two cubs in Wapusk National Park on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba, in this November 2007 photo. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/AP/FILE
A dog feeds some of her 15 puppies in Huai'an, China, on May 5, 2009. The dog gave birth about two weeks ago and to the surprise of the owner, all 15 of the puppies survived. xu Changzheng/Xinhua/AP
A baby gorilla shouts from its mother's back in the Republic of Congo in this photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Female gorillas typically have one baby about every five years. Thomas Breuer/Wildlife Conservation Society/AP/FILE
An African lioness and her cub are seen at the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. NEWSCOM
In their enclosure at the OlChoro Oirogua Conservancy in the Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya, a one-month-old Rhinoceros, named Kofi Annan, walks beside his mother in January 2008. The baby was named after the former UN Secretary-General who was the chief mediator in takls between the Kenyan government and the opposition. United Nations/Reuters/FILE
In the Pacific Ocean off of Hawaii, a humpback whale and her calf swim together. NEWSCOM
Sophia, a 27-year-old orangutan and her unnamed six-month-old baby lie together at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois on April 9, 2009. April was Ape Awareness Month at the zoo, which is home to three endangered ape species: orangutans, western lowland goriallas, and white-cheeked gibbons. Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society/AP
A baby elephant stands in the middle of two adults at the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa. NEWSCOM
Two black-tailed prairie dogs relax on the ground in Arizona. NEWSCOM
Cooper, the first baby Clydesdale born at Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville, Mo., stands underneath his mother, Kate, during a photo opportunity in their stall on March 4, 2009. Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT/FILE
Albatros parents stand with their baby in Hawaii. NEWSCOM
Carlota and her three-week-old baby hippopotamus are seen at the Lima Zoo's 'Parque de Las Leyendas,' on April 28, 2009. Pilar Olivares/Reuters
A European brown bear and her cub are seen at the edge of a Boreal forest in Finland. Newscom
In Hanover, Germany, a zebra foal stands with its mother in June 2008. Kai-Uwe Knoth/AP/FILE
A joey pokes its head out of its mother's pouch on Kangaroo Island in Australia. NEWSCOM
In Atka Bay, Antarctica, a baby emperor penguin stays warm under its parent. NEWSCOM
Isards, a kind of goat-antelope, are seen in the French Pyrenees. NEWSCOM
Gordie, a southern hairy-nosed wombat joey, stands next to her mother, Kambora, at the Brookfield Zoo's Australia House in Chicago on August 2007. Goldie was born on Oct. 29, 2006 and is the first wombat born in North America since 2000 and the first at the zoo since 1993. Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society/AP/FILE
Hera (l.) cuddles with her mother, Mar, in their enclosure at the Knies Kinderzoo in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on May 7, 2009. Christian Hartmann/Reuters
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