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09 FebMore baby zoo animals!

AWWW baby zoo animals!!  ABC News added more adorable baby zoo animals to their slideshow!  Here are some of the cutest.  Photos and captions originally posted here.

A Langur infant is seen in the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, where two Langurs were born during the last three weeks. Langurs predominantly feed leaves and the Hanover zoo freezes leaves in summer to feed to the Langurs during winter time.
(Joerg Sarbach/AP Photo)

Amani, shown here, was born Dec. 8 to mother Rachaael and father Mchimbaji, at the Detroit Zoo. Amani means “peace” in Swahili. The 23-inch infant arrived hairless, weighing 3 pounds, 10 ounces, with ears measuring 4 inches. The zoo is awaiting DNA tests to determine the newborn’s sex.

(Mark M. Gaskill/Detroit Zoo/AP Photo)

The baby hippopotamus swims beside its mother, “Kati,” at a Berlin zoo. The baby hippo was born Nov. 29, 2008.
(MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)

Two white lion cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, were born on Dec. 9, in the Belgrade Zoo in Serbia, which now has five white lions. White lions are unique to the Timbavati area of South Africa; they are not albinos but a genetic rarity.
(Srdjan Ilic/AP Photo)

One-month-old elephant twins play around their mother’s leg at an elephant breeding center in Chitwan Dec. 6, 2008. The pair, born to a 30-year-old elephant, are Nepal’s first jumbo elephant twins. Authorities celebrate the twins as a conservation success, as elephants are protected by law in the Himalayan nation.
(Gopal Chitrakar / Reuters)

Meet baby pandas Meihin and Eihin! The 2-month-old Giant Panda twins were born in western Japan in September. Their names were unveiled Thursday.
(Kyodo News/AP Photo)

Zookeeper Renae Zammit holds Monifa, a 3-week-old pygmy hippopotamus, in her enclosure at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 7, 2008. Monifa was born Oct. 15 after a difficult breech birth.
(Daniel Munoz/Reuters )

A caregiver looks after twin giant panda cubs, the first twins delivered this year at the Bifengxia base of the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Yaan in Sichuan province, China, Oct. 24, 2008. Following the traditional Chinese custom, the center held a naming ceremony for the twin cubs 100 days after their birth. Thirteen giant pandas have been born at the base this year.
(China Photos/Getty Images)

This photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows a newborn female Bornean orangutan curled up with her mother, Sophia, 27, at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. The female, born on Oct. 6, is only the second birth of an orangutan expected in a North American accredited zoo this year.
(Chicago Zoological Society/AP Images)

Three eleven week old Siberian Tiger cubs, Sayan, Altai, and Altay with mum Nika at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Bekesbourne, England, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Siberian tigers feature in the top 10 of the world’s most endangered creatures. The three cubs have been named after mountain ranges in Siberia.
(Gareth Fuller/PA, via AP)

A newborn southern white rhinoceros calf stands next to its mother, Lulu, inside their enclosure at a Budapest zoo. The calf was born Wednesday morning.
(Pool Photo/Reuters)

01 Novbaby hippo

This little hippo baby was posted in ABC News slide show up of cute baby animals!  Click here to see it.  The caption and photo is from the slide show.  Who knew hippos could be so cute??

baby hippo

Move over, Knut. The Berlin Zoo has another star that has visitors and animal lovers cooing over his cute factor. The hippopotamus mommy is out and about with her 3-month-old baby, Paul. Paul likes to eat and he’s already up to a whopping 66 pounds. Fans lined up at the zoo’s opening to catch a glimpse of him, and they better come fast. As Knut has found out, the cute stardom doesn’t last very long. Paul is already gaining weight fast and he’ll be big in no time.
(MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)