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Photo Gallery: Baby Animals
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Photo: A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic ice
Photo: A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic icePhoto: A baby Asian elephant emerging from tall grassPhoto: Female lynx and her young kittenPhoto: Black bear mother and cubPhoto: A leopard cub plays with its mother's tailPhoto: A bobcat kitten in the wildPhoto: A mother polar bear coaxes her cub up a snow bankPhoto: A female African cheetah and her three cubsPhoto: A six-month-old black bear holds onto a tree trunkPhoto: An American crocodile emerging from its eggshell
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A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic ice. Its mother can distinguish it from hundreds of others by scent alone.
Photograph by Norbert Rosing

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