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This Photo Will Change Your Life: Micro-Piglet Hugs a Strawberry

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Quiet over there with your guttural noises – yes, you. We warned you, didn't we?

This impossibly-tiny and blissful looking cutie – variously known as a micro, mini, teacup or pygmy pig – is from England's famous Pennywell Farm, where they're specially bred to be extra, extra small and friendly.

When the piglets are born, they usually weigh just 8 ounces, and grow up to be as big as a springer spaniel – which is still just a fifth the size of a regular pig.

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Aww! Tiny Tortoises Have That Just-Hatched Glow

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Wee! No, really!

This 1-week-old Egyptian tortoise is so small, it's no bigger than a 20-pence piece – and that's smaller than a quarter! The tortoise is one of four that hatched at England's Marwell Wildlife, and they have already caused a stir with the visiting public.

"They are adorable, so cute and tiny," says keeper Kimberley Goodfield. "They've had a great response from visitors."

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Cute Photo: Jaguar Cub Gets on the Scale

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How much does cuteness weigh?

This adorable jaguar cub – in spite of its outsize good looks – needed some help getting on the scale at the San Diego Zoo last week.

Just 12 days old, the young cat weighed 4.2 lbs. at its last check-in. The cub is one of two that were born at the zoo on April 27.

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Less than two months after his birth, a pygmy hippo named after Prince Harry has died. The hippo, a resident of the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, had been undergoing surgery Wednesday morning to repair a hernia.

"Unfortunately at the conclusion of the operation, he went into respiratory arrest and ultimately heart failure," announced Tammy Moult, a spokesperson for the ranch, in a statement. "Despite repeated attempts to resuscitate him, Harry passed away on the operating table."

Since his arrival at the ranch on March 22, Harry had been cared for by trainer Toni Inggs, because he had been rejected by his mother. The calf was receiving round-the-clock care, including bottle feedings.

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Just in time for Mother's Day, a kind Samoyed in China's Shandong Province is caring for two orphaned kittens.

The human good Samaritan who rescued the needy felines worried at first that her dog might not respond well to the kittens, but her fears were unfounded.

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Who's a little teacup?

Tunnock, a 3-week-old meerkat, looks the definition of wee while lounging inside the china at the U.K.'s Blair Drummond Safari Park.

The little critter had just been weighed by her keeper before this photo was taken – we can't imagine she weighs more than a cookie!

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Wombats usually stay sheltered inside their mothers' pouches until they weigh 6 lbs., but this little wombat, named Yogi, was found orphaned when he was just 2 lbs.

Yogi, aged 7½ months, was discovered by an alpaca on a field in Australia, where he had taken shelter after his mother was run over by a car. A friendly farmer found him and took Yogi to the Darraweit Guim Wildlife Shelter.

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2-Day-Old Fox Barely Escapes Giant Farm Fire

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Is it all clear?

This adorable fox cub was just two days old when rescue crews found him in a pile of ashes after a huge fire at a farm in Buckinghamshire, England.

The cub's fur had been singed and he was frightened by his experience, but alive. A firefighter wrapped the fox up in his jacket and took him to Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital, where he is expected to make a full recovery.

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The Bronx Zoo's new baby giraffe finds fun floating through the air.

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Alien or Roast Chicken? Meet the World's Ugliest Bird

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He's one undeniably ugly duckling, but Nelson will likely grow up to be a handsome Kea parrot.

For now, though, the baby bird is making do under the helpful care of Germany's Halle Zoo, where he was rejected by his parents after being the only one of three eggs to hatch.

Nelson's unfortunate looks, described as being a "cross between an alien and a roast chicken," will transform over time, and his patchy bald skin will be covered in olive-green feathers.