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Cuteness Alert: Lowry Park Zoo's New Baby African Elephant

And now for some gratuitous baby animal photos.

This morning, Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo released pictures of its newest addition: an African elephant calf, born July 29. The yet-to-be-named female is the first known African elephant calf born in 2013 in North America and the third in the zoo's 25-year history.

She joins a herd of four other African elephants, all females, in the zoo's savannah area.

All together now: Awww...

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