9 photos of Dublin Zoo's cutest arrivals of 2012

Dublin Zoo welcomed many cute baby animals to the zoo this year, so cute in fact that we thought that compiling them into a list was totally necessary!

Here are nine photos of Dublin Zoo's cutest arrivals of 2012:

1. Little piglets

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2. New-born calf

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3. Baby bongo

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4. Asian lion cubs

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5. Californian sea lion pup

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6. Tapir calf

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7. Giraffe calf

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8. Meerkat pups

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9. Red panda cubs

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