What is the cutest baby animal?

Big eyes, short legs, no coordination — evolution figured out what humans melt for and then overdid it. Fifteen candidates, all guilty.

1. 1
   Kitten

   Fits in a palm, attacks its own reflection and falls asleep mid-pounce.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   Lamb

   Bounces vertically for no reason anybody has adequately explained.
   777pts
3. 3
   Piglet

   Pink, fast and audible from three fields away.
   678pts
4. 4
   Baby Sloth

   Clings to its mother for months and moves like it is underwater.
   555pts
5. 5
   Panda Cub

   Born pink and blind at the size of a stick of butter, then grows into a meme.
   555pts
6. 6
   Duckling

   Follows the first moving thing it sees and complains the whole way.
   555pts
7. 7
   Otter Pup

   Floats on its mother's chest and screams when set down.
   555pts
8. 8
   Penguin Chick

   A grey ball of down standing in a crowd of identical grey balls.
   555pts
9. 9
   Puppy

   Oversized paws, no coordination and a tail that arrives a second late.
   0pts
10. 10
    Elephant Calf

    Has no idea what the trunk is for and spends months finding out.
    0pts
11. 11
    Fawn

    Spotted, folded up in long grass and holding perfectly still.
    0pts
12. 12
    Red Panda Cub

    A ringed tail longer than the animal attached to it.
    0pts
13. 13
    Fox Kit

    All ears and mischief, tumbling outside the den in early summer.
    0pts
14. 14
    Baby Sea Turtle

    Hatches in the dark and sprints for the sea on the first day of its life.
    0pts
15. 15
    Koala Joey

    Rides on its mother's back long after it could walk.
    0pts

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