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Our kids aren't the only ones who latch onto a favorite stuffed animal for comfort. These photos from Pawnation show how orphaned baby animals are often temporarily comforted by a plush surrogate until a real foster mom can be found. Click through to see all the photos — they're too sweet for words!

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Source: San Francisco Zoo

She may be only 2.5 weeks old, but the San Francisco Zoo's baby François langur monkey is already causing quite a stir. Born bright orange, François langurs eventually turn black, but this wee October-born one not only seems ready for trick-or-treating and spooky Halloween hijinks, but she has also arrived just in time — and in the perfect team colors — to root on her hometown's Major League Baseball team as they play for the World Series title. Heralded as the orange and black San Francisco Giants' rally monkey, her official name is still out for debate. But according to the zoo's Facebook page, the front-runners are Scutaro (for Giants second baseman and NLDS Most Valuable Player Marco Scutaro) and Posey (for Giants catcher and National League Comeback Player of the Year Buster Posey).

Of course, Detroit's mascot, the tiger, also carries favorable markings for the season, but as some have noted, these noble felines also wear Giants team colors, if you're the superstitious betting type! For more photos and a video of this adorable primate babe, just keep reading.

Talk about "aww" moments that make your heart melt! Little Sherman, the newest addition to the endangered red panda species, was recently spotted snuggling up with his mama, Ta-Shi. Though he was born on June 22, this is the first time on-lookers have been able to clearly see Ta-Shi and Chewbacca's baby boy, because he was previously hidden behind the many leaves and branches in their habitat at the Detroit Zoo. Like a lot of mamas, Ta-Shi is quite protective of her little one, and seems to be enjoying every moment.

See the whole story, with more adorable photos, at The Daily Tribune>>

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We're happy to present this article from our partner site Yahoo! Shine:

People love cute cat photos, but Spangles takes cute to the extreme. The cross-eyed kitty, who was caught glowering goofily in pirate hat, now has a huge following on Facebook, and is making waves across the Internet as well.

She first decided to dress him up when she came across a tiger costume at a pet store. "I saw the tiger hat in PetSmart and it was so cute," his owner, 25-year-old Mary Buchanan, told Yahoo! Shine in an interview. "I put it on him and he just looked so adorable. I wanted to show others how cute he is."

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"He was born on July 4. So I came up with his name, Spangles!" Buchanan posted on Spangles' Facebook page, where she also posts plenty of photos. The 3-year-old mixed-breed cat was born with his eyes crossed, Buchanan told Yahoo! Shine, but "He can see perfectly fine. He has been checked out by a vet."

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Spangles lives in Spartanburg, S.C., with his human, his canine siblings (Jen Jen and Mojo), and his feline siblings (Sunshine, Snowball, and Georgina). "My pets are my kids," Buchanan says. "My mom asked when she was going to get grand kids one day and I pointed to the animals playing and and told her those were her grand kids!"

"Spangles loves snuggling with me and he plays at night," Buchanan adds. "I'm a night owl so he has adapted to my schedule." And he's plenty willing to don crazy costumes and pose for Buchanan's camera. At least, most of the time.

Learn more about Spangles's love for crazy costumes here.