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Columbus Zoo Welcomes Tiny Polar Bear Cub Born On Thanksgiving

COLUMBUS (KDKA) - The Columbus Zoo had something special to be grateful for this Thanksgiving -- a new polar bear cub.

On Twitter, the Columbus Zoo introduced the baby polar bear who was born on 12:43 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.

The zoo said she was born to her mother Aurora and her father Lee.

In pictures shared by the zoo, the unnamed baby is nothing more than a tiny little dot compared to her mother.

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(Photo Credit: Columbus Zoo/Twitter)

Aurora and the newborn are going to remain in a private "denning area" until spring. The zoo says this isn't Aurora's first time as a mother. She's also had three other litters with three remaining cubs.

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