Baylor The Baby Elephant: All Hail The Mighty Victor Of The Houston Zoo Cute-Off

The final match-up of the Houston Zoo Cute-Off, the comprehensive effort to find The One Cute to Rule Them All, was close. Very close.

Votes coming in by comments and e-mail, though, showed what had been evident from the beginning: Baylor the baby elephant is just damn cute.

So revel, citizens, in Cutus Extremis, a gallery of photos by our Christopher Patronella, Jr.

1. The trunk

2. A Dancing Machine

3. Getting His Baby Feed On

4. With Mom