When you want to summarize a list of items, can you use "Starting with" at the beginning of a sentence in order to explain the first item?

For example, is the following grammatically correct?

> 
> I love all kind of animals. Starting with kittens and puppies, the
>  cutest animals in the world. I'm rather fond of little ducklings as
>  well.
> 
> 
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To further clarify, I would think this is grammatically incorrect and a comma is *required* to connect *"starting with"* with the first sentence.