$animate.enter() to prepend an item

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I'm creating a carousel that displays multiple items. I see with $animate.enter(element, parentElement, afterElement) there is an afterElement parameter but I don't want to place my element after anything, I want it to be prepended and then slid in, from the left.

< [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] >
I expected something like: $animate.enter(4, parent, false/null) to produce the following:
< [ 4, 1, 2, 3 ] >

I know that there is $animate.enter() and $animate.leave() but the latter removes the DOM from the element entirely.