This baby elephant may only be two days old, but it is smart enough to know how use the imposing body of mother Dokkoon to stay out of the sunlight at the Melbourne Zoo.
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A group of King Penguins walk along a snow-covered path at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Japan. The stroll is held every day to counteract their lack of exercise during the winter season.
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Casper the cat sits in front of the doors of a bus in Plymouth, England. The tale of Casper the commuting cat, who would politely queue with bus passengers before contentedly riding around Plymouth, made headlines around the world. Sadly the cat’s love affair with the open road has proved his downfall after he was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
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Siberian tigers wait to be fed at the Tiger Park in Harbin in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province. A Chinese newspaper report warned that tigers in the country could become extinct in about three decades if the loss of habitats and illegal trade continue.
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Rene Renz poses with 21-year-old alligator Hannibal at an alligator action farm in Ocktadt, eastern Germany, where some 40 alligators live in a private zoo.
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A Elephant forages for leaves under the snow at Berlin’s Zoologischer Garten zoo.
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Gorilla baby Kajolu suckles from its mother Baghira in their enclosure at Munich’s zoo . Kajolu was born on Dec. 7, 2009 at the zoo.
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One-year-old twin polar bears Ikor and Kiroru play at the Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, northern Japan. The male cubs were born on Dec. 9, 2008.
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People watch a traditional cock fight during the Jonbeel fair in Jagiroad east of Gauhati, India. During the fair, tribal people from the hills exchange goods with people from the plains using the old-fashioned barter system.
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Two captive Sumatran tigers pad through their enclosure at Jakarta’s Ragunan Zoo. The Indonesian government has hatched a plan to save the endangered tigers from extinction by allowing people to adopt captive-born animals as pets for $100,000 a pair, officials said. The forestry ministry said the plan could be put into practice as early as this year despite reservations from environmentailsts, who say the focus should be on protecting habitats for the remaining 200 tigers in the wild.
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Japanese macaques gather on a tire at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo.
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One-year-old polar bear Ikor plays at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, northern Japan.
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A gull flies at sunrise in Lausanne.
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The newest addition to the Shedd Aquarium’s family of beluga whales (top) swims with its mother, 23-year-old Puiju, in the whale tank in Chicago, Illinois.
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Zoo visitors got a surprise when this tiny bear rolled its incredible foot-long tongue out of his mouth. The creature, measuring just four feet itself, had been enjoying a lazy day when he let out the impressive yawn. Despite its bizarre appearance, the animal, called a Sun Bear, is perfectly designed for foraging food — especially honey.
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