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Psychic pig, Manolo the octopus, a cow moose and more in animal views Fascinating creatures from around the world.
June 8, 2012
A hippo named Chata swims in the FURESA park zoo in the town of Jayaque, west of San Salvador. The Wild Reserve Foundation (FURESA) built a zoo park in a former coffee plantation.
Jose Cabezas
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AFP/Getty Images
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June 7, 2012
A pig called Funtik is seen in its cage in the Euro 2012 fan zone in Kiev, Ukraine. Funtik, a "psychic" pig, is set to take over where Paul the Octopus left off at the 2010 World Cup by predicting the results of matches during the Euro 2012 soccer championships.
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June 8, 2012
An octopus named Manolo is seen before it predicted Spain's victory against Italy in the Euro 2012 soccer match by choosing a sardine from a plastic canister decorated with Spain's flag instead of the plastic canister with Italy's flag, at the Sealife Benalmadena aquarium in the southern Spanish city of Benalmadena, near Malaga.
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June 8, 2012
Tembo, a white lion, grooms himself in the FURESA park zoo in the town of Jayaque, west of San Salvador.
Jose Cabezas
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June 6, 2012
A goat stands in front of the flags at the annual international exhibition Belagro 2012, near the village of Machulishchi, south of Minsk, Belarus.
Victor Drachev
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June 5, 2012
A giant panda rests at the Beijing Zoo. With an estimated 1,600 living in the wild, endangered giant pandas dwell in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces.
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June 6, 2012
Baby polar bear Anori jumps in the pool of its enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany. Anori was born on Jan. 4 and has the same father as world-famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011.
Claudia Otte
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June 10, 2012
Marcia Flores throws her Maltese, Max, into a pond at Millie Bush Dog Park in George Bush Park in Houston.
Johnny Hanson
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AP
June 10, 2012
Simone Noel scoops up her miniature Dachshund, Daisy, who was dressed to show support for Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, during the outdoor dog festival Woofstock in Toronto.
Michelle Siu
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June 8, 2012
An employee of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau holds one of five sailfin lizards that were smuggled into Hong Kong this year and brought back to the Philippines as they are prepared for rehabilitation before being released to the natural habitat at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila. The lizards were smuggled into Hong Kong, along with 18 Philippine pond turtles and 13 Asian box turtles, by a Chinese national and seized by Hong Kong customs officials.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
June 6, 2012
Two silver-studded blue butterflies sit on a blade of grass in Lofer in the Austrian province of Salzburg.
Kerstin Joensson
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AP
June 5, 2012
A blue-jeans dart frog rests on a leaf at Braullio Carrillo National Park, 31 miles east of San Jose, Costa Rica. According to a recent poll, Costa Ricans would agree to pay higher taxes if it is used for actions to promote the environment, according to local media.
Juan Carlos Ulate
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May 13, 2012
A blue dragonfly rests on a reed at the edge of a small lake near Briesen, Germany. Eighty dragonfly species, out of 5,000 known species worldwide, can be found in Germany.
Patrick Pleul
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AFP/Getty Images
June 5, 2012
A bullet ant walks on a leaf at Braullio Carrillo National Park, 31 miles east of San Jose, Costa Rica.
Juan Carlos Ulate
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June 10, 2012
A crab digs at a sand beach in the port city of Sidon, Lebanon.
Ali Hashisho
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June 7, 2012
A rooster named Lovely crows during his morning routine at the Society Gardener in Macon, Ga. Jackie Waters, owner of the garden shop, has two roosters and one hen. Waters says Lovely likes to pose for pictures, sometime jumping up on the side of a potted plant when people visit the store.
Woody Marshall
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AP
June 4, 2012
A bull moose grazes near a busy highway ramp in Anchorage. With the arrival of spring, many moose are stretching their legs around Alaska's largest city.
Rachel D'Oro
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AP
June 6, 2012
Animal Control Officer Kelly Pettinger runs beside a panicked cow moose after it had been tranquilized at J.R. Reid School in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Two full-grown moose were seen walking around the playground at the school. Animal control officers and conservation officials were able to tranquilize the animals and release them outside the city.
Tim Smith
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AP
June 6, 2012
Animal Control Officer Kelly Pettinger falls to the ground while trying to rein in a panicked cow moose after it had been tranquilized at J.R. Reid School in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
Tim Smith
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AP
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