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Zoo babies, Anchorage moose, Emmett the pet pig and more in animal views Fun and fascinating creatures around the world.
March 7, 2012
An animal keeper wraps a 6-month-old golden brushtail possum in a blanket at the Wild Life Sydney animal park. Although rare, the golden brushtail possum is still found in the wild in areas of Tasmania, an island state south of the Australian mainland.
Tim Wimborne
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Reuters
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March 8, 2012
Meerkats relax under a heating light during cold temperatures in Zoopark Erfurt in central Germany.
Jens Meyer
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AP
March 8, 2012
Cincinnati Zoo nursery keeper Dawn Strasser holds a 1-month-old hedgehog at the nursery in Cincinnati. Two male and female hedgehogs were born Feb. 4 and are being hand-raised by the nursery keepers until they are old enough to be included in the zoo's animal outreach program.
Al Behrman
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AP
March 12, 2012
A baby baboon only a few days old stands next to its mother in an enclosure at the "ZOOM" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Patrik Stollarz
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AFP/Getty Images
March 12, 2012
A baby giraffe named Kimarie, only a few days old, stands next to her mother, Marie, in an enclosure at the "ZOOM" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Patrik Stollarz
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AFP/Getty Images
March 7, 2012
Skippy, a 6-year-old red kangaroo, feeds as her baby joey hangs out in her pouch at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.
Elise Amendola
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AP
March 12, 2012
An otter swims in a pool inside his enclosure at the "ZOOM" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Patrik Stollarz
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AFP/Getty Images
March 6, 2012
Aquarium visitors are dwarfed by a whale shark as it passes by inside a tank at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The whale shark is the largest living fish species.
Don Emmert
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AFP/Getty Images
March 5, 2012
A man looks at Aldabra giant tortoises at the botanic garden in Mahe, an island in the Seychelles. Bursts of torrential rain lash the idyllic white beaches of the Seychelles, where conservationists fear that rare species such as the giant tortoise are at severe risk from climate change.
Alberto Pizzoli
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AFP/Getty Images
March 10, 2012
Men perform with a crocodile at a zoo in Hanoi.
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Reuters
March 13, 2012
One of three polar bear cubs born in November last year tries to hunt at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow. The cubs have only recently been revealed to the public, as they have mostly stayed in the seclusion of their den.
Alexander Zemlianichenko
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AP
March 7, 2012
A woman hurries by a cow moose browsing frosted branches of an ornamental tree in the parking lot of the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage.
Dan Joling
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AP
March 8, 2012
A moose calf and its mother munch on frosted branches of ornamental trees in the parking lot of the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage.
Dan Joling
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AP
March 12, 2012
A white-tailed deer makes its way out of an office building in Madison, Wis., after crashing through a window of a vacant studio. The animal was escorted out of the building by officers with the Madison Police Department, the Dane County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Public Health of Madison and Dane County.
John Hart
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AP
March 10, 2012
A turkey sees its reflection in a window in Omaha.
Nati Harnik
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AP
March 4, 2012
A pair of free-roaming Indian peacocks is seen during courtship at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. During courtship, males display their beautiful train of about 220 iridescent blue-green feathers, each with an ocellus, or eye-spot. With their train open, males get females’ attention by strutting and shaking their feathers, which creates a rattling sound.
Jim Schulz
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AP
March 8, 2012
A brown pelican glides along the coastline in La Jolla, Calif.
Mike Blake
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Reuters
March 8, 2012
A California condor chick is making history as it begins the hatching process at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The chick began to pip — or break through the egg shell — on Thursday. The egg will hatch live on the San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy's Condor Cam.
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Reuters
March 12, 2012
A bird approaches to collect nectar as flowers bloom, marking the arrival of spring season in Agartala, India.
Sushanta Das
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AP
March 6, 2012
A Seychelles bulbul (Hypsipetes crassirostris) sits on a branch at the Vallee de Mai natural reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on the Praslin island of the Seychelles.
Alberto Pizzoli
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AFP/Getty Images
March 7, 2012
A hawk loses a pigeon after grabbing it in downtown La Porte, Ind. The pigeon was able to get away and the hawk had to look for other prey.
Bob Wellinski
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AP
March 8, 2012
A pig named Emmett stops to relieve himself while on a walk with his owner in New York.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
March 12, 2012
A lynx stands and watches visitors in an enclosure at the "ZOOM" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Patrik Stollarz
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AFP/Getty Images
March 8, 2012
Indonesian mahouts and their elephants are seen on a patrol in Lamno, Indonesia. The patrol, part of the Conservation Response Units program, aims to minimize conflict between wild elephants and villagers. Sumatran elephants in the wild face extinction in less than 30 years unless there is an "immediate moratorium" on destruction of the animals' habitat, the environmental group WWF warned in a recent report.
Chaideer Mayuddin
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AFP/Getty Images
Feb. 28, 2012
Marlene Zahner and Marcel Maierhofer pose with a ranger team and their six dogs at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The park has deployed bloodhounds to track down elephant poachers, a park official said Monday.
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March 9, 2012
Dog groomers have their dogs' hair cut as part of a grooming test during the 2012 Shanghai International Dog Show in Shanghai.
Aly Song
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Reuters
March 8, 2012
Boston terriers arrive on the first day of the Crufts Dog Show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England.
Phil Noble
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Reuters
March 8, 2012
A Yorkshire terrier has its hair done on a grooming table on Day 1 of the Crufts Dog Show at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England.
Dan Kitwood
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Getty Images
March 8, 2012
A man sprays hair spray on his standard poodle at the Crufts Dog Show in Birmingham, England.
Andrew Yates
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AFP/Getty Images
March 10, 2012
Johnny Royal, a 2-year-old pit bull, checks things out along the parade route with his owner, Derek Zielinski, during the annual Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Scranton, Pa.
Butch Comegys
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AP
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