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April 8: An ostrich eats a roll at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany. Around 1,500 animals live in the park.

April 8: An ostrich eats a roll at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany. Around 1,500 animals live in the park.

Nigel Treblin-AFP/Getty Images

April 7: Five, an African elephant, dips a brush as it prepares to paint a picture at West Midlands Safari Park in Bewdley, England.

April 7: Five, an African elephant, dips a brush as it prepares to paint a picture at West Midlands Safari Park in Bewdley, England.

Darren Staples-Reuters

April 9: A polar bear bites a mock Easter Bunny stuffed with food at the Buenos Aires Zoo.

April 9: A polar bear bites a mock Easter Bunny stuffed with food at the Buenos Aires Zoo.

Enrique Marcarian-Reuters

April 10: Brown bear Pedro takes a rest as the zoo visitors shadows are cast on the ground in Bern, Switzerland.

April 10: Brown bear Pedro takes a rest as the zoo visitors shadows are cast on the ground in Bern, Switzerland.

Peter Klaunzer-AP

April 8: Gorilla infant Kiburi sleeps on her mother Safiri's back, during a sunny day at the zoo, in Duisburg, Germany.

April 8: Gorilla infant Kiburi sleeps on her mother Safiri's back, during a sunny day at the zoo, in Duisburg, Germany.

Martin Meissner-AP

April 8: Recently hatched ducklings walk with their mother at the Slimbridge Wetlands Wildlfire Centre, near Dursley, England. Many species of bird are beginning to hatch at the wildlife center in Slimbridge, which is home to the world's largest collection of swans, geese and ducks.

April 8: Recently hatched ducklings walk with their mother at the Slimbridge Wetlands Wildlfire Centre, near Dursley, England. Many species of bird are beginning to hatch at the wildlife center in Slimbridge, which is home to the world's largest collection of swans, geese and ducks.

Matt Cardy-Getty Images

April 10: Two leopard cubs play in the Nehru Zoological park in Hyderabad, India.

April 10: Two leopard cubs play in the Nehru Zoological park in Hyderabad, India.

Mahesh Kumar A-AP

April 8: White Rhinoceros calf Naruna follows her mother Rebecca, as she explores the open-air enclosure of the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany. The square-lipped rhinoceros that was born in Nov. 2008 is the zoo's 40th rhinoceros offspring born since its foundation in 1974.

April 8: White Rhinoceros calf Naruna follows her mother Rebecca, as she explores the open-air enclosure of the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, northern Germany. The square-lipped rhinoceros that was born in Nov. 2008 is the zoo's 40th rhinoceros offspring born since its foundation in 1974.

Axel Heimken-AP

April 14: Anti-government protesters release geese in front of a police line during a rally in front of Budapest's parliament building. Hungary's new Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai headed poultry producer Hajdu-Bet, which failed in 2003, and the opposition said a man who could not guide a poultry firm through difficulties should not be allowed to run a country.

April 14: Anti-government protesters release geese in front of a police line during a rally in front of Budapest's parliament building. Hungary's new Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai headed poultry producer Hajdu-Bet, which failed in 2003, and the opposition said a man who could not guide a poultry firm through difficulties should not be allowed to run a country.

Karoly Arvai-Reuters

April 13: Palestinian Subhy Awadallah, 10, feeds his family's camels at a farm on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Awadallah's family depends on selling the milk and the meat of the camels for a living.

April 13: Palestinian Subhy Awadallah, 10, feeds his family's camels at a farm on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Awadallah's family depends on selling the milk and the meat of the camels for a living.

Muhammed Muheisen-AP

April 6: Two squirrels share a nut in their enclosure at a squirrel breeding center in Alsbach-Haehnlein, Germany.

April 6: Two squirrels share a nut in their enclosure at a squirrel breeding center in Alsbach-Haehnlein, Germany.

Thomas Lohnes-AFP/Getty Images

April 7: A honey bee approaches a blooming cherry tree in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

April 7: A honey bee approaches a blooming cherry tree in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Thomas Kienzle-AP

April 5: Chris Perondi, of Extreme Canines Stunt Dog Show, performs with one of the pooches at the Colonial Theater in Keene, N.H.

April 5: Chris Perondi, of Extreme Canines Stunt Dog Show, performs with one of the pooches at the Colonial Theater in Keene, N.H.

Michael Moore-AP

April 8: An arctic fox is released into his new residence in Rotterdam Zoo. The Dutch Zoo organization is starting a new campaign in an attempt to make people aware of the threat to predators like the arctic fox in Europe.

April 8: An arctic fox is released into his new residence in Rotterdam Zoo. The Dutch Zoo organization is starting a new campaign in an attempt to make people aware of the threat to predators like the arctic fox in Europe.

Valerie Kuypers-AFP/Getty Images

April 7: A group of Humboldt Penguins enters the water area of their new habitat for the first time, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Twenty of the endangered penguins, which normally inhabit the hot, dry coastlines of Peru and Chile, will live in the zoo's new $6.5 million exhibit, which is scheduled to open to the public on May 2, 2009.

April 7: A group of Humboldt Penguins enters the water area of their new habitat for the first time, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Twenty of the endangered penguins, which normally inhabit the hot, dry coastlines of Peru and Chile, will live in the zoo's new $6.5 million exhibit, which is scheduled to open to the public on May 2, 2009.

Ted S. Warren-AP

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