A baby Spider Monkey named Estela plays at Melbourne Zoo in Australia.
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A Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) poses for a camera at a zoo in Wuppertal, Germany.
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Eurasian Brown bear Wellington relaxes in a pool to escape the sun at London’s Whipsnade Zoo.
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Elephants forage in the Tsavo-east National park during the second phase of a collaring exercise funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare and Kenya Wildlife Services in the wake of a dramatic increase in elephant killings for their prized tusks.
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A red admiral butterfly sits on a blossom and collects nectar in a garden in Schoenebeck, Germany.
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A leopard rests on a rock at Yala National Park in Sri Lanka.
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An Egyptian Goose eats a breadcrumb at the spa gardens in Bad Schwalbach, Germany.
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Newborn baby elephant “Bindi” walks next to mother “Shu Tu Zar” in their enclosure at the zoo in Cologne, Germany.
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A tagged queen bee is pictured on a honeycomb in Vienna. A growing number of urban beekeepers’ associations, such as Vienna’s Stadtimker, are trying to encourage bees to make their homes in cities, as pesticides and crop monocultures make the countryside increasingly hostile.
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A herd of endangered Przewalski horses are seen at the Takhin National Park in southwest Mongolia. The Prague Zoo transported four Przewalski horses to Mongolia as part of its efforts to reintroduce the endangered species into its native environment.
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Three-month old panther cubs explore their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo.
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Surf’s up for these dolphins as they give amazed onlookers a lesson on how to catch the waves. The 20-strong pod of bottlenose dolphins put on a show for the beachgoers by riding some big waves at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
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Whipsnade Zoo’s Discovery Centre has welcomed the birth of ten Yemen chameleons in recent weeks. Measuring just half an inch at birth, they will eventually grow to around 14 inches. The group were born bright green but can change colour for camouflage or according to their mood.
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Three-month old cheetah cubs make their public debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC. The zoo plans to name the cubs after the fastest American male and female athletes in the 100-meter dash of this summer’s London Olympics.
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A Greater Adjutant stork searches for food in flood waters on the outskirts of Guwahati, India.
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