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An Asian elephant baby tries to stand-up at Tierpark Friedrichsfelde Zoo in Berlin, Germany. ZUMAPRESS.com
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A group of rhinos roam freely in Waterberg, South Africa. Volunteers from Pretoria, Hartebeespoortdam and Polokwane have travelled to Waterberg and are camping in nature reserves in order to prevent rhino poaching. Getty Images
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A bear stands up at his enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo, Germany. Werner Struss/startraksphoto.com
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A ring-tailed lemur and her two cubs examine their enclosure at the zoo in Marlow, eastern Germany. AFP/Getty Images
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A female white albino tiger, Tigrylia, is seen with her newborn cub at the Skazka Zoo in Yalta, Ukraine. AP Photo
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Roxanne, a pregnant dolphin atthe Boudewijn Seapark, swims at the dolphinarium in Brugge, Belgium. AFP/Getty Images
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A large beetle walks on a Dandelion in Sulzbach, Germany. Startraksphoto.com
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Water buffalos graze at the Hechtlaich meadow on Peacock Island in Berlin, Germany. EPA
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Male giant panda Hua Ao reacts as keepers spray down him with a hose to help him stay cool during the hot weather at Yantai Zoo in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. ZUMAPRESS.com
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A coati explores his enclosure at a zoo in Berlin, Germany. EPA
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A lion pride enjoy their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany. Werner Struss/startraksphoto.com
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Two brown european bears play in a water pool at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany ZUMAPRESS.com
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Tonya the elephant sticks her trunk out of a container during her removal from the Zoo Blijdorp in Rotterdam, Netherlands. EPA
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Rhinos with cut horns walk at a farm of Dawie Groenewald, who is accused of rhino poaching, in Musina, Limpopo province, South Africa. REUTERS
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A spectator visits at the South Korean pavilion of the Yeosu Expo site in Yeosu, South Korea. EPA
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A Great Blue Heron catches two fish at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. Solent News/Splash News
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A rare Calico lobster that could be a 1-in-30 million discovery by Jasper White’s Summer Shack after being caught off Winter Harbor, Maine, is seen at the New England Aquarium for the Biomes Marine Biology Center in Rhode Island. The lobster is dark with bright orange and yellow spots. AP Photo
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A young chimp uses a stone to crack open a coula nut. Chimps are not worried about keeping up with the Joneses, according to a new study. Scientists found neighboring chimp communities have different ways of cracking nuts. ZUMAPRESS.com