Two bilbies, with their silky-fur dyed purple for Easter is seen at the Wild Life park in Sydney, Australia. The bilby is an Australian icon for Easter.
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King Penguins keep a watchfull eye in Saint Andrews Bay, Fauklands. King Penguins endure the most bitter winters in the world, so it’s no surprise that whenever they get the chance these fair-weather lovers enjoy balmy weather.
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A rabbit sits on a maedow near in the Oder region near Reitwein, Germany.
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A security guard from the dogs unit in Nairobi, Kenya struggles with a dog to avoid being bitten during a training session.
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Eight month old tigers Thaya, Salween, Mandalay and Lampun discover their new outdoor enclosure with their mother (R) at the zoo in Berlin, Germany.
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A Four-week-old blue Viennese rabbit with no ears is seen, in Niederdorf, eastern Germany.
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Tian Tian, a female giant panda sits in her enclosure at Edinburgh zoo in Scotland. Staff at the zoo are hoping for a successful mating between male giant panda Yang Guang and Tian Tian, as female pandas ovulate just once a year with a narrow window of 36 hours in which they can mate.
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Dogs rescued from a South Korean-run online dog fighting racket are chained to steel barrels used as their temporary shelters as they wait to be handled by volunteers from the Philippine Animal Welfare Society in San Pablo City, south of Manila. Philippine police on April 1, rescued the 300 badly injured pitbulls and arrested seven South Koreans after busting a massive online dog fighting syndicate which was broadcasting the fights online to a betting audience.
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An Indochinese Tiger cub drinks water at a new enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin.
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An Alaskan Brown Bear with cubs grazes in meadow in Katmai National Park, Alaska.
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A bull elephants walks past a hidden camera on a dried-up river bank in Mashatu, Botswana.
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Polar bear ‘Arktos’ stands on a rock at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. The polar bear will leave the zoo to go to the Scottish Highland Wildlife Park where he will take part in the European Endangered Species Programme.
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A rhino looks out of a wooded area.
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A Cownose Ray appears to smile while swimming in a tank during a preview of the newly renovated Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb.
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Polar bear baby ‘Anori’ is presented to the public at the zoo of Wuppertal, Germany. Anori shares the same father with deceased polar-bear sensation Knut, making them half-siblings.
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Western lowland gorilla “Kibali” from France appears to be shy on his new habitat at theTaronga Zoo in Sydney.
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West Coast Sea Nettles drift in a tank during a preview of the newly renovated Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Neb.
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A Gentoo penguin appears to dance in Neko Harbour, Antartica. The long-tailed Gentoo Penguin is a penguin species in the genus Pygoscelis papua, most closely associated with the Adelie Penguin and the Chinstrap penguins.
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