Monday, March 18, 2013

Animal Photos Of The Week: Giraffes, Camels, Baby Gorillas And More Pictures

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    The head of the Mandrill horde yawns at the Africa house of the zoo in Dresden, Germany, 12 March 2013. (AP Photo/dpa,Matthias Hiekel)

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    A Bactrian camel runs in its enclosure in the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Weihrauch)

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    A yet unnamed Bactrian camel cub stands in its compound at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Roland Weihrauch)

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    One month old baby Rotschild giraffe stands in front of her mother at the Zoo in Prague, March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A Rotschild giraffe stands in its enclosure at the Zoo in Prague, March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Baby river otter Molalla, or "Mo" for short, is weighed at the Oregon Zoo, Friday, March 15, 2013, in Portland, Ore. Molalla weighs about 2.5 pounds and was born Jan. 28, 2013. They try to weight the river otter when they can but they have to be fast and sneaky. When the mother leaves to go take a dip in the water they quickly shut the door and take Mo out to get his weight and then quickly put him back in the nest. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Benjamin Brink)

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    Kijivu, a western lowland gorilla, feeds her three months old baby as they rest at the Zoo in Prague, March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Kijivu, a western lowland gorilla, holds her three months old baby as they rest at the Zoo in Prague, March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Kijivu, a western lowland gorilla, holds her three months old baby as they rest at the Zoo in Prague, March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Flamingos are pictured at the Zoo in Prague on March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Flamingos are pictured at the Zoo in Prague on March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A polar bear shakes off the water while he swims in the pool of its enclosure in the zoo of Hannover, northern Germany, Friday March 15, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Jochen Luebke)

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    A 20-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Monday sneezes while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree at Awajishima Monkey Centre on March 17, 2013 in Sumoto, Japan. Many monkeys are suffering the effects of hay fever at this time of the year, with the typical symptoms being the same as with humans. According to Awajishima Monkey center this year hay fever is higher than last year, the pollen season is from February to April. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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    A 20-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Monday scratches her eyes while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree at Awajishima Monkey Centre on March 17, 2013 in Sumoto, Japan. Many monkeys are suffering the effects of hay fever at this time of the year, with the typical symptoms being the same as with humans. According to Awajishima Monkey center this year hay fever is higher than last year, the pollen season is from February to April. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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    A 16-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Steaban (L) and unnamed monkey look on as their eyes water while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree at Awajishima Monkey Centre on March 17, 2013 in Sumoto, Japan. Many monkeys are suffering the effects of hay fever at this time of the year, with the typical symptoms being the same as with humans. According to Awajishima Monkey center this year hay fever is higher than last year, the pollen season is from February to April. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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    Meerkats wait in their enclosure in the zoo of Rostock, northeastern Germany, Friday March 15, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Wuestneck)

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    A fox squirrel as seen during the second round of the Tampa Bay Championship at the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club on March 15, 2013 in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

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    Mother of Sumatran orangutan holds her three weeks old baby at the Zoo in Prague, March 15, 2013. (MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as Great White Heron, is pictured at a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro on March 15, 2013. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A female wallaby rests in her enclosure at Wayne Newton's Casa de Shenandoah, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Most of the exotic animals in the zoo have been sold to a zoo in Oregon. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerry Henkel)

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    Five penguins, Josie, Albert, Charlie, Chalet and Hawaii, left to right, stand by the water at Wayne Newton's Casa de Shenandoah, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Most of the exotic animals in the zoo have been sold to a zoo in Oregon. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerry Henkel)

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    Albert the penguin, left, jumps up to the deck as his co-habitants, Josie, Albert and Chalet, left to right at center, walk to another part of their enclosure at Wayne Newton's Casa de Shenandoah, Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in Las Vegas. Most of the exotic animals in the zoo have been sold to a zoo in Oregon. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jerrry Henkel)

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    A seagull flies in front of the main balcony of St Peter's basilica during the Angelus prayer on March 17, 2013 at the Vatican. Pope Francis begins his papacy in earnest today ahead of his formal inauguration mass, with a weekly prayer address used by previous pontiffs to comment on international affairs. The pope's first Angelus prayer, delivered from a window high above St Peter's Square, is a chance for the first Latin American pontiff to begin to sketch out a more global vision for the role of the Roman Catholic Church. (GABRIEL BOUYS,GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Animal Photos Of The Week (3/4-3/10)

    A young Malayan male tapir (Tapirus indicus) stands in a pool in the enclosure in in the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Sunday March 10, 2013. The tapir was born on Feb. 9 and has no name yet. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

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    A young Malayan male tapir (Tapirus indicus) stands in a pool in the enclosure in ' in the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Sunday March 10, 2013. The tapir was born on Feb. 9 and has no name yet. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

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    A young Malayan male tapir (Tapirus indicus), left, swims with mother Laila in in the zoo in Leipzig, Germany, Sunday March 10, 2013. The tapir was born on Feb. 9 and has no name yet.(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

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    A monkey runs away with a piece of bread in it's mouth at a park in a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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    One month-old endangered Bornean Orang Utan clings on to his mother named Miri on Wednesday March 6, 2013 in Singapore. The Singapore Zoo is renowned for its flagship animal, the Orang Utan, and exhibits both the endangered Bornean and critically endangered Sumatran sub-species in a social setting. It is also known for its efforts in promoting and educating the public about the importance of wildlife conservation through its educational programs and breeding of these endangered species. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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    A female Bornean orangutan named Mari is seen with her still to be named son at the Singapore Zoo on March 6, 2013. The baby orangutan was born on January 21 at the zoo -- the 40th orangutan birth to date -- which has the largest social colony of endangerd Sumatran and Bornean sub-species orangutans. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A female Bornean orangutan named Dam is seen with her newborn son Veera at the Singapore Zoo on March 6, 2013. Veera was born on January 21 at the zoo -- the 40th orangutan birth to date -- which has the largest social colony of endangerd Sumatran and Bornean sub-species orangutans. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Animal Photos Of The Week (3/4-3/10)

    A female Bornean orangutan named Mari is seen with her still to be named son at the Singapore Zoo on March 6, 2013. The baby orangutan was born on January 21 at the zoo -- the 40th orangutan birth to date -- which has the largest social colony of endangerd Sumatran and Bornean sub-species orangutans. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A Bornean orangutan is seen hanging freely from a tree eating sugarcane at the Singapore Zoo on March 6, 2013. The zoo has one of the largest social colony of endangerd Sumatran and Bornean sub-species orangutans. (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A Bornean Orang Utan hangs from a vine as he feeds, Wednesday March 6, 2013 in Singapore. The Singapore Zoo is renowned for its flagship animal, Orang Utan, and exhibits both the endangered Bornean and critically endangered Sumatran sub-species in a social setting. It is also known for its efforts in promoting and educating the public about the importance of wildlife conservation through its educational programs and breeding of these endangered species. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

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    Male giraffe Kiringo chews in front of the camera at at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, March 78, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Thissen)

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    Male giraffe Kiringo stretches his head at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, March 78, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Thissen)

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    A yet unnamed male giraffe cub sits in the straw at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, March 8, 2012. The zoo is now looking for a name of the baby giraffe. (AP Photo/dpa, Bernd Thissen)

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    A rare two-headed Californian Kingsnake on exhibition at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 7, 2013. Zoo officials said that the occurrence of two-headed snakes are one in a million and they usually don't survive in the wild. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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    A picture taken on March 8, 2013 shows horses in a field along the border between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A picture taken on March 8, 2013 shows a horse in a field along the border between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A picture taken on March 8, 2013 shows horses in a field along the border between Syria and Israel, in the Golan Heights. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Hundreds of camels wait at Mogadishu's seaport to be exported to Saudi Arabia on March 8, 2013. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

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    Water drips from the beak of a Bewick's Swan in Regents Park on March 4, 2013 in London, England. The Met office has predicted the warmest day of the year tomorrow with a top temperature of 15 degrees in some parts of the country. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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    A Coot cleans its wings in Regents Park on March 4, 2013 in London, England. The Met office has predicted the warmest day of the year tomorrow with a top temperature of 15 degrees in some parts of the country. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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    A pair of zebras stand close each other as they munch grass at the Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, March. 1, 2013. Visitors can meet with more than 1,600 animals of various types of domestic and international wildlife at the zoo. (AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)

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    A zebra stands in the shade at the Dusit Zoo Friday, March. 1, 2013, in Bangkok, Thailand. Visitors can meet with more than 1,600 animals of various types of domestic and international wildlife at the zoo. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

  • Animal Photos Of The Week (2/25-3/3)

    Female orangutan Mawar holds in arms her baby orangutan at the Prague ZOO on February 25, 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic. The baby was born on February 3 and it is the first born orangutan in Prague after 42 years.

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    New born giraffe baby does not leave his mother's Aja Sabe side at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The so far nameless little giraffe, born last Thursday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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    A new born giraffe baby is nursed by his mother Aja Sabe at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. The so far nameless little giraffe, born last Thursday. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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    Two swans swim on the Usiazha River near the Belarus village of Usiazha, some 55 km north of Minsk on February 26, 2013. (VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images)

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    A racoon (Procyon lotor) looks into the camera of the photographer from its compound at an animal park in Hamburg, northern Germany, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Sven Hoppe)

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    A newborn elephant with its sister Tonya, right, is seen at the Prague's Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. The female baby elephant was born on Feb. 11, 2013. It is the first elephant to be born in the Zoo's history. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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