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one of three baby wombats

Paw Paw, one of three baby wombats born with a white paw at the Australian Wildlife Centre, Healesville, Melbourne
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colobus monkey looks after her first baby

Sadie the colobus monkey looks after her first baby, named Darby, at Denver Zoo, Colorado
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George, a De Brazza monkey at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, who suffers from diabetes.

George, a De Brazza monkey at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park,  who suffers from diabetes. George has to be injected daily by his keeper and has a special diet which includes aubergine, apples, pears and not-to-ripe bananas, which are all low in sugar,
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A Barbary Ape

A Barbary Ape (Macaca sylvanus) yawns in the Budapest Zoo, Hungary
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A wild monkey trapped in a forest in Cambodia


A wild monkey trapped in a forest in Cambodia
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Gorillas in Virunga national park, Congo

Gorillas in Virunga national park, Congo
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Humba family group of eight gorillas which included a silverback, a pregnant female and a female with an infant

Gorillas in Virunga national park, Congo
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A seal rests on a pallet floating near the Thames Flood Barrier

A seal rests on a pallet floating on the river near the Thames Flood Barrier
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Cape fur seals swim in the sea off Seal Island

Cape fur seals swim in the ocean off Seal Island, Cape Town
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A great white shark breaches near Seal Island in False Bay off South Africa's Western Cape


A great white shark breaches near Seal Island in False Bay off South Africa's Western Cape
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Tsuyoshi the polar bear

Tsuyoshi the polar bear is seen at Kushiro Municipal Zoo in northern Japan. Puzzled Japanese zookeepers have cleared up a mystery over a lack of chemistry between a couple of polar bears, as both turn out to be female
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Two baby giant pandas

Two baby giant pandas which have been adopted by a pharmaceutical company in Xian Shannxi province in northwest China.  They have been named Yangyang and Sensen
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Henry the Llama

Henry the Llama emerges from a giant gift box in Paternoster Square, London for the launch of World Vision Must-Have Gifts
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Lemurs warm themselves

Lemurs warm themselves in front of an electric heater
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a miniature pony which stands not quite 15 inches high

Sam Leith, 12, and a miniature pony which stands not quite 15 inches high, the littlest ever born at Riverdance Miniature Horses at Ballan, near Melbourne
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Seven pomeranian dogs wear firefighter costumes

Seven pomeranian dogs wear firefighter costumes during a fashion show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement park complex in Yokohama, Japan
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An Oriental Red kitten

Supreme Cat Show
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An Amur tiger called Yuri walks in the snow in The Highland Wildlife Park

An Amur tiger called Yuri walks in the snow in The Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie near Aviemore, Scotland
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An Adelie penguin

An Adelie penguin is seen near Commandante Ferraz Brazilian Antarctic Station located in Admiralty Bay, King George Island
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Tree sparrows perch on bird feeders

Tree sparrows perch on bird feeders at Vine House Farm in Lincolnshire
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Ntombi, a young female giraffe

Ntombi, a young female giraffe, waits in a container at Port Botany in  Sydney. Ntombi and a male giraffe called Forrest arrived in Sydney's Port Botany from Auckland Zoo on their way to Taronga Western Plains Zoo
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Four-day-old Sundara, a female Asian elephant

Four-day-old Sundara, a female Asian elephant, plays in a yard at the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Centre for Elephant Conservation in Polk County, Florida
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A lava lizard

A lava lizard sits on the head of a marine iguana, Puerto Egas, Galapagos
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six-month-old octopus

Luiza, a six-month-old octopus, a new inhabitant of an aquarium in Gdynia, Poland