Photos: Animal shots of the week
Pandas play at the zoo, Grumpy Cat celebrates Christmas and Santa visits a few aquariums - it's all in this week's animal gallery.
Animal shots of the week
A man dressed as Santa Claus poses for photographers with two dolphins, at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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An orca swims with its baby, born three weeks ago, at the Marineland animal exhibition park in Antibes, southeastern France, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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A celebrity cat supergroup starring Grumpy Cat, Colonel Meow, Nala Cat, Hamilton the Hipster Cat and Oskar the Blind Cat appeared live together at an event by Friskies to support the cause of wet cat food for all cats this holiday season by debuting their first-ever holiday music video "Hard to Be a Cat at Christmas, " Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Capitol Records in Los Angeles.(Bret Hartman/AP Images for Friskies)
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Friskies spokescat Grumpy Cat sits on a sleigh of wet cat food at the world premiere event to debut the first-ever holiday music video Hard to Be a Cat at Christmas supporting the cause of wet cat food for all cats this holiday season, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Capitol Records in Los Angeles. (Bret Hartman/AP Images for Friskies)
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Friskies spokescat Grumpy Cat sits on SantaÃs lap at the world premiere event to debut the first-ever holiday music video Hard to Be a Cat at Christmas supporting the cause of wet cat food for all cats this holiday season, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, at Capitol Records in Los Angeles. (Bret Hartman/AP Images for Friskies)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 white lion cubs sleep in a room at Tbilisi Zoo, Georgia. (AP Photo/Khatia Basilashvili, Zoopress)
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A child greets a diver dressed as Santa Claus and waving at children at the Creta Aquarium in the city of Iraklio, on the Greek island of Crete, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Bastian Parschau)
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Rays gather around a diver dressed as Santa Claus feeding fish as the annual Christmas attraction starts at Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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A school of fish gather around a diver dressed as a Santa Claus, as he feeds fish during the annual Christmas attraction at Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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A Sunshine International Aquarium staff member dressed in a Santa Claus costume embraces a Zebra shark as he swims with fish inside the aquarium in Tokyo, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 photo, two stray dogs move in an empty riverside road in Vientiane, Laos. Laos. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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The first two baby penguin chicks of the breeding season hatched this week at the Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid located in Galveston, Texas. They weighed in at 255 and 110 grams and will move to The Deep in Hull, England in February. (PRNewsFoto/Moody Gardens)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 photo, a mahout takes one of Naypyitaw's five white elephants for its daily ride in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The elephants, rare albinos captured from the wild, are traditionally said to bring good fortune, power and prestige to rulers. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)
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A robin holds a meal of a berry in it's beak plucked from a nearby shrub in Roseburg, Ore., Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)
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Giant Panda four-month-old twin cubs Mei Huan, bottom, and Mei Lun get by each other in their habitat at Zoo Atlanta Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Atlanta. DNA testing has confirmed that three young giant pandas born at Atlanta's zoo that were thought to be males are actually females. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)
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Giant Panda Po, 3, is seen in it's habitat at Zoo Atlanta Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Atlanta. DNA testing has confirmed that three young giant pandas born at Atlanta's zoo that were thought to be males are actually females. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)
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Giant Panda four-month-old twin cubs Mei Lun, left, and Mei Huan play in their habitat at Zoo Atlanta Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Atlanta. DNA testing has confirmed that three young giant pandas born at Atlanta's zoo that were thought to be males are actually females. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)
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An orangutan named "Pacquiao", center, is paraded by Zoo owner Manny Tangco, left, as they start their Christmas-themes at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Zoo owner Manny Tangco places a Santa hat on a Grizzly Bear named "Justin BieBear" as Orangutan named "Pacquiao" looks on as they start their Christmas-themes at the Malabon Zoo in Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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- Eddie is introduced to Santa at a Dallas PetSmart on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013 during PetSmart's Santa Claws Photo Event. (Richard W. Rodriguez/AP Images for PetSmart)
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Maggie and Dobie belong on the nice list during a visit with Santa at a Dallas PetSmart on Saturday, Dec, 14, 2013. (Richard W. Rodriguez/AP Images for PetSmart)
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Pets of all shapes and sizes dress in their festive holiday apparel to visit with Santa at a Dallas PetSmart on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (Richard W. Rodriguez/AP Images for PetSmart)
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This photo released by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management shows an injured snowy owl rescued by State Environmental Police officer Mark Saunders near Interstate 95, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management)
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A zoo worker in a diving suit poses next to a Christmas Nativity scene that was mounted at the bottom of the zoo aquarium as a shark swims by in Madrid, Spain Thursday Dec. 12, 2013. Every year the zoo's aquarium is decorated with Christmas figures. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Hope, an 11-year-old Australian Shepherd, asks for another treat from her handler, Julie Bender, while she does an interview with a television station after visiting students at Crimson Point Elementary in Kuna, Idaho on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)
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In this Dec. 8, 2013 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Tapeko, a 31-year-old bottlenose dolphin, and her 8-week-old calf at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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Palestinian rescue members evacuate a cat following heavy rains in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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In this Dec. 5, 2013 photo Dominic, left, an 18-week-old pit bull puppy, rests with a dog just coming out of surgery at the Denkai Community Vet Clinic in Eaton, Colo. Dominic lays with dogs as they come out of surgery, which calms them, making it much easier on the vet tech's to handle the dogs as they wake up. (AP Photo/Greeley Tribune, Dan England)
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A White-breasted Nuthatch hangs from a feeder on the grounds of Paton's Birder Haven. The photo was taken on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 in Patagonia, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
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Several Lesser Goldfinches cling to a feeder on the grounds of Paton's Birder Haven. The photo was taken on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 in Patagonia, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
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A pyrrhuloxia is perched on a tree on the grounds of Paton's Birder Haven. The photo was taken on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 in Patagonia, Ariz. Photo by A.E. Araiza/ Arizona Daily Star
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, Elizabeth Murphy plays with Angel, a miniature schnauzer, during the Paws on the Island event at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Rachel Denny Clow)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, Emily Nawara, left,, Katie Nawara, center, and Bailee Duhon play with Lucy, a daschund, during the Paws on the Island event at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Rachel Denny Clow)
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In this Dec. 12, 2013 photo, a young bison heads back out to the range after receiving a vaccination at Wildlife Prairie Park in Hanna City, Ill. Students from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and representatives from the park and Brookfield and Lincoln Park zoos carefully got up close and personal with about 35 bison Thursday to vaccinate and keep track of them, a process done every year. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwichy)