Photos: Animal shots of the week
Zoo animals made out of building blocks, dogs who pull more than their own weight, bear cubs in Bear Country and an Elephant Bird egg - It's all in this week's animal gallery.
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Bear Country U.S.A. has four new black bear cubs for the public to see. People lined up Saturday to pet and photograph the four-month-old bears.
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Lynn Posey of the Wildlife Lodge and Clinic holds a baby fox Saturday, April 27, 2013. The orphan fox has a broken leg. (Jim Lee, Sioux City Journal)
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A couple of giraffes in their enclosure. An 8 inch main water line developed a crack this morning between 6:00am and 6:30am in the Zoo and they are in the process of fixing it Monday April 22, 2013, in Tucson, Arizona. They are hopeful the repair will be done by tomorrow, according to Jim Schnormeier, curator at the Zoo. They are bringing in containers of water from a nearby building for cleaning dishes, and cleaning and to provide water for the animals when needed. Photo by Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
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An American bald eagle is recovering at the SPCA in Tonawanda, N.Y., Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Beverly Jones, assistant director of wildlife services at the SPCA, says the male eagle was somehow injured several weeks before he was found in a ditch and his fractured wing was already healed. She says the bird will never fly again. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
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One of the four black bear cubs born this year climbs up Shaundra Gednalske's leg at Bear Country U.S.A.
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In this Wednesday, March 27, 2013 file photo, Christie's scientific specialist James Hyslop poses for photographs with a sub-fossilized pre-17th century Elephant Bird egg at the auction house's premises in London. A massive partly fossilized egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate at a London auction. ChristieÃs auction house said Wednesday, April 24, 2013, the foot long, nearly nine-inches in diameter egg fetched 66,675 pounds ($101,813). It had been valued at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds pre-sale, and was sold to an anonymous buyer over the telephone after about ten minutes of competitive bidding. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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The Duchess of Cambridge strokes a dog as she arrives at The Willows Primary School, Wythenshawe, Manchester to launch a school counseling programme, Tuesday April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Ellis, Pool)
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In this April 22, 2013 photo, Cassandra Davis, from Who's Running Who, stands with Maximus, a client's dog before a run in Moscow, Idaho. The dog-running business is owned by Ryan Hayes. Ryan Hayes, like many other recent graduates, had to decide what he wanted to do after college and struggled to find something that he loved. His solution? Who's Running Who, a local dog running business he started when he moved back to Moscow in mid-December. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)
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In a photo from April 13, 2013, John Gordon and Laura Lautner of New York pose with their 206-pound mastiff, Noble, at the Double Dog Dare weight pulling competition in Luna Pier, Mich. They had hoped to break the 17,000-pound world record, but didn't succeed and will try again at another competition. The event was sponsored by World Wide Weight Pulling Organization and Iron Dogs. (AP Photo/The Monroe Evening News, Tom Hawley)
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In a photo from April 13, 2013, Glory, a Parson Russell Terrier pulls the 370-pound sled 16 feet as owner Denise Taranto of Alliance Ohio encourages her dog in the Double Dog Dare weight pulling competition in Luna Pier, Mich. The event was sponsored by World Wide Weight Pulling Organization and Iron Dogs. (AP Photo/The Monroe Evening News, Tom Hawley)
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This image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a mountain yellow-legged frog. In accordance with an agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wednesday April 24, 2013, proposed federal Endangered Species Act protection for Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs and Yosemite toads, along with more than 2 million acres of proposed critical habitat across the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Service also proposed protection for a population of mountain yellow-legged frogs that lives in the southern Sierra Nevada.(AP Photo/USFish and Wildlife Service)
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A three-weeks-old tiger baby lies next to its mother as it is presented for the first time to the public in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The tiger bay has no name yet since its gender is still unclear. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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A young kudu is pictured in front of grown-ups at their compound in the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, April 26, 2013. The young animal was born in January 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Federico Gambarini)
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A polar bear scratches itself as it stands in the sun in its compound at the zoo in Nuremberg, southern Germany, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Lennart Martens)
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A zoo keeper shows a baby Komodo dragon to photographers at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, April 27, 2013. The zoo welcomed the births of ten of the endangered lizards that hatched on April 21. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)
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A Dalmation dog and its owner pass blooming hyacinths on the fields of flower bulb farmers in Voorhout, near The Hague, Netherlands, Monday April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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A media event was held in Schnecksville, Pa, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 to introduce a newborn bison calf, born April 17th, that is now a part of the herd of 11 bison at the Trexler Lehigh County Nature Preserve and Zoo. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Matt Smith)
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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 photo, a coral reef fish swims through an exhibit promoting conservation in the KidZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo, in Philadelphia. The nation's first zoo opened its new $32 million exhibit for children featuring a travel and exploration system that offers animals more room to roam. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 photo, Aiden Shepherd, 1, interacts with goats at the petting area in the KidZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo, in Philadelphia. The nation's first zoo opened its new $32 million exhibit for children featuring a travel and exploration system that offers animals more room to roam. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Kelly Morgan, an intern at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, works with Quill, one of the female sea lions Tuesday April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Benjamin Brink, The Oregonian)
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Swap, a seal at the Oregon Coast Aquarium at Newport, gets a little last minute instruction before performing for the crowd that had gathered in the new exhibit for pinnipeds Tuesday April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Benjamin Brink, The Oregonian)
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Max, a 23 year old male California sea lion who weighs 480 pounds, waits for instructions during the feeding session that is done in front of the crowd that gathers at the new exhibit for pinnipeds at the Oregon Coast Aquarium Tuesday April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Benjamin Brink, The Oregonian)
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The photo taken Wednesday, April 24, 2013 shows Sasha the porcupine at Montana Wild, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Park's education and conservation center in Helena, Mont. WP is a firm advocate of not interfering with or humanizing wild animals, and they've rehabbed and released other porcupines. But Sasha's story is somewhat unique and she's become an ambassador animal for FWP, along with the raptors and other birds housed at the center. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Dylan Brown)
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Mike Amburg of Grafton, Ill., wades through floodwaters near his Water Street home Friday April 26, 2013, carrying his dog, Gracie. The floodwaters in Grafton, which sits on the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, crested Thursday and is now slowly going down. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman)
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Lego monkeys clean each other at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Lego Artist Kenney used over 125,000 Lego pieces to build 30 animals now on display at the zoo. He hopes the exhibit will teach people about disappearing habitats. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Leah Hogsten)
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Lego artist Sean Kenney shows of a sculpture of a polar bear at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Kenney used over 125,000 Lego pieces to build 30 animals now on display at the zoo. He hopes the exhibit will teach people about disappearing habitats. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Leah Hogsten)
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Lego snakes and tropical birds adorn a wall at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Lego Artist Kenney used over 125,000 Lego pieces to build 30 animals now on display at the zoo. He hopes the exhibit will teach people about disappearing habitats. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Leah Hogsten)
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A bird is perched on a wire as the full moon rises Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in Bremerton, Wash. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)
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Evan Sebastian works with his Border Collie puppy "Sage" as he does a sheep herding demonstration at the Houston Celtic Festival and Highland Games at the Houston Farm and Ranch Club in Houston, Texas, Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/The Courier, Alan Warren)
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Whitetail deer browse on tree buds in the Wood Lake Nature Center, following the most recent spring snowstorm, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Richfield, Minn. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, David Joles)