Photos: Animal shots of the week
Zoo animals enjoy holiday treats, snow leopards frolic in the cold weather and a house dog gets an expected visitor - it's all in this week's animal gallery.
Animal shots of the week
A snowy owl with its eyes wide open sits in its compound in the zoo in Duisburg, northwestern Germany, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Horst Ossinger)
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Bolivian squirrel monkeys get a special treat from their keepers of sultanas and wax worms that were set out on a Christmas tree at London Zoo in London, Wednesday, Dec.18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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In a Monday, Dec, 16, 2013 photo provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Luke, a five-year-old male squirrel monkey, takes a candy cane treat at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Nancy Chan)
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In this Dec. 11, 2013 photo, Eric Peterson feeds Christie and Zuri as they perform a routine at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Peterson, who is the zoo's elephant manager, oversees the care of the three elephants and hopes that his work will make an impact on the public's perception of the endangered species. (AP Photo/The Daily Herald, Alex Goodlett)
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In this Nov. 25, 2013 photo, Kenna Anderson holds a chinchilla at Sioux City's Animal Adoption and Rescue Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The center often has animals other than the traditional dogs and cats. (AP Photo/The Sioux City Journal, Tim Hynds)
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In this Nov. 25, 2013 photo, Kenna Anderson rubs Jack, a 15-year-old Shetland pony, at Sioux City's Animal Adoption and Rescue Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The center often has animals other than the traditional dogs and cats. (AP Photo/The Sioux City Journal, Tim Hynds)
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An alligator suns itself as it swims in the everglades waters at Holiday Park near Weston, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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In this Dec. 2012 photo provided by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Colo, a lowland gorilla, sits in her enclosure at the zoo in Powell, Ohio. Colo, the first gorilla born in a zoo, is turning 57 Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, with a celebration broadcast live to online viewers from her central Ohio home. (AP Photo/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Grahm S. Jones)
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A black stray cat walks on a stone wall in front of the ancient Acropolis hill with the Parthenon temple seen in the background, in Athens, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013.
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Chimpanzees sun themselves in their compound at the Los Angeles Zoo, Friday, Dec 20, 20013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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In this Dec. 5, 2013 photo provided by the Los Angeles Zoo, a flamingo chick joins its parent and other adults in the Los Angeles Zoo's current flock of Chilean flamingos. The fluffy, gray youngsters, three male and three female, range in age from one-month to four and half months old. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Zoo, Tad Motoyama)
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A flamingo chick, center, is seen with other adults, and a duck, in the Los Angeles Zoo's current flock of Chilean flamingos on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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Tina, a female Asian elephant, puts her trunk under a waterfall at the Los Angeles Zoo, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut
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Family dogs Sunny, left, and Bo, right, get comfortable as first lady Michelle Obama reads a holiday story to children at Children's National Health System in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In this Nov. 16, 2011, file photo, Joe Dwyer, of Nutley, N.J., plays with his new dog Daniel, also known as the Miracle Dog. The stray beagle mix, who walked out unscathed from the carbon monoxide administered by the Animal Control Department in Florence, Ala., will be among eight shelter dogs riding on a float in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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A fawn and a dog examine each other through a window of an Amherst, N.Y. home, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Charles Lewis)
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Cory Deyermand works out a horse at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in Jefferson, Ohio. (AP Photo/The Star-Beacon, Warren Dillaway)
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This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo Safari Park shows a pair of lion cubs born on Dec. 6, 2013, at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, in their play area at the animal care center. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn)
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In this Dec. 14, 2013 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Everest, a 6-month-old Snow Leopard cub, left, plays in the snow with his mother, Sarani. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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In this Dec. 15, 2013 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Everest, a 6-month-old Snow Leopard cub, plays the snow at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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In this Dec. 15, 2013 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Everest, a 6-month-old Snow Leopard cub, top, plays in the snow with his mother, Sarani.(AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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In this Dec. 16, 2013 photo, a bufflehead dives while another sits on the surface below the historic Avista powerhouse on the Spokane River in downtown Spokane, Wash.(AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Jesse Tinsley )
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Bolivian squirrel monkeys gets a special treat from their keepers of sultanas and wax worms that were set out on a Christmas tree at London Zoo in London, Wednesday, Dec.18, 2013. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
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Meerkats named Nairobi, left, Bob and Zahara, right, inspect presents left near a makeshift Christmas tree at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, where the zoo is celebrating Christmas with the animals. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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An Australian fur seal finds frozen treats with fish inside, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. The zoo is celebrating Christmas with the animals. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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A meerkat named Bob inspects a present left near a makeshift Christmas tree at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. The zoo is celebrating Christmas with the animals. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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A Tasmania devil named Nina pulls on a dead mouse left on a makeshift Christmas tree at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. The zoo is celebrating Christmas with the animals. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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Giant panda named Tian Tian, is seen exploring her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland Monday, Dec 16, 2013. Giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are expecting to be seen by their one millionth visitor over the Christmas period. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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Giant panda named Yang Guang, is seen exploring his enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland Monday, Dec 16, 2013. Giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are expecting to be seen by their one millionth visitor over the Christmas period. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
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A ferret explores under a Christmas tree at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Photographers take pictures of a baby of critically endangered Sumatran Tiger in the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The cub that was born on July 28, 2013 is called Hany by its keepers. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A baby of critically endangered Sumatran tiger feeds meat in the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The cub that was born on July 28, 2013 is called Hany by his keepers. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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A visitor reflects in a window while looking at squirrel monkey in the Zoo in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)