Photos: Animal shots of the week
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Animal shots of the week
Palle-Jooseppi, a male brown bear, wakes up after winter hibernation at Ranua Zoo in Ranua, Finland, in Lapland on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. After a short stroll he decided to continue a nap in a soft snow bank. (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA, Kaisa Siren)
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"Lucha" the jaguar cub born in June, yawns in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Children look at the sleeping lioness' in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Riverview Animal Hospital veterinarian, Dr. Randy Hayes, examines Rocko, a 6-year old chocolate Labrador, as technicians Rita Lopez, left, and Becky Caldwell hold oxygen for him on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Durango Colo. Rocko was found earlier in the debris of the house that exploded on Tuesday night. Rocko suffered smoke inhalation along with singed fur, blunt trauma to the head and concussive forces to the chest resulting in a cardiac arrhythmia but was showing signs of improvement according to Dr. Hayes. (AP Photo/The Durango Herald, Jerry McBride)
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French rugby union player Sebastien Chabal feeds an emu named Diji, right, as a wallaby named Autumn at Taronga Zoo, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in Sydney. Chabal is in Sydney to play in a one-off club rugby match Saturday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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A dog named Red licks his chops as he guards the calf pen Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, on a farm near Botkins, Ohio. (AP Photo/Sidney Daily News/ Luke Gronneberg)
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Zookeeper Wendy Lenhart feeds a hippopotamus in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Uggie the dog poses at the Weinstein Company Post-Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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One of the Snow Leopard cubs born in June, enjoys a bone in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Sixteen-year-old Devin Olguin kisses Alice, a terrier mix dog from a pet shelter in Victoria, Texas on Feb. 21, 2012. Inmates at the Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center are part of a training program with young adults incarcerated. (AP Photo/The Victoria Advocate, Frank Tilley)
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Rookie Marie-Anick Alie of Inukvik, Northwest Territories, rounds a corner near Goose Lake on the final day of the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
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Tucker Gula, 3, right, watches Patches, a polar bear, at the Erie Zoo's opening day in Erie, Pa., on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Greg Wohlford)
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Leah, a Chihuahua accompanies her owner, Anne Proffit, down pit road prior to the running of the Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, Saturday, February 25, 2012. Leah is a certified hearing dog that alerts her owner to telephone, alarms and other sounds. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/MCT)
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A dog runs onto the field during a spring training baseball workout at the Los Angeles Angels' facility, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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An Indian shepherd directs a flock of sheep homewards in Allahabad, India, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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Chinese policemen watch a pet dog crossing a street in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)
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Lauren Hoffman, 7, of Dove Canyon, Calif., watches as Pete DeSimone with the Audobon Starr Ranch gets ready to band an owl chick Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 in Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)
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A horse-drawn sledge carries tourists during the celebration of Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week in Kolomenskoye park, a former estate of the Russian Czars in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. Maslenitsa is traditional Russian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to the pagan times. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
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A dog takes in the wind over the windshield as he waits for the light to change at the intersection of Harmony Road and Shields Road Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012 in Fort Collins, Colo. (AP Photo/The Coloradoan, V. Richard Haro)
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A yet nameless one day-old male giraffe cub stands in front of its mother Fleur in their compound at the zoo of Magdeburg, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Ronny Hartmann)
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French rugby union player Sebastien Chabal is introduced to a koala named Yindi at Taronga Zoo, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Sydney. Chabal is in Sydney to play in a one-off club rugby match Saturday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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A Red Panda munches on bamboo in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Palle-Jooseppi, a male brown bear, wakes up after winter hibernation at Ranua Zoo in Ranua, Finland, in Lapland on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. After a short stroll he decided to continue a nap in a soft snow bank. (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA, Kaisa Siren)
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A protester holds a cat with a white ribbon as they stand along Garden Ring avenue during an opposition protest in Moscow, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Thousands of people are holding hands to form a 16-kilometer (10-mile) human chain encircling central Moscow in the latest protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Opposition activists estimated that they needed 34,000 people to complete the chain along the Garden Ring on Sunday and they appeared to have succeeded or come close. (AP Photo/Sergey Savostyanov)
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Owners groom their Shih-Tzu puppies prior to competing at the opening of the three-day Federation Cynologique Internationale (FCI) Asia and the Pacific Section Dog Show Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 at an exhibition center in Manila, Philippines. The international dog show, the first to be hosted in the Philippines, attracted more than 500 entries from all over Asia and the Pacific, including Russia. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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A bird perches in a hole in the roof of a derelict farmhouse near Newtown, Pa., on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Associate Veterinarian, Carlos Sanchez, left, and veterinary technician Kate Sladek observe a five week old aardvark, after a routine examination at the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo, Feb. 22, 2012, in Brookfield, Ill. To ensure its best chance for survival, Animal Programs staff decided to assist the calf's 7-year-old mom, Jessi, in rearing the infant born on Jan. 12, 2011. Since its birth, the unsexed calf has received around-the-clock care that has included a neonatal examination and extra hydration and supplemental feeding when needed to make certain it is healthy and gaining the proper amount of weight. The supplemental aardvark formula the calf receives replicates the fat, carbohydrates and other nutrients of a mother aardvark's milk composition. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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A Caribbean flamingo puts its beak under its wing in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. Flamingo's pink color comes from the carotenoids in their food. Without these, the flamingo's feathers would be white. At the zoo, they eat scientifically formulated commercial flamingo feed that keeps their feathers pink. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Jean Dujardin holds Uggie the dog after "The Artist" won the Oscar for best picture during the 84th Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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A Snow Leopard cub shows his teeth to his sibling in the spring-like weather at the Philadelphia Zoo Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Zoo is one of America's oldest, opening to the public in 1874. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Reid Park Zoo is now home to two new elephants, even as it prepares to bid goodbye to its longtime resident elephants, Connie and Shaba.