Animal shots of the week
Flamingos, walruses, deer, dogs getting massages, bear cubs, rhinoceros calf and a badger that wandered into a store - all in this week's animal gallery.
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A two week old unsexed Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) stretches it's wings beneath it's father Maurice who stands guard at Drusillas Park in Alfriston , south east England, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Earlier in the year Barry White songs were played to the birds to encourage breeding. (AP Photo/PA, Gareth Fuller)
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Washington County Humane Society Operations Manager Tina Duris kisses Sophie, a nine-week yorkie mix at the Washington County Humane Society in the Town of Polk, Wis., on Friday afternoon, Aug. 10, 2012. Adaptations have been decreasing since the construction to highway 60 has begun. As of now the Humane Society has over 200 cats at their building among other animals. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke)
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Takins, Dawa, left, and Tale are still getting acquainted at the Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 after being released into the Asian area recently. Tale, 4, the male, came from the St. Louis Zoo and Dawa, 2, the female, came from the Los Angeles Zoo. Takins can be found in the Himalayas which is their native habitat, where their two coats of fur provide warmth. (AP Photo/The Evansville Courier & Press, Denny Simmons)
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A man gives health supplement to a chicken at a market in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 13, 2102. The Health Ministry said bird flu killed a 37-year-old man in the city, marking the country's ninth fatality this year. (AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara)
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Glass separates 7-year-old Trevor Perkins, of Rolla, from a curious Makari, a 25-year-old female gorilla, at the Kansas City Zoo in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. The zoo received Makari from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago with the hopes she will breed with 29-year-old Radi. Visitors can see the gorilla troop, which also includes two other females, in the zoo's African section on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Allison Long)
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WALKER, MO - AUGUST 9: Cows feed on a bale of soybeans. Brent Gundy raises Brangus cattle, a cross between an Angus and a Brahman. Brangus typically do well in high temperatures, but the drought has taken a toll on Gundy's herd. Most summers, the pastures are lush. Gundy has been feeding hay and now soybean bales to them to help them get through the high temperatures. "I'll miss a meal before my cattle do, Gundy said. "I am out in the fields taking hay to them in all kinds of weather. These cows depend on me for everything." (Photo/ Julie Denesha For The Washington Post)
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Animal rights activists in a cage stage a campaign opposing eating of dog meat by South Koreans in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Aug. 7 is the day South Koreans eat healthy foods such as dog meat in belief it would help them survive heat during summer. The letters on cards read " Don't eat Dog Meat." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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A pair of five week old domestic short haired black and white cats lounge around at the Washington County Humane Society in the Town of Polk, Mich. on Friday afternoon, Aug. 10, 2012. Adaptations have been decreasing since the construction to highway 60 has begun. As of now the Humane Society has over 200 cats at their building among other animals. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News, John Ehlke)
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A turtle rides on an alligator's back at the Summit Garden Zoo in Panama City, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
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This photo provided by the Alaska SeaLife Center, a male walrus plays in a pool of water at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. The walrus arrived at the Seward center July 22. Three male walrus calves were believed to be part of a group spotted July 17 on ice floating past Barrow, the nation's northernmost city. (AP Photo/Alaska SeaLife Center, Monica Cooper Chase)
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Armando Eheurrta with his dog Goffy cool off at Belvedere Park East Los Angeles Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. The record setting heat is expected to continue throughout the week with temperatures topping the triple digits. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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A male Barasingha deer calf, right, lies next to his mother in its enclosure at Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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A butcher trims off a bone for a client's dog at a market in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
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In this Aug. 2, 2012, photo, a brown bear and her two cubs forage on the Russian River's bank close to an Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish weir near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (AP Photo/Peninsula Clarion, Jerzy Shedlock)
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John Valle looks at a cat he is adopting from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Jacksonville Humane Society's cat adoption event Saturday, August 11, 2012 in Jacksonville, Florida. The cats were rescued from the Caboodle Ranch last February. The event continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)
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This Aug. 7, 2012 image provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife shows a badger who wandered through an open door into a bottled water store in Sparks, Nev. Officials with the Nevada Department of Wildlife and Washoe County animal services officers were able to lure it into a cage with cat food. No one was hurt at the Fresca Waterstore, and the animal later was released into the wild on Peavine Mountain north of Reno. (AP Photo/Nevada Department of Wildlife, Aaron Meyer)
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In this Aug. 7, 2012 image provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, wildlife officials attempt to snare a badger who wandered through an open door into a bottled water store in Sparks, Nev. Officials with the Nevada Department of Wildlife and Washoe County animal services officers were able to lure it into a cage with cat food. No one was hurt at the Fresca Waterstore, and the animal later was released into the wild on Peavine Mountain north of Reno. (AP Photo/Nevada Department of Wildlife, Aaron Meyer)
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Four day old female black rhinoceros calf Akili stands underneath its mother Ine in the enclosure at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The young calf weighs 30 kilograms (65 pounds) while the mother weighs 1,100 kilograms (2,425 pounds). (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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A peacock displays its tail feathers for tourists at Holiday Park, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. Holiday Park is an eco adventure park located on the edge of the Florida everglades that takes tourists on airboat rides. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
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This Aug. 7, 2012 image provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife shows a a captured badger who wandered through an open door into a bottled water store in Sparks, Nev. Officials with the Nevada Department of Wildlife and Washoe County animal services officers were able to lure it into a cage with cat food. No one was hurt at the Fresca Waterstore, and the animal later was released into the wild on Peavine Mountain north of Reno. (AP Photo/Nevada Department of Wildlife, Aaron Meyer)
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A dog named "Negrito" wears a straw hat and balances a mouse on its back in Old Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The owner of animals, Miguel Diaz, brings his two pets to Old Havana when he's not working to show them off to tourists and earn some extra money. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Twin City Animal Shelter volunteer Teah Pray gives some attention to Dusty, a chocolate lab found off Camp Five Road with gunshot wounds, in this photo taken Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in Lead, S.D. The dog is up for adoption at the shelter. Pray says she's absolutely stunned that someone would inflict such injuries. (AP Photo/Black Hills Pioneer, Jaci Conrad Pearson)
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David Nyssen, 18, holds his family cat Baby close after being reunited with him at Michigan State University's Veterinary Clinic in East Lansing Friday evening. Baby was shot in the head with a crossbow in the Nyssen family's neighborhood in Jackson, MI, the weekend of August 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Hannah Potes/Jackson Citizen Patriot)
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Hannah Bradford, "shhhh's" into her reserve champion steer's ear trying to quiet the 1,420 pound animal as it moos during the 4-H/FFA Youth Livestock auction Thursday Aug. 9, 2012, at the Carter County Fair in Grayson, Ky.(AP Photo/The Daily Independent, Kevin Goldy)
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A two week old unsexed Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) is encouraged from its nest by its mother Gabriella, centre, as it's father Maurice stands guard at Drusillas Park in Alfriston , south east England, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. Earlier in the year Barry White songs were played to the birds to encourage breeding. (AP Photo/PA, Gareth Fuller)
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Montreal Washington, of Kansas City, pets the dog she adopted, Friday, Aug. 10, during "Tackle Pet Homelessness" at the Kansas City animal shelter in Kansas City, Mo.. Washington plans on naming the pit bull, Alexandra. The shelter is at capacity and is offering a $25 adoption special for all dogs 25 pounds or more. For the month of August, all cats are "name your own price" and kitten adoptions are $50. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Allison Long)
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David Feldman, a certified small animal massage therapist from Ipswich, Mass., gives a massage to Sunny, a golden retriever belonging to Linda Landry of Rockport, Mass., at the farmers market in Gloucester. Feldman had been a real estate appraiser in his previous career life, but retired last year and decided to become a small animal therapist, as a natural fit. (AP Photo/Gloucester Daily Times, Allegra Boverman)
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Dude the dog rides on the lap of his owner Kim Rowley, of Mt. Morris, while pulling up in their 1930 three window Coup to get a photo on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012 during a Back to the Bricks Tune-Up party at Simm's Chevrolet in Clio, Mich. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Ryan Garza)