Animal photos of the week
Take a look at some of the creatures that fill this Earth.
Animal photos of the week
Griraffe baby Jamila canoodles with mother Juji at the outdoor enclosure of the Zoo in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday May 7,2013. The Giraffe baby was born on April 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Kahnert/dpa)
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This adult bald Eagle is currently being treated at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, May 9,2013 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for injuries to one of its talons. The refuge is currently raising funds to build a large flight cage for this and other eagles being cared for at the facility. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine)
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Pelicans swim on a lake at the Giza Zoo in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. Officials are considering raising the prices of entry fees at the Giza Zoo and zoos in the other areas, to three Egyptian pounds (about half of one U.S. dollar) instead of the current price of two pounds. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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In this May 7, 2013 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, two sloth bear cubs are seen on exhibit with their mom Hani. at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. Until May 8, the 3 1/2-month-old male and female cubs, born Jan. 20. have been off exhibit with their mother in a maternity den. A total of fewer than 20,000 bears are thought to remain in the wild. There is evidence of wild populations having declined 30 to 49 percent in the last 30 years due to deforestation and poaching mainly for the medicinal market. Currently, there are 39 sloth bears exhibited at 18 North American zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)
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Two bonnet macaques peer at visitors from their enclosure at the Giza Zoo in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. Officials are considering raising the prices of entry fees at the Giza Zoo and zoos in the other areas, to three Egyptian pounds (about half of one U.S. dollar) instead of the current price of two pounds. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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In this undated file image provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a wolverine. Add the tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving predator sometimes called the "mountain devil," to the list of species the government says is threatened by climate change. Federal wildlife officials on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, will propose Endangered Species Act protections for the rare animal in the lower 48 states, a step twice denied under the Bush administration. (AP Photo/Audrey Magoun, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, file)
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Ken Chiate chips golf balls while his dog, Kelly, helps out on his Malibu, California, property. Chiate has helped finance a clinical trial for a drug he thought helped his wife during her battle with Alzheimer's, but the medical community remains skeptical. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
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In this undated photo provided by LittleFriendsPhoto.com via Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Kai, a 17-year-old male California sea lion at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Valejo, Calif. peers into the lens of photographer Seth Casteel, known for his ìUnderwater Dogsî photo series. Casteel, whose unique perspective shooting from beneath the water as dogs dive in and towards him, was at the park to shoot various exotic animals such as Bengal and Siberian tigers, Asian small-clawed otters and Pacific harbor seals from an underwater vantage point. Kai was originally a rehabilitated stranded pup and has amassed a repertoire of learned behaviors, among which Casteel was able to capture this shot. Through his work, Casteel supports animal rescue and wildlife conservation initiatives. (AP Photo/LittleFriendsPhoto.com via Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Seth Casteel)
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Amy Schrader, a sophomore at the University of Northern Colorado, gets a tiny smooch Sunday, May 5, 2013 on the nose from Tullabelle, a dog owned by Brenda Miller, in Greeley, Colo. Tullabelle and Miller volunteer as a team for Therapy Dogs Inc., out of Cheyenne, Wyo., and were there with other dogs Sunday for a study break sponsored by the University Program Council. (AP Photo/The Tribune, Dan England)
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In this photo taken May 2, 2013, Lin Ping, a four-year-old Panda chews bamboo at Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand. A breakthrough was announced Friday, May 10, 2013 when the Chinese Embassy informed Thai authorities that Lin Ping can stay in Thailand until October, said Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul. Lin Ping will then relocate to China, where authorities will find her a male partner, and the two will be allowed to return to Thailand to mate, he said. (AP Photo/Wichsi Taprieu)
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In this July 4, 2009 file photo, five-week-old giant panda cub, then unnamed but later named Lin Ping, is seen at the Chiang Mai zoo in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thailand. Thailand's celebrity baby panda, Lin Ping, is 4-years-old now. It's time to move home to China, find a mate and have cubs. The move won't be permanent, however, thanks to a deal hammered out between the two countries that will cost Thailand $1 million a year, the Thai foreign minister said Friday, May 10, 2013. Once the star of a Thai reality show, the panda's future has been a topic of high-level negotiation for months. A breakthrough was announced Friday, when the Chinese Embassy informed Thai authorities that Lin Ping can stay in Thailand until October, said Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu, File)
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In this July 8, 2009 file photo, Lin Hui, a seven-year-old giant panda mother hugs her 43-day-old cub, then unnamed but later named as Lin Ping, at the Chiang Mai zoo in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. Thailand's celebrity baby panda, Lin Ping, is 4-years-old now. It's time to move home to China, find a mate and have cubs. The move won't be permanent, however, thanks to a deal hammered out between the two countries that will cost Thailand $1 million a year, the Thai foreign minister said Friday, May 10, 2013. Once the star of a Thai reality show, the panda's future has been a topic of high-level negotiation for months. A breakthrough was announced Friday, when the Chinese Embassy informed Thai authorities that Lin Ping can stay in Thailand until October, said Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul. (AP Photo/Wichai Taprieu, File)
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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, a Thai elephant expert, left, and foreign volunteers walk an elephant on a trail inside the Wildlife Friends Foundation near the village of Kao Look Chang, Thailand. For more than a decade, the wildlife refuge south of Bangkok has been rehabilitating and caring for animals abandoned or abused by their owners. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)
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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, a bear looks out from behind the bars of an enclosure at the Wildlife Friends Foundation near the village of Kao Look Chang, Thailand. For more than a decade, the wildlife refuge south of Bangkok has been rehabilitating and caring for animals abandoned or abused by their owners. (AP Photo/Jon Col Jin)
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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, a volunteer feeds fruit to a gibbon at the Wildlife Friends Foundation near the village of Kao Look Chang, Thailand. For more than a decade, the wildlife refuge south of Bangkok has been rehabilitating and caring for animals abandoned or abused by their owners. (AP Photo/Jon Col Jin)
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Emma Balogh, left, and Jessica Thompson use a water-soluble paint on Wiggles the horse Saturday, May 11, 2012, during Hubfest at Heritage Park in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mystery Dog Ranch brought several other horses for children to ride. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Angela Lewis)
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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, the Salisbury Zoo introduced media and the public to their new young female Andean Bear, Chaska, in Salisbury, Md. Chaska was born three years ago at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. She will slowly be introduced to the Zooís other Andean Bear, Gritto, in hopes they will mate in the future as part of the Andean Bear Species Survival Plan. (AP Photo/Salisbury Daily Times, Laura Emmons)
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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, the Salisbury Zoo introduced media and the public to their new young female Andean Bear, Chaska, in Salisbury, Md. Chaska was born three years ago at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. She will slowly be introduced to the Zooís other Andean Bear, Gritto, in hopes they will mate in the future as part of the Andean Bear Species Survival Plan. (AP Photo/Salisbury Daily Times, Laura Emmons)
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In this April 26, 2013 photo male sage grouse inflate their chests and make their unique noises in the desert near Millican, Ore. Oregon wildlife officials say that counts of sage grouse in Central Oregon are what they call "relatively stable." The numbers are significant because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is using them as it evaluates whether the sage grouse should be a protected species in the West. That decision is expected by 2015. (AP Photo/The Bulletin, Rob Kerr)
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Josiah Lanning waits for ceremonies to begin with his service dog, Charlise, at Ohio State University's spring commencement Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Columbus, Ohio. Lanning earned a bachelors degree in international studies. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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Purple martin song birds perch on a bird house during the warm spring weather at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, N.Y., Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
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Elizabeth Smart plays with her dog following an interview Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Park City, Utah. Smart said she's elated to hear about three Cleveland women who escaped Monday after they disappeared a decade ago."I am so overjoyed — so happy to hear another happy ending," Smart said Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America", adding that the escape is proof families and victims should not give up hope. Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom in Salt Lake City when she was 14. She was freed nine months later when she was found walking with her captor on a suburban street in March 2003. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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A rhino sleeps at the Giza Zoo in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. Officials are considering raising the prices of entry fees at the Giza Zoo and zoos in the other areas, to three Egyptian pounds (about half of one U.S. dollar) instead of the current price of two pounds. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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Nicole LaRocco, a professional dog trainer hired by New Leash, works with Mike as his trainers Joseph Davis and Gavriel Seda watch, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ron Tarver)
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One-horned rhinoceros graze at the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary, in Pobitora, in eastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, May 6, 2013. Assam is home to the world's largest concentration of rhinos. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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It's a first! African elephants, giraffes and ostriches explore the Dallas Zoo's Giants of the Savanna together. The Dallas Zoo is the first zoo in North America to combine African elephants with zebras, giraffes, impalas, ostriches and guinea fowl in the same habitat, where these majestic animals can explore the award-winning Giants of the Savanna habitat side by side, just as they would in the wild. (PRNewsFoto/Dallas Zoo)
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This is an undated image made available Friday, May 10, 2013, by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) of a male Mangarahara cichlid. Aquarists at the ZSL, London Zoo, are launching an urgent worldwide appeal to find a female mate for the last remaining males of a critically endangered fish species. The Mangarahara cichlid (Ptychochromis insolitus) is believed to be extinct in the wild, due to the introduction of dams drying up its habitat of the Mangarahara River in Madagascar, and two of the last known individuals are residing in ZSL London Zooís aquarium. (AP Photo/ZSL)
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An undated image made available by Berlin Zoo of a female Mangarahara cichlid, who is no longer living. Aquarists at ZSL London Zoo are launching an urgent worldwide appeal Friday, May 10, 2013, to find a female mate for the last remaining males of a critically endangered fish species. The Mangarahara cichlid (Ptychochromis insolitus) is believed to be extinct in the wild, due to the introduction of dams drying up its habitat of the Mangarahara River in Madagascar, and two of the last known individuals are residing in the Zoological Society of London's, London Zoo aquarium. (AP Photo/Berlin Zoo)
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In this May 5, 2013, photo provided by the Humane Society of the United States a mountain lion is seen in it chain-link enclosure before being seized from a menagerie of wild cats in Atchison, Kan. Authorities said one tiger, two cougars, three bobcats, two lynx, one serval and two skunks, living in inadequate enclosures and were infrequently fed, were seized and a man is in custody. (AP Photo/HSUS, Kathy Milani)