An eight-month-old baby sloth

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• An eight-month-old baby sloth Camillo yawns at the zoo in Halle, eastern Germany

A hawk attacks a rabbit during an

• A hawk attacks a rabbit during an annual traditional hunting competition near the 
• village of Uzynagash, Kazakhstan

A duck sits on top of volcanic ash from the

• A duck sits on top of volcanic ash from the eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano on a farm west of Skaftafell, Iceland

A turtle swims with sardines

• A turtle swims with sardines at the COEX Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea

Tree frogs sit on a leaf at an amphibian feeding

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• Tree frogs sit on a leaf at an amphibian feeding camp outside Hanoi. Vietnam's first 
• amphibian breeding farm was established in 2004 with the aim of promoting environmental
•  awareness, conservation, and for export as pets

A pair of great gray owls, or Lapland owls

• A pair of great gray owls, or Lapland owls, sit inside an open air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo 
• in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk

Rapeseed blooms in a

• Rapeseed blooms in a field near Prevonloup, Switzerland.

Shinmoedake volcano erupts between

• Shinmoedake volcano erupts between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, Japan.

An Asian elephant sprays sand in its

• An Asian elephant sprays sand in its enclosure at the zoo in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Sheep graze on a field at the Siennese

• Sheep graze on a field at the Siennese clays area near Asciano, Italy. The Crete Senesi,
•  located in Tuscany, consists of an untouched natural landscape of hills and woods.

A pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

• A pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) rests at the zoo in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.

Long-tailed mayflies mate on the surface

• Long-tailed mayflies mate on the surface of the Tisza river near Tiszakurt, Hungary. Millions 
• of these short-lived mayflies engage in a frantic rush to mate and reproduce before 
• they perish in just a few hours.

An owl perches in front of Greenpeace activists

• An owl perches in front of Greenpeace activists who were arrested for raising an inflatable model
•  of a wind turbine in front of Congress in Brasilia.

A 4-day-old African spurred tortoise

• A 4-day-old African spurred tortoise, one of eight babies, sunbathes on its mother's head in the
•  animal park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary

A cicada emerges from its shell at

• A cicada emerges from its shell at a home in Fort Smith, Ark. There are more than 1,500 species of cicada

A polar bear jumps into the water

• A polar bear jumps into the water at the St.-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in Quebec

Tam Dao, a 2-week-old Francois leaf monkey

• Tam Dao, a 2-week-old Francois leaf monkey, is presented to the media at Taronga zoo in Sydney.
•  Less than 1,000 of the monkeys exist in the wild.

A bird sits on a perch in Sausalito

•  Csui, a male African leopard, reacts after being vaccinated in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Hungary

Csui, a male African leopard

•  Csui, a male African leopard, reacts after being vaccinated in Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Hungary

A black rhino is transported by helicopter

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• A black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. Nineteen of the critically 
• endangered animals established by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project were moved
•  from the Eastern Cape to a new location in Limpopo province