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Animal Tracks: March 13 - 20
From a gregarious gecko to a snuggly otter, get your cuteness fix with creatures great and small.
Funky fish
A longhorn cowfish swims at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa on March 19. The longhorn cowfish is a variety of boxfish that lives in tropical and subtropical waters along East Africa and can also be found from the Red Sea all the way to Australia and southern Japan.
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Selling insurance?
A Madagascar day gecko sits on a perch in the Masoal rainforest hall at the zoo in Zurich on March 19.
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Pretty in pink
A flamingo stands in the snow at Tierpark Hagenbeck in Hamburg, Germany on March 18.
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Bear babble
Two brown bears play in the snow on March 18 at the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
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Costumed canine
A boy holds his dog wearing a costume during an animal blessing ceremony in honor of Saint Lazarus, patron of the sick, at a church in the Monimbo neighborhood of Masaya, Nicaragua, on March 17. Catholics in Nicaragua associate Saint Lazarus with dogs, and dress up their pets for a Catholic blessing, asking the saint to keep their dogs healthy.
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Whoooo's out there?
A long-eared owl sits on a branch of a tree in the village of Rechen, Belarus on March 17.
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Rhino snack
A baby white rhinoceros, born on Feb. 2, plays near its mother at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan on March 17.
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St. Paddy pooch
Four year-old Mia York, left, walks her dog Howie, a Maltese, in the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown St. Paul, Minn., on March 16.
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Wanna play?
A polar bear cub plays at the zoo in Brno, Czech Republic, during its presentation to the public on March 16. A polar bear named Cora gave birth to twin cubs four months ago at the zoo.
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Pope blessing
Pope Francis blesses a guide dog during a general audience in the Paul VI hall for members of the media at the Vatican on March 16.
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Staying close
A Sumatran orangutan mother holds her 3-week-old baby at the zoo in Prague on March 15.
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Do unto otters ...
A baby river otter named Molalla is held by a zookeeper during a check-up at the Oregon Zoo on March 15 . Mo’s mother, Tilly, gave birth to the pup on Jan. 28. Molalla is the first river otter to be born at the Oregon Zoo.
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Snuggle time
Kijivu, a western lowland gorilla, holds her 3-month-old baby as they rest at the zoo in Prague on March 15.
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Close-up
Rachel, a 3-month-old Afghan hound, is seen at a dog training camp in suburban Shanghai before attending the Shanghai International Dog Show on March 15.
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Tickled tiger
A 3-week old Bengal tiger cub lies on its back and plays in the terrarium building of the zoo of Gyor, Hungary on March 14.
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High-wire act
Madonna, a squirrel monkey with a 6-day-old baby on its back, walks on a rope at the zoo in Norfolk, Va., on March 15.
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Wazzup?
A swan looks into a photographer's camera on the shore of Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen, Germany on March 15.
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Fluttering butterflies
Mary McGee, 7, gets an up-close look at some butterflies at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on March 13.
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Getting cozy
Two white storks are perched beak to beak in their nest, near Biebesheim, Germany, on March 13.
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You looking at me?
Three meerkats sit in the warming sun at the Opel Zoo in Kronberg, Germany on March 13.
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Camouflaged
A 1-month-old baby Rothschild's giraffe stands in front of her mother at the zoo in Prague on March 15.
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