Pets
Animal Tracks: April 10 - 17
From an adorable duckling making an easy exit to a dog sneaking a sausage, get your cuteness fix from creatures great and small.
Gorilla greeting
Gorilla 'Moja' holds her baby after its birth at the Nature Park of Cabarceno in Cantabria, Spain, on April 16.
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Nest building
A homing pigeon carries a piece of straw to fatten its nest in Lexington, Ky., on April 14. Racing pigeon fanciers believe that nest building helps their birds create strong bonds with their homes and mates.
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Keeping a close eye
Emu chicks walk through their compound at the Zoological Garden in Berlin, Germany, on April 16.
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Standing tall
A dog stands on the seawall in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 16.
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Mother and child
Baby giraffe Tamu (left) explores the grounds of the Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany, on April 16.
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Easy exit
A duckling tries to climb out of a basket at a duck farm in Zhangzhou, China, on April 14.
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Just me and my joey
A kangaroo stands with its baby in its pouch at the zoo in Warsaw, Poland, on April 15.
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Tipping the scale
Zookeeper Lars Purbst (right) and Thomas Metzke weigh Susanne the seal on April 15, during a spring check at the zoo in Rostock, Germany. Susanne weighed in at almost 230 pounds.
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Coming in for a landing
A bumblebee hovers over crocuses on April 15 in Hamburg, Germany.
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Taste tester
Chili the dog gets a grilled sausage during a barbecue in Butzbach, Germany, on April 14.
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Free ride
A toad carries its young on April 14 through a park in Prague.
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Huddle time
Long-tailed macaques huddle to keep warm during a rainstorm at the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan on April 14.
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Showing teeth
A Bactrian camel chews at the Opel-Zoo in Kronberg, central Germany, on April 14.
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Getting to know you
Canines attend a dog show in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 14.
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Color contrast
A robin sits on a pile of old tires on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, on April 13.
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Peek-a-boo
A squirrel looks out of the hole of a tree at the botanical garden in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 13.
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Sheep herder
A Maremma livestock guardian dog keeps watch over grazing sheep, protecting them from coyotes and other predators, at Kinderhook Farm in Ghent, N.Y., on April 12.
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Protective mom
A 2-month-old Sumatran tiger cub plays with its mother, Leanne, at the San Francisco Zoo on April 12 in California.
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Social grooming
Baby okapi Bashira gets a lick from her mother, Batouri, on April 12 at the zoo in Berlin. Bashira was born at the zoo on February 26.
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Pig on the run
Guilford County Animal Control officer E. Afari carries a loose pig to his truck after catching it in Greensboro, N.C., on April 11.
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Baby humps
Baby Bactrian camel Amelia walks in her exhibit at the zoo in Rome on April 10. She was born on March 25.
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Bamboo bite
Yang Guang, a male panda at Edinburgh Zoo, eats bamboo inside his enclosure on April 10 in Glasgow, Scotland.
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