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Image: Hippopotamuses cool off in a pond at a zoo on a hot day in New Delhi

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Animal Tracks: April 4 - 11

From three little bears to hilarious hippopotamuses, get your cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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Image: Young bears at Wildlife park Tripsdrill

Three little bears

epa03177399 Three young bears discover their enclosure at the wildlife park Tripsdrill near Cleebronn, Germany, 10 April 2012. The female bear cubs are 14 weeks old. EPA/FRANZISKA KRAUFMANN
Franziska Kraufmann / DPA
Image: Making House

If you build it...

An osprey brings a stick for nest building high on a dead tree along the North Umpqua River in Roseburg, Ore., on Monday, April 9, 2012. Osprey are fish-eating birds of prey. They're sometimes know as sea hawks, fish eagles or fish hawks. (Credit Image: © Robin Loznak)
Robin Loznak / Robin Loznak
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Gulping gibbon

A zoo keeper feeds a three-month-old baby white-handed gibbon named \"Knuppy\" at the zoo in the northern German city of Bremen on April 9, 2012. The aninmals are found in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. AFP PHOTO / INGO WAGNER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read INGO WAGNER/AFP/Getty Images)
Ingo Wagner / DPA
Image: Polar Bear Arktos Introduced At Kingussie Highland Wildlife Park

Bear introduction

Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images Europe
Image: Weather on Easter in Duesseldorf

Fatigued feline

April 8, 2012 - Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - A cat lies between hyacinths in a patch of garden in Duesseldorf and yawns, Germany, 08 April 2012. Spring weather prevails in many parts of North Rhine-Westphalia. Photo: Martin Gerten (Credit Image: ? Martin Gerten/DPA/ZUMAPRESS.com)
Martin Gerten / DPA
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Easter bunny?

Gidget, a 12-year-old Jack Russell Terrier wears rabbit eats during the Easter Parade Fifth Ave., Sunday, April 8, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Mary Altaffer / AP
Image: A brown capuchin standing on a rope eats an Easter egg in the Zagreb Zoo

Monkey treat

A brown capuchin standing on a rope eats an Easter egg in the Zagreb Zoo April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)
Antonio Bronic / X02994
Image: Ring-tailed coatis eat Easter eggs in the Zagreb Zoo

Holiday snacks

Ring-tailed coatis eat Easter eggs in the Zagreb Zoo April 8, 2012. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic (CROATIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Antonio Bronic / X02994
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A tisket, a tasket, a cat-filled basket

Maine coon kittens sit in a basket during an international cat beauty show in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, April 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Mindaugas Kulbis / AP
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My little pony pal

Malia Reiser pets a pony in the petting zoo at the Dana Point Easter egg hunt at Pines Park in Dana Point, Calif., on Saturday, April 7, 2012. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Kent Treptow) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT
Kent Treptow / The Orange County Register
Image: Hanami 2012 in Tokyo

Kitty blossoms

April 6, 2012 - Tokyo, Japan - Shutter-happy cherry blossom viewers take pictures of two cats in a tree at Tokyo's Ueno Park. It's springtime in Tokyo and time to stop and appreciate fragile pale pink blossoms in full bloom all over the nation's capital. Hanami, the mass flower-viewing so prevalent in springtime, was subdued last year in the wake of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Credit Image: © Natsuki Sakai/AFLO/ZUMA24.com)
Natsuki Sakai / AFLO
Image: Easter Egg Hunt At SeaWorld San Diego

Munching monitor

SAN DIEGO, CA - APRIL 06: In this handout image provided by SeaWorld, Clyde, an Asian water monitor went on an early Easter egg hunt today, with the help of SeaWorld trainer Caroline Smith at SeaWorld San Diego on April 6, 2012 in San Diego, California. He gobbled up several eggs on the grassy area of Animal Connections, where he often can be seen as part of impromptu encounters. Asian water monitors, native to marshes and riverbanks throughout southern Asia, are good climbers and sometimes feed on eggs from bird's nests. They also eat birds, fish and other small animals. (Photo by Mike Aguilera/SeaWorld via Getty Images)
Handout / Getty Images North America
Image: Blossoming fruit trees

Busy butterfly

epa03173307 A butterfly perches on a blossoming fruit tree at a park in Beijing, China, 06 April 2012. Fruit trees blossom in Beijing as the weather warms signaling the arrival of spring. EPA/DIEGO AZUBEL
Diego Azubel / EPA
Image: Zoo season starts

Wolf eyes

epa03173272 The eyes of an Eastern Wolf are seen at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, 06 April 2012. EPA/PETER STEFFEN
Peter Steffen / DPA
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Peeking out

A mongoose peers out of a tube at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on April 6, 2012. The zoo is structured in seven thematic areas, among them an African fluvial landscape, a farmers' village, the Australian Outback and the Canada landscape Yukon Bay. AFP PHOTO / PETER STEFFEN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PETER STEFFEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Peter Steffen / DPA
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Penguin silhouette

A penguin swims through a basin at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on April 6, 2012. The zoo is structured in seven thematic areas, among them an African fluvial landscape, a farmers' village, the Australian Outback and the Canada landscape Yukon Bay. AFP PHOTO / PETER STEFFEN GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PETER STEFFEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Peter Steffen / DPA
Image: A mother giraffe Ingrid nudges her four-day old baby in Budapest's  Zoo

Gentle nudge from mom

A mother giraffe Ingrid nudges her four-day old baby in Budapest's Zoo April 6, 2012. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo (HUNGARY - Tags: ANIMALS)
Bernadett Szabo / X02784
Image: 20-day-old baby lemur at the Santillana del Mar's zoo, Spain

Orphaned lemur

epa03172330 A specimen of black lemur (Eulemur macaco) is being fed by a keeper at the Santillana del Mar's zoo in Santillana del Mar, Cantabria region, northern Spain, 05 April 2012. The 20-day-old baby lemur's mother died in childbirth. The black lemur is classified as 'vulnerable' on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, but lemurs are known to breed well in captivity. EPA/ALBERTO AJA
Alberto Aja / EFE
Image: Baby leopard in Nyiregyhaza Zoo

Sleepy cub

Attila Balazs / MTI
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Taking a stand

Franzi, a young Mhorr Gazelle (Nanger dama mhorr) stands in its enclosure in the zoo of Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday April 5, 2012. Franzi was born on Feb 16, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/ Mario Vedder)
Mario Vedder / dapd
Image: Iguana and dog

Guten Tag!

epa03171873 Hi Mate ... Dachshund 'Rambo' (L) appears a bit cautious upon the curious advance of green iguana 'Otto' (R) as they meet at the zoo in Regensburg, Germany, 04 April 2012. EPA/ARMIN WEIGEL
Armin Weigel / DPA
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Biiiig yawn

A black-and-white colobus yawns at the zoo in Krefeld, western Germany, Wednesday, April 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Martin Meissner / AP
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Teeny bunny

Rabbit foundling Ruediger sleeps on the hand of keeper Kristina at the zoo in Muenster, western Germany, on April 4, 2012. Ruediger, weighing 72 grams, and his sister Kaline (60 grams) were found in a dung pile at the zoo and are brought up now by keepers. AFP PHOTO / ROLF VENNENBERND GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read ROLF VENNENBERND/AFP/Getty Images)
Rolf Vennenbernd / DPA
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Chin up

Ya Kwanza, a silverback gorilla male, stands in its enclosure \"Gorilla's Camp\" at the Amneville zoo, eastern France, on April 04, 2012. Ya Kwanza arrived with seven other gorillas from other western zoos, as part of a the European breeding of Endangered species Programm (EEP) to promote their breeding. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (Photo credit should read JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
Jean-christophe Verhaegen / AFP
Image: Easter Lambs

Head butt

epa03170807 A brown Coburg Fox Sheep lamb stands next to its mother on a pasture in Bayreuth, Germany, 04 April 2012. EPA/DAVID EBENER
David Ebener / DPA
Image: Hippopotamuses cool off in a pond at a zoo on a hot day in New Delhi

Open wide

Hippopotamuses cool off in a pond at a zoo on a hot day in New Delhi April 4, 2012. The temperature reached 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in New Delhi, local media reported on Wednesday. REUTERS/B Mathur (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)
B Mathur / X01408
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