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Animal Tracks: Aug. 18 - 25

A curious monkey, two cozy polar bears, and more of this week's best animal photos

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Image: Animal centre is filled to capacity during the holiday season

High five

A cat plays in the animal centre in Hanover, Germany, on Aug. 22.

Julian Stratenschulte / DPA
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Gopher a walk

A Squirrel on a paved road in Company Gardens, a heritage site located in the city center of Cape Town, South Africa, on Aug. 22.

Schalk Van Zuydam / AP
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Happy panda

Panda Mei Xiang munches on a snack during her baby Bao Bao's first birthday ceremony at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, on Aug. 23.

Mandel Ngan / AFP
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Sweet dreams

8-month-old polar bear twins Nobby and Nela sleep in their enclosure of the Tierpark Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, Germany, on Aug. 22.

Stephan Jansen / DPA
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Did you get my good side?

An Ukrainian Levkoy purebred cat poses for a photographer at a fair in Leipzig, Germany, on Aug. 24.

Hendrik Schmidt / DPA
Image: Leopard cub Pelangi at the zoo

Ready for a picnic

A Javanese leopard cub named Pelangi is presented at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Germany, on Aug. 22.

Wolfgang Kumm / DPA
Image: A femal dog feeds two-day-old tiger cubs and her puppy at a zoo in Hefei

Adopted

A female dog feeds two-day-old tiger cubs and her puppy at a zoo in Hefei, China, on Aug. 22.

Jianan Yu / X02034
Image: A monkey chews ice-cream in a pond surrounded by carps at a zoo in Hefei

Cooling down

A monkey chews ice-cream in a pond surrounded by carps at a zoo in Hefei, China, on Aug. 22.

Jianan Yu / X02034
Image: Cooper the dog poses for a portrait during the Irish Redhead Convention in the village of Crosshaven in County Cork

Don't be fooled - he's a natural blonde

Cooper the dog poses for a portrait during the Irish Redhead Convention in County Cork, Ireland, on Aug. 23.

Cathal Mcnaughton / X02612
Image: Zoo owner gives a kiss to a giant Japanese Koi carp while children watch, as part of the zoo's newest attraction dubbed \"The World of Kois\", in Malabon city

Fish kiss

Zoo owner Manny Tangco gives a kiss to a giant Japanese Koi carp while children watch, as part of the zoo's newest attraction dubbed "The World of Kois", in Malabon City, Manila, on Aug. 22.

Romeo Ranoco / X00226
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Head-to-head

Elephants nuzzle trunks in their enclosure at a zoo in Muenster, Germany, on Aug. 18.

Patrik Stollarz / AFP
Image: London Zoo Staff Conduct Their Annual Weigh In For the Animals

Hope he doesn't spit!

Keeper Jack Sargent measures Perry, a 6-foot-tall llama, during the annual weigh-in at the London Zoo, on Aug. 21.

Over 800 zoos and aquariums in nearly 80 countries submit animal measurement data to the Zoological Information Management System so zoologists can compare information on thousands of endangered species around the world.

Oli Scarff / Getty Images Europe
Image: London Zoo Staff Conduct Their Annual Weigh In For the Animals

My, what long legs you have

A 'jungle nymph' is measured during the annual weigh-in at the London Zoo, on Aug. 21.

Oli Scarff / Getty Images Europe
Image: A leopard walks towards a lagoon at Yala National Park

Blending in

A leopard walks towards a lagoon at Yala National Park in Sri Lanka, on Aug. 21.

Dinuka Liyanawatte / X02763
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Curious George

A squirrel monkey looks into the camera at the London Zoo, on Aug. 21.

Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP
Image: London Zoo Staff Conduct Their Annual Weigh In For the Animals

Hoo, me?

Max, an eagle owl, is weighed during the annual weigh-in at the London Zoo, on Aug. 21.

Oli Scarff / Getty Images Europe
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Fast draw

A hummingbird flies in a garden in Pereira, Colombia, on Aug. 20.

Luis Acosta / AFP
Image: Hucul horses on a pasture

Horseplay

A Hucul horse of the Experimental Institute for Animal Production frolics on a pasture in Rudawka Rymanowska, Poland, on Aug. 19.

Darek Delmanowicz / PAP
Image: GERMANY-ANIMALS-ZOO

Lazy day afternoon

A Siberian tiger dozes in its enclosure at the Muenster Zoo in Germany, on Aug. 18.

Patrik Stollarz / AFP
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The mighty jungle

A lion sits and watches visitors in its enclosure at the Muenster Zoo in Germany, on Aug. 18.

Patrik Stollarz / AFP
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