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Pets

Animal Tracks: Feb. 14 - 20

From a hungry baby bird to a cross-eyed lion, get your cuteness fix with creatures great and small.

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Nibbling away

A squirrel in Salina, Kan., nibbles on a kernal of corn Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 13, 2013.
Tom Dorsey / SALINA JOURNAL
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Feed me!

A young Brotogeris Jugularis or Parakeet, also known\"bronceado,\" is feed by a veterinarian at an animal shelter west of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Sponsored by Bogota's Ministry of Environment, the shelter receives between 3,000 and 3,500 wild animals a year; some seized from poachers and others found hurt. An estimated $560,000 U.S. dollars are spent in the recovery and care of these animals. Seventy percent of rescued animals are reintroduced to their habitat and the remaining 30% are sent to zoos around the country.
Fernando Vergara / AP
Image: Circus on Fontanka

Pooch performance

An artist and a dog perform their new program at the Circus on Fontanka in St. Petersburg, Russia, 17 February 2012.
Anatoly Maltsev / EPA
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I see you

A 15-day-old night monkey sits in a veterinarian's palm at a temporary shelter west of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Sponsored by Bogota's Ministry of Environment, the shelter receives between 3,000 and 3,500 wild animals a year; some seized from poachers and others found hurt. An estimated $560,000 U.S. dollars are spent in the recovery and care of these animals. Seventy percent of rescued animals are reintroduced to their habitat and the remaining 30% are sent to zoos around the country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Fernando Vergara / AP
Image: Kyrgyzstan International Cat Show 2013

Wide-eyed

A cat is displayed at the International Cat Show in Bishkek onSaturday. The two-day International Cat Show held by World Cat Federation kicked off here Saturday displaying more than 80 kinds of cats.
Roman / Xinhua
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Team effort

Sledge dogs pull their musher as they compete in the sledge dog European Championships in Haidmuehle, southern Germany, on February 16, 2013. Around 200 mushers with 2,000 dogs are taking part in the event. AFP PHOTO / ARMIN WEIGEL GERMANY OUTARMIN WEIGEL/AFP/Getty Images
Armin Weigel / DPA
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Stretch!

An owner holds her Oriental Shorthair cat during a cat exhibition in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on February 16, 2013. Cats owners from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gathered today in Bishkek to show off their pets.
Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP
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Sitting tall

A male three week old giraffe calf at the Santiago's Metropolitan Park, in Santiago, Chile, 15 February 2013. This zoo is the principal breeding centerfor giraffes in South America.
Felipe Trueba / EFE
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What a boar!

A wild boar stands in the snow in a wildlife park in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on February 15, 2013.
Franziska Kraufmann / DPA
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Game face

A Canadian Sphynx cat looks on during a cat exhibition in the Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek on February 16, 2013. Cats owners from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan gathered today in Bishkek to show off their pets.
Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP
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Hitching a ride

Gorilla mother Jamani, and her baby Bomassa roam the Forest Glade exhibit at The North Carolina Zoo, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Asheboro, N.C. Later this year, the zoo is expecting its third successful gorilla birth in less than a year.
Jerry Wolford / News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
Image: Killer Whale Kasatka Gives Birth At SeaWorld San Diego

Baby's breath

In this handout photo provided by SeaWorld San Diego, members of SeaWorld's zoological team watch as a baby killer whale takes a breath at SeaWorld San Diego's Shamu Stadium February 14, 2013 in San Diego, California. The mother, a killer whale named Kasatka, who is approximately 37 years old, gave birth to the calf this morning at 6:33 a.m. under the watchful eyes of SeaWorld's zoological team. The calf is estimated to weigh between 300 and 350 pounds and measure 6 to 7 feet. The gender of the calf is not yet known. As with any killer whale birth, the mother and calf will be observed round the clock for the first few days.
Handout / Getty Images North America
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Cross purposes

Lion Joco lies in his enclosure at Zoo in Erfurt, Germany,Thursday Feb. 14, 2013. He was born cross eyed last year at the Hannover Zoo.
Marc Tirl / dpa
Image: Minneapolis News - Feb. 13, 2013

As the crows fly

Crows file in from around the area to roost in Loring Park trees every night. This was taken about 11:00 pm. [ TOM WALLACE å´ twallace@startribune.com _ Assignments #20027659A_ Feburary 10, 2013_ SLUG: 1birds022013 _ EXTRA INFORMATION: In the winter, as afternoons start to fade, you might notice lines of crows flying towards a central location. The lines will come from all directions towards a central spot. Crows are flying from all over to a central night roost location. Studies suggest that crows will fly as far as 20 miles from their roost spot foraging for food during the day. Then in late afternoon, they fly back to the roosting spot. A roost could have literally thousands of birds gathering to it. IÌ¥m not sure of the exact numbers of the Minneapolis roost, but it would not surprise me if it went past 100,000 crows.
Tom Wallace / Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Shelling point

Olive Ridley turtle return to the Bay of Bengal sea after laying eggs at the Rushikulya river mouth beach in Ganjam district, 140 kilometers (88 miles) south of Bhubaneswar, India, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. Olive Ridley turtles nest their eggs in parts of the Bay of Bengal Sea's Orissa coast.
Biswaranjan Rout / AP
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A visit from the stork

A stork sits on his snowy nest in Straubing, southern Germany, on February 14, 2013. It's becoming more and more common that the migratory birds stay in Bavaria during the winter period or turn back early from the South.
Armin Weigel / DPA
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