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Animal Tracks: Feb. 24 - March 3

From a bright-eyed baby gorilla to two dogs passing time before the Iditerod, check out this week's round-up of the best animal photos from around the globe.

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Image: A pet prairie dog wears a whistle and a ribbon in Thailand's national colours in Bangkok's shopping district

Pretty as a prairie dog

A pet prairie dog wears a whistle and a ribbon in Thailand's national colors in Bangkok on March 1.

Damir Sagolj / X90027
Image: A goat wearing sunglasses stands near revellers parading during traditional Maracatu carnival in Nazare da Mata

Coolest goat in town

A goat wearing sunglasses stands near revellers parading during a carnival in Nazare da Mata, Brazil on March 2.

Ueslei Marcelino / X02828
Image: Panther cub on show in Austria

Working on my roar

A young panther named Maxxum practices his roar at the Salzburg Zoo in Austria on Feb. 25.

Zoo Salzburg / Handout / APA / ZOO SALZBURG
Image: Justin Savidis dogs await lineup in the musher lot before the official restart of the Iditarod dog sled race in Willow, Alaska

Head in a hole

Two dogs await lineup in the musher lot before the official restart of the Iditarod dog sled race in Willow, Alaska on March 2.

Nathaniel Wilder / X02580
Image: KOSOVO-ANIMALS-BEAR

Rescue bear

Kasandra, a rescued bear in Kosovo, plays in a bear sanctuary on March 1.

Armend Nimani / AFP
Image: Bunnies Attract Tourists To A Japanese Islet Okunoshima

Bunnies galore

Rabbits look for food at the beach on Okunoshima Island in Takehara, Japan on Feb. 24. The island, often called Usagi Jima or "Rabbit Island," is famous for its rabbit population that has taken over the island.

Chris Mcgrath / Getty Images AsiaPac
Image: Indonesian Sanctuary Helps To Save The Slow Loris From Extinction

Making faces

A slow loris licks its fur at a sanctuary for endangered animals on Feb. 27 in Bogor, Indonesia.

Ed Wray / Getty Images AsiaPac
Image: Wolf in wildlife park Schorfheide

Wolf of Wall Street

A wolf pauses in its enclosure at Wildpark Schorfheide in Germany on Feb. 24.

Patrick Pleul / DPA
Image: Sunbathing great titmouses

Seeing double

Two great titmouses sit on a tree with a snack at the natural reserve in Bad Wurzach, Germany on Feb. 25.

Felix Kã¤stle / DPA
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Penguin pack

Young Penguins are pictured in the Szeged Zoo in Hungary on Feb. 27.

Csaba Segesvari / AFP
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Stop to smell the flowers

Dogs stay among blossoming crocuses in Duesseldorf, Germany on Feb. 28.

Horst Ossinger / DPA
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Good morning gorilla

Yengo, a baby gorilla, begins to explore his enclosure at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany on Feb. 26. The baby gorilla was born on Dec. 2, 2013.

Hendrik Schmidt / DPA
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You can't phase her

Asiatic lion Shiva, the mother of three cubs, looks on as one of her cubs plays with her foot in the Besancon Zoo of France on Feb. 27.

Laurent Cipriani / AP
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Poised pelican

A pelican is seen at the Tiergarten Zoo in Straubing, Germany on Feb. 25.

Armin Weigel / DPA
Image: Newly born giraffe

Are you my mother?

A one-day-old giraffe nuzzles with her mother Iwana at the Zoo Artis in Amsterdam on March 2.

Robin Van Loinkhuijsen / ANP
Image: Baby orangutan at Taipei Zoo

Three generations

A baby orangutan named Niu-fang clings to her mother as her maternal grandmother looks on at the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan on March 1.

Taipei Zoo / Handout / TAIPEI ZOO
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