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Image: Baby chameleon at Cottbus Zoo

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Animal Tracks: July 3 - 10

From a curious chameleon to a newborn penguin, get your cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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Happy feet

On July 9, Chicago's Shedd Aquarium announced the June birth of a healthy Rockhopper penguin chick and released this photo of the baby's first photo op.

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Brenna Hernandez
Image: Crowds flock to the 155th Great Yorkshire Show

Shaggy sheep

A rare breed of sheep waits in its stall at the Great Yorkshire Show agricultural event on July 9 in Harrogate, England.

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Image: First Day Of The Great Yorkshire Show

Patient and serene

A Highland calf waits in her stall at the Great Yorkshire Show on July 9 in Harrogate, England.

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Thirsty birds

Ostrich chicks drink water from a pool in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany on July 9.

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Image: A man rides a bicycle as he carries his dog on his shoulders in Mumbai

Man's best friend

A man rides a bicycle as he carries his dog on his shoulders in Mumbai, India on July 9.

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Protective mama

A mother barn owl protects her babies at the Amneville Zoo in France on July 8.

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Majestic macaw

A scarlet macaw perches at the Amneville Zoo in France on July 8.

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Third wheel

Two black-tailed prairie dogs play at the Amneville Zoo in France on July 8 while a third looks on.

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Tired tapir

A baby tapir rests with its mother at the Amneville Zoo in France on July 8.

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Feeding time

A newborn panda cub is fed by a zookeeper in an incubator at the Taipei City Zoo on July 7.

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Image: Lion Cubs Debut At Monarto Zoo

Can't wait to be king

A lion cub explores its enclosure at Monarto Zoo in Adelaide, Australia. Three Lion cubs, born in April, made their public debut on July 8.

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Image: Baby chameleon at Cottbus Zoo

Color me green

A baby chameleon crawls on a branch at the zoo in Chemnitz, Germany on July 5. Cottbus Zoo is exhibiting 36 mini chameleons that were born in May.

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Patriotic pup

A dog watches the Independence Day parade on July 4 in Takoma Park, Md.

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Image: An unnamed new born male giraffe is seen with his half-brother, Dave, at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago

Brotherly love

A newborn male giraffe is seen with his half-brother, Dave, at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago on July 3.

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I see you

This view of a snowy owl was captured at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on July 3.

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Who's that?

A polar bear stares at its reflection in the water on July 3, a rainy summer day, at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

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Blissed out

A sea lion relaxes at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on July 3.

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Image: An endangered Southern Pudu, the world's smallest deer, is seen at a zoo in New York

Pocket-sized pudu

An endangered southern pudu, the world's smallest deer, is seen at The Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens Zoo in New York on July 9.

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Cool treat

A lion enjoys an ice block at the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan on July 9.

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Image: Seven Lion Cubs born At Himeji Central Park

Baby bellies

A zookeeper holds 9-day-old lioness cubs at Himeji Central Park in Japan on July 9.

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Image: Newly-born monkey at Taipei Zoo

Caught in the rain

A baby long-tailed macaque sits on the back of its mother during a drizzle at Taipei Zoo in Taiwan on July 5.

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Image: A Lemur catta family at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem

Hitchin' a ride

A baby lemur hangs on to a family member at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo on July 4.

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Pretty pelicans

Pelicans nuzzle at the Dresden Zoo in Germany on July 3.

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Stopping to smell the flowers

A baby gorilla examines a flower on the grounds of the new monkey house at the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany on July 3.

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