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Image: A dog sits under a sun umbrella on Sao Conrado beach in Rio de Janeiro

Pets

Animal Tracks: June 1 - June 8

From a dog at the beach to a hippo getting his teeth brushed, get your cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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Underwater elephant

Visitors watch an elephant bathing in the newly opened elephant park in the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland on June 8.

— Patrick B. Kraemer / KEYSTONE
Image: A dog sits under a sun umbrella on Sao Conrado beach in Rio de Janeiro

Hot dog

On June 8, dog sits under an umbrella on a Sao Conrado beach prior to the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

— Darren Staples / X01323
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Puppy pride

A dog named Neron participates in the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York on June 8.

— Seth Wenig / AP
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Mirror image

A penguin is mirrored in a small pond while starting to dive in the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland on June 7.

— Patrick B. Kraemer / KEYSTONE
Image: Two chihuahuas in a bicycle basket

Along for the ride

Two chihuahuas sit in a bicycle basket in Mainz, Germany, on June 6.

— Fredrik Von Erichsen / DPA
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Tired tiger

A Siberian tiger yawns at the zoo in Schwerin, Germany, on June 5.

— Jens Buettner / dpa-Zentralbild
Image: One-month-old white Bengal tiger cub is pictured at the zoo in Tbilisi

Tiny tiger

A 1-month-old white Bengal tiger cub growls at the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 5.

— David Mdzinarishvili / X01222
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Reaching

A giraffe tries to reach some leaves at the zoo in Schwerin, Germany, on June 5.

— Jens Buettner / dpa
Image: An Indian peafowl spreads its tail feathers at a zoo in Tbilisi

Wonderfully white

A white Indian peacock spreads its tail feathers at the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 5.

— David Mdzinarishvili / X01222
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Charming cheetah

One of three cheetahs born on April 16 sits in the enclosure at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo on June 5.

— Ronald Zak / AP
Image: A rhinoceros walks inside its enclosure at the zoo in Tbilisi

Horn head

A rhinoceros walks at the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 5.

— David Mdzinarishvili / X01222
Image: Ring-tailed lemurs are pictured inside their enclosure at the zoo in Tbilisi

Sticking together

Ring-tailed lemurs play at the zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, on June 5.

— David Mdzinarishvili / X01222
Image: Cattle egret nestlings at Schwerin zoo

Nesting

Four baby egrets sit in their nest at the Schwerin Zoo in Germany on June 5.

— Jens Buettner / DPA
Image: Zoo Workers Clean Hippopotamus' Teeth In Japan

Tooth polish

A zoo employee cleans the teeth of a 30-year-old hippopotamus named Kiboko at Himeji Zoo in Japan on June 4. Kiboko's teeth cleaned annually as a way to educate children on teeth cleaning.

— Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images AsiaPac
Image: HUNGARY-ANIMAL-WHITE LIONS

Play time

Two 8-week-old white lion cubs, Mombasa and Nala, play in their new home in Abony, Hungary, on June 3. The brother and sister lions, one of the rarest animals on the planet, were born on April 1, 2014 in northern Italy, but were brought last month to a private zoo in Abony, Budapest.

— Attila Kisbenedek / AFP
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Here there be dragons

Two Komodo dragons walk around at the Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia on June 2.

— Juni Kriswanto / AFP
Image: Koala trio asleep at the Toranga Zoo in Sydney

Cuddling koalas

Three koala joeys, Sydney, Milli and Tucker, sleep together at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia on June 1.

— Ellen Wilson/taronga Zoo / AAP/TARONGA ZOO
Image: Baby elk in Hanau

Shaky start

A baby elk walks curiously but cautiously around its enclosure at the zoo in Hanau, Germany, on June 1.

— Borisâ Roessler / DPA
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