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Animal Tracks: June 9-15

A fuzzy baby wolf and 12 more of the week's best animal photos

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Getting pretty

Janet Schoen from Germany prepares a Bichon Frise prior to judging in the 3rd National and International Dog Grooming Championships in Erfurt, Germany, on June 14.

Jens Schlueter / Getty Images Europe
Image: A man holds a long-tailed mayfly at Tisza river near Tiszainoka, southeast of Budapest

Lift off

A man holds a long-tailed mayfly at Tisza river near Tiszainoka, southeast of Budapest, on June 13. Millions of these short-lived mayflies engage in a frantic rush to mate and reproduce before they perish in just a few hours during "Tiszaviragzas" or Tisza blooming season from late spring to early summer every year.

Laszlo Balogh / X90146
Image: The armadillo called Norman, Germany's World Cup oracle, approaches the soccer ball representing Germany as he makes his prediction for the team's opening World Cup match against Portugal on June 16, at the zoo in the western city of Muenster

Oracle armadillo

The armadillo called Norman, Germany's World Cup oracle, approaches the soccer ball representing Germany as he makes his prediction for the team's opening World Cup match a zoo in Muenster, Germany, on June 13.

Ina Fassbender / X00970
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Swan lake

Swans are pictured on the river Elde, Germany, on June 12.

Jens Buttner / DPA
Image: A dolphin jumps out of the water to knock a soccer ball in the air as part of an event in support of Japan's national soccer team at the 2014 World Cup during a show at Shinagawa Aqua Stadium aquarium in Tokyo

Play ball!

A dolphin jumps out of the water to knock a soccer ball in the air as part of an event in support of Japan's national soccer team at the 2014 World Cup during a show at Shinagawa Aqua Stadium aquarium in Tokyo, on June 13.

Issei Kato / X90003
Image: Japan's Black Cats Only Cat Cafe

Classy cats

Black cats sit at the Black Cat Cafe in Himeji, Japan, on June 11. The cafe originally opened as a regular 'cat cafe' where clients could pet different kinds of cats, but in September 2013 the cafe re-opened as black cat only cafe.

Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images AsiaPac
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Munchies

A camel feeds a piece of a branch at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on June 11.

Caroline Seidel / dpa
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Fuzzy baby

A baby wolf is pictured in a zoo in Eberswalde, Germany, on June 10.

Patrick Pleul / DPA
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Fabulous flamingos

Flamingos stay in rain in a zoo in Eberswalde, Germany, on June 10.

Patrick Pleul / DPA
Image: Cosentini and his dog named Panada prepare to ride off during the Friday the 13th biker rally in Port Dover

Hitching a ride

John Cosentini and his dog named Panada prepare to ride off during the Friday the 13th biker rally in Port Dover, Ontario, on June 13.

Aaron Harris / X03166
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Deep in thought

A chimpanzee is seen at the zoo in Abidjan, Cote d'lvoire on June 12.

Sia Kambou / AFP
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Sea lion island

A telephoto view from an approaching coast guard boat shows sea lions covering an entire surface of one of the Palomino Islands, home to a young sea lion, nicknamed Ringo, in the Pacific waters off Peru, near the port of El Callao, on June 11.

Sebastian Castaã±eda / AP
Image: Pentecost Tournament Wiesbaden

Horsing around

A man on his horse 'Totilas' competes in the Grand Prix Special at the Pentecost Tournament in Wiesbaden, Germany, on June 9.

Fredrik Von Erichsen / DPA
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