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Animal Tracks: March 17 -23

An adorable meerkat family and 15 more of this week's best animal photos

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In the shadows

A lion at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich on March 17.

— Nicolas Armer / DPA
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Seal splash

A fur seal at Isla de Lobos, a small island located about eight km off the coast of Punta del Este, Uruguay, on March 19.

— Pablo Porciuncula / AFP
Image: A two-week-old critically endangered Oryx calf named Rolih is seen at television presenter Anna Ryder Richardson's zoo near Tenby, West Wales

Galloping calf

A two-week-old critically endangered Oryx calf named Rolih at television presenter Anna Ryder Richardson's zoo near Tenby, West Wales on March 18.

— Rebecca Naden / X03075
Image: A butterfly takes off in the Pollinator Garden at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles

Fingerfly?

A butterfly takes off in the Pollinator Garden at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles on March 20.

— Lucy Nicholson / X90050
Image: Flower heralding the start of spring in full blossom

Spring colors

Starlings find their place amid field mustard, a symbolic flower to herald the start of spring, at a park in Tokyo on March 19.

— Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
Image: Eve of New Persian Year

Swimming about

A close-up view of goldfish for sale at a street market in Tehran, Iran on March 20. Buying goldfish and flowers is one of the traditions for Iranians during the eve of the New Year.

— Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA
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Family photo

Three meerkat cubs cuddle adult animals in their outdoor enclosure at the zoo in Erfurt, Germany on March 19.

— Jens Meyer / AP
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Tongue out!

Twin polar bear cubs play during their first presentation to the media at Hellabrunn zoo in Munich on March 19.

— Alexandra Beier / Getty Images Europe
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Getting out for spring

Giant Panda Tian Tian is seen his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C., on March 20.

— Karen Bleier / AFP
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Peering panda

A red panda named Yan at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich on March 18.

— Nicolas Armer / DPA
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Peek-a-boo

A Siberian tiger at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich on March 17.

— Nicolas Armer / DPA
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Standing storks

White storks warm in the sun on a first day of spring at the Rehabilitation Center for Protected Animals in Przemysl, Poland on March 20

— Darek Delmanowicz / PAP
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Getting some sun

Turtles sun themselves on a log at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. on March 20.

— Karen Bleier / AFP
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Lions in the brush

Lions play in their enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. on March 20.

— Karen Bleier / AFP
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Snack time

A elephant eats bamboo in his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. on March 20.

— Karen Bleier / AFP
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Water racing

A Gentoo penguin swims through its basin at the Tierpark Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, Germany, on March 18.

— Nicolas Armer / DPA
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