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Image: Animal keeper wraps a Golden Brushtail Possum in a blanket at Wildlife Sydney animal park

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Animal Tracks: March 7-14

From a cloned baby goat to a possum wrapped in a blanket; get your daily cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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Feathery flamingos

TOPSHOTS A pair of Caribbean flamingos extend their necks during courtship at the Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo on March 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images)
Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP
Image: First Pashmina goat cloned

World's first cloned goat

epa03144376 Noori, a cloned Pashmina goat is seen inside sheep breeding centre at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K) in Alastang some 25 Kilometers from Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 14 March 2012. SKUAST have reportedly successfully cloned the first Pashmina goat. According to a statement issued by University the healthy female kid was born on March 9 using a foster mother and it took two years for standardisation of the technique. Pashmina, a fine wool, is obtained from the fleece of Pashmina goat -Capra Hircus- found in Himalayas. EPA/FAROOQ KHAN
Farooq Khan / EPA
Image: Gorilla Offspring at Hanover Zoo

Beautiful baby gorilla

epa03144257 Gorilla Melima holds her four-day-old gorilla baby at Hanover Zoo in Hanover, Germany, 14 March 2012. The gorilla mother has been hiding her offspring so deftly that animal keepers have not yet been able to determine its sex. EPA/HOLGER HOLLEMANN
Holger Hollemann / DPA
Image: Street musician James Bowen busks with cat Bob in Covent Garden in London

Street musician and his cat

Street musician James Bowen busks with cat Bob in Covent Garden in London March 13, 2012. Bowen has written a book named \"A Street Cat Named Bob\" about the experiences of the then homeless pair and how they met. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
Luke Macgregor / X01981
Image: Bird on tree

Bird on a branch

epa03143251 A bird sits on a tree during the twilight hour in Zurich, Switzerland, 13 March 2012. EPA/ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA
Alessandro Della Bella / KEYSTONE
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Momma bear

A mother bear plays with one of three polar bear cubs born in November last year, at the Moscow Zoo, in Moscow, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. The cubs have only recently been revealed to the public as they have mostly stayed in the seclusion of their den. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
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Balmy beaver

TOPSHOTS A beaver sleeps on a branch inside his enclosure at the \"ZOOM\" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Patrik Stollarz / AFP
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Hello there!

A group of meerkat stand and watch visitors in an enclosure at the \"ZOOM\" Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on March 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (Photo credit should read PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)
Patrik Stollarz / AFP
Image: Rabbit eats snodrops

Munchin' away

epa03142018 A picture made available on 12 March 2012 shows a rabbit sitting on a maedow and eating snowdrops in Sieversdorf, Germany, 09 March 2012. EPA/PATRICK PLEUL
Patrick Pleul / DPA
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Energy boost

A bird approaches to collect nectar as flowers bloom marking the arrival of spring season in Agartala, India, Monday, March 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Sushanta Das)
Sushanta Das / AP
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Best in show

Elizabeth, a Lhasa Apso from Coventry is held near the trophy after winning the Best in Show category of the Crufts Dog Show at The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, central England, on March 11, 2012. The annual event sees dog breeders from around the world compete in a number of competitions with one dog going on to win the \"Best in Show\". TOPSHOTS/AFP PHOTO/PAUL ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Paul Ellis / AFP
Image: Ted Turner donates $1 million to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

Piggyback

epa03138634 Two-year-old Henry rides the back of his mother Kuchi inside a Western lowland gorilla habitat at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia USA on 09 March 2012. CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner announced his donation of $1 million to the Zoo Atlanta-based Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, toward helping save endangered gorillas in eastern Congo. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
Erik S. Lesser / EPA
Image: Dogs And Owners Gather For 2012 Crufts Dog Show

Piggyback, part II

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 10: A dog and its owner perform a routine in the main arena on Day three of Crufts at the Birmingham NEC Arena on March 10, 2012 in Birmingham, England. During the annual four-day competition nearly 22,000 dogs and their owners will compete for a variety of accolades, ultimately seeking the coveted title of 'Best In Show'. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Europe
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Animal kisses

Karin Hendrickson embraces her team leader Hatchet in Takotna, Alaska, during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Marc Lester)
Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News
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Animal kisses, part II

Cash Hadley kisses a goat at the Miracle Rodeo at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Ala., on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. The event caters to special needs children and adults and helps to kick off the Southeastern Livestock Exposition Rodeo this weekend. (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Amanda Sowards)
Amanda Sowards / MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER
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Hedgehog hold

Cincinnati Zoo nursery keeper Dawn Strasser holds a one-month-old hedgehog, Thursday, March 8, 2012, at the nursery in Cincinnati. Two male and two female hedgehogs were born Feb. 4 and are being hand raised by the nursery keepers until they are old enough to be included in the zoo's animal outreach program. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Al Behrman / AP
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Peekaboo kangaroo

A baby kangaroo looks out from his mother's pouch in the Erfurt zoo, central Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Jens Meyer / AP
Image: A barbed fence is covered in spiderwebs, formed as spiders escape from flood waters, in Wagga Wagga

Fleeing the floods

A barbed fence is covered in spiderwebs, formed as spiders escape from flood waters, in Wagga Wagga March 7, 2012. The Murrumbidgee river is slowly receding after reaching 10.56 m (34 feet) on March 6. Emergency services lifted the evacuation order for Wagga Wagga's central business district (CBD) but it remains in place for several towns across the region. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ANIMALS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)
Daniel Munoz / X01439
Image: Animal keeper wraps a Golden Brushtail Possum in a blanket at Wildlife Sydney animal park

Photogenic possum

An animal keeper wraps a six-month-old Golden Brushtail Possum in a blanket at Wildlife Sydney animal park March 7, 2012. Although rare, the Golden Brushtail Possum is still found in the wild in areas of Tasmania, an island state south of the Australian mainland. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
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