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Image: Four-week-old Florida Burrowing Owlets stand in their nest at a local park in Miami

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Animal Tracks: May 16 - 22

From a sleepy panda bear to 4-week-old baby owlets, get your cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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Sleepy bear

TOPSHOTS A Panda Bear sleeping in the Olympic Games Panda Bear enclosure at the Beijing Zoo on May 22, 2012. The zoo grounds were originally a Ming Dynasty imperial palace and finally opened to the public in 1908. The zoo's history states that during the WWII, most of the zoo's animals died of starvation with only 13 monkeys and one old emu surviving the war. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/GettyImages
Mark Ralston / AFP
Image: Ocelot offspring at Berlin zoo

Go Diego go

epa03229877 Ocelot offspring 'Diego' lies on the ground at the zoo in Berlin, Germany, 22 May 2012. Ocelot 'Diego' was born to mother 'Sara' on 10 March 2012. EPA/FLORIAN SCHUH
Florian Schuh / DPA
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Seeing stripes

An Siberian Tiger hides from the sun at the Beijing Zoo on May 22, 2012. The zoo grounds were originally a Ming Dynasty imperial palace and finally opened to the public in 1908. The zoo's history states that during the WWII, most of the zoo's animals died of starvation with only 13 monkeys and one old emu surviving the war. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/GettyImages
Mark Ralston / AFP
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Endangered dogs

This May 10, 2012, photo provided by the Minnesota Zoo shows a dhole with a pup at the zoo in Apple Valley, Minn. The zoo announced Monday, May 21, 2012, the birth of two litters of endangered dhole, also known as Asian wild dogs. The two litters were born April 12 and April 14 and are rare, according to the zoo, with only nine previously recorded in the United States. (AP Photo/Minnesota Zoo)
Minnesota Zoo
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Fly and be free!

During a rain shower a robin takes the air from a dead blackberry vine at the State of Oregon's Dean Creek Wildlife Area near Reedsport on Monday, May 21, 2012.(Credit Image: © Robin Loznak)
Robin Loznak / Robin Loznak
Image: A sea lion wears a solar viewer during an annular solar eclipse at an aquarium in Tokyo

Solar shades

A sea lion wears a solar viewer during an annular solar eclipse at an aquarium in Tokyo, in this picture by Yomiuri Shimbun May 21, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event on Monday - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/Yomiuri Shimbun (JAPAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANNIVERSARY DISASTER ANIMALS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. YES
Yomiuri / X01819
Image: A Black Stork is seen with its chicks on a nest in a forest near Kozliki

Feeding time

A Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is seen with its chicks on a nest in a forest near Kozliki village, west of Minsk, May 21, 2012. Picture taken May 21, 2012. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: ANIMALS)
Vasily Fedosenko / X00829
Image: Bees collects pollen of rose

Honey bee

epa03227017 A bee collects pollen from Evergold, a rose from Germany, at a rose garden in Tokyo, Japan, 20 May, 2012. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
Image: Amateur spider keeper Yegor Konkin displays a venomous Phormictopus antillensis spider on his face at his parents' apartment in the town of Minusinsk, south of Krasnoyarsk

Spider face

Amateur spider keeper Yegor Konkin, 23, displays a venomous Phormictopus antillensis spider on his face at his parents' apartment in the town of Minusinsk, some 425 km (264 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, May 20, 2012. Konkin, a hobbyist who has collected spiders for two years, lives in St.-Petersburg and in Minusinsk and keeps approximately 50 venomous spiders of various species, which are deadly to humans and other animals. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Ilya Naymushin / X01151
Image: A White-bellied Spider Monkey ( Ateles belzebuth) sits inside his enclosure at Huachipa Zoo in Lima

Yogi monkey

A White-bellied Spider Monkey ( Ateles belzebuth) sits inside his enclosure at Huachipa Zoo in Lima May 19, 2012. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo(PERU - Tags: ANIMALS)
Mariana Bazo / X00023
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Hanging in there

Mick, a baby Kangaroo watches from a pouch as his brother Teddy is held by Chase Martin for a photograph at Zooworld in Panama City Beach, Fla. Saturday May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The News Herald/Panama City, Fla., Andrew P Johnson) MANDATORY CREDIT
Andrew P Johnson / The News Herald/Panama City, FL
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Puppy love

Sammy rests on top of his brother, Bobby, inside their cage at the SPCA adoption drive outside of Petsense in Kinston, N.C., Saturday, May 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Zach Frailey)
Zach Frailey / Daily Free Press
Image: Watermelon Festival

Run away!

Baby ducks run away from the reach of children at the petting zoo during the 67th Annual Watermelon Festival on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Newberry, Fla. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Matt Stamey) THE INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR OUT
Matt Stamey / The Gainesville Sun
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The thinker

A rhesus macaque relaxes in its enclosure after eating watermelon, provided by zookeepers to help the monkeys deal with hot summer temperatures, at the Kamla Nehru Zoological Gardens in Ahmedabad on May 18, 2012. The rhesus monkey (macaca mulatta) is native to northern India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burma, Thailand, Afghanistan and southern China. AFP PHOTO / Sam PANTHAKYSAM PANTHAKY/AFP/GettyImages
Sam Panthaky / AFP
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Elephant crossing

A herd of wild elephants from the nearby Rani forest reserve are seen in wetlands at Mikir village in the outskirts of Guwahati on May 19, 2012. At least 25 wild elephants were sighted foraging for food in the wetlands late May 18. AFP PHOTO/STRSTRDEK/AFP/GettyImages
Strdek / AFP
Image: Sheepdogs Are Auctioned At Skipton

Sheepdogs for sale

SKIPTON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Sheepdog Spot sits on the sidelines after being sold before the start Skipton Auction Mart's sheepdog auction on May 18, 2012 in Skipton, England. Craven Cattle Marts (CCM), in the Yorkshire Dales, are world reknowned for their sheepdog auctions with buyers bidding for some of the countries best bred border collies. In 2010 a world record price of 5145 GBP was each paid for sheepdogs Ron and Rex. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Christopher Furlong / Getty Images Europe
Image: Humboldt Penguin Chicks At SeaWorld San Diego

Penguin pose

SAN DIEGO, CA - MAY 17: In this handout image provided by Seaworld, five Humboldt penguin chicks seem to pose perfectly for a picture at SeaWorld San Diego on May 17, 2012 in San Diego, California The chicks, which hatched at the marine-life park within the last two months, were raised by their parents until the age of 30 days when penguin keepers took over rearing and are teaching them to accept food from humans. Native to Peru and Chile, Humboldts are a threatened species. SeaWorld San Diego has a colony of more than 40 adults, which can be seen during a behind-the-scenes tour. (Photo by Mike Aguilera/Seaworld via Getty Images)
Handout / Getty Images North America
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Mom and baby

LA Zoo
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Open wide

A male House Sparrow flies up to a bluebird box with an insect to feed its nestlings Thursday afternoon, May 17, 2012, next to the Columbia County offices along Sawmill Road, in Bloomsburg, Pa. The House Sparrows compete with Eastern Bluebirds, House Wrens Tree Swallows and other cavity-nesting birds for the nest boxes. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Jimmy May)
Jimmy May / Bloomsburg Press Enterprise
Image: Four-week-old Florida Burrowing Owlets stand in their nest at a local park in Miami

Owl eyes

Four-week-old Florida Burrowing Owlets stand in their nest at a local park in Miami, Florida, May 16, 2012. REUTERS/Rhona Wise (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS)
Rhona Wise / X00302
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Punk poodle

White , a 3-year-old poodle, looks at visitors touring a pet fair in Bangkok on Thursday, May 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Sakchai Lalit / AP
Image: WOMBAT JOEY MELBOURNE ZOO

Sweet wombats

epa03222052 A southern-hairy nosed wombat emerges from underneath the belly of its parent at Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne, Australia, 16 May 2012. The baby, in Australian known as a joey, is the first of this species to be born at Melbourne Zoo. EPA/JULIAN SMITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT
Julian Smith / AAP
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