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Animal Tracks: Oct. 9 - 16

From a baby orangutan to a zonkey, get your cuteness fix with photos of adorable animals great and small.

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Heed the call

A stork stands on a stop sign in Germany on Oct. 15.

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Hold on tight

Gorilla Shira holds her baby at the Frankfurt Zoo in Germany on Oct. 15. The young gorilla was born on October 12.

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Perched pigeons

Pigeons rest at Kotzia Square in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 15.

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Image: Handout shows a male giant panda cub inside its birth box at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna

Sleepyhead

A male giant panda cub lies down inside of its birth box at the Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 14. The panda cub, which is still unnamed, was born on August 14.

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Image: A plane approaches to land as starlings fly at Fiumicino international airport in Rome

Flying in formation

A plane makes its descent as starlings fly at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome on Oct.14.

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Incredible iguana

A green iguana expands its dewlap, as it sits in the sun in Key Biscayne, Fla., on Oct. 14.

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Tasty treat

A squirrel monkey reaches into a pumpkin for a treat at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Oct. 11.

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Keep your head up

A Belgian team member holds the head of a white standard poodle during the World Team Dog Grooming Championships in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 13.

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Image: New Born Elephants Appear At The Safari Zoo In Israel

Mom-made shelter

Newborn Asian elephant calf, Lalana, plays at the Safari Zoo on Oct. 13 in Ramat Gan, Israel. Lalana was born one week ago.

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Turtle breeding

An olive ridley sea turtle arrives to spawn during a nesting at Ixtapilla beach in Aquila, Mexico, on Oct. 13.

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Image: Boreal Owl in Poland

Little owl, big eyes

A boreal owl greets the press after arriving at the Wild Animal Rehabilitation Center in Szczecin, Poland, on Oct. 12.

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'Dyeing' to compete

With hair dyed in the colors of the Spanish flag, Fran prepares to take part in the World Dog Agility Championships in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 11.

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Smart monkey

Dan Zapashny of Russia performs with his chimpanzee, Malta, during the opening of the World Festival of Circus Art in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 11.

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First for Brazil

A young gray-headed kite, the first bird of its species to be born in Brazil, waits to be fed by its mother at the zoo of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 11.

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A zonkey?

Ippo, a 3-month-old zonkey, a cross between a zebra and a donkey, stands in its pen in a reserve in Florence, Italy, on Oct. 11.

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Image: Northern white-cheeked gibbon in Wroclaw's zoo

Steely stare

A northern white-cheeked gibbon rests at the zoo in Wroclaw, Poland, on Oct. 11.

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Beautiful breach

A southern right whale breaches near the shore of Muizenberg Beach in False Bay, Cape Town, on Oct. 11.

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Image: Zoo Atlanta eastern black rhinoceros

Keeping watch

Andazi, a 7-year-old eastern black rhinoceros, keeps an eye on her newborn calf at Zoo Atlanta on Oct. 11. The calf was born on August 17 and was recently allowed to come out of its enclosure at the zoo.

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Black and yellow

A butterfly rests on a branch at the Museum of Natural History's butterfly conservatory in New York on Oct. 10.

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Image: Kangaroo offspring at Berlin zoo

Mother and son

Yellow-footed rock-wallaby baby Noah stands next to its mother on a rock in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 11.

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Orphaned cubs

Twin lion cubs meet the press on Oct. 9 in Baltimore, Maryland. Their mother Badu died days after giving birth to the cubs.

The zoo said the cubs, one male and one female, appear healthy. They are the first lion cubs to be born at the Maryland Zoo.

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Hello!

Four-month-old orangutan Rizki is seen inside his cage at the Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Oct. 10.

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Image: An unnamed Amur leopard baby is seen in the Tete-d'Or zoo during a press presentation in Lyon

Little leopard

An unnamed Amur leopard baby sits at the Tete-d'Or zoo in Lyon, France, on Oct. 9. The cub was born two months ago.

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Keep your eyes ahead

A baby hippo born on Oct. 3 swims at the Gulf Breeze Zoo in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

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