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Image: London Zoo's Annual Animal Stocktake

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Animal Tracks: Dec. 29 - Jan 5

Fancy flamingos, the annual zoo inventory in England, a very talented sea lion and more of this week's best animal photos

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Image: A long-eared owl sits on a branch of a pine tree at an equestrian center in Cagnoncles near Cambrai, northern France

Camouflaged

A long-eared owl sits on the branch of a pine tree at an equestrian center in Cagnoncles, France on Jan. 5.

Pascal Rossignol / X00234
Image: BRITAIN-OFFBEAT-ANIMALS

Cruching numbers

A black-capped squirrel monkey bites an abacus during the annual zoo inventory in London, on Jan. 5.

Justin Tallis / AFP
Image: BRITAIN-OFFBEAT-ANIMALS

Sign on the dotted line

A zookeeper holds a baby Philippine crocodile during the annual zoo inventory in London, on Jan. 5.

Justin Tallis / AFP
Image: London Zoo anuual stocktake

Line up!

A London Zoo employee holds a fish to bait penguins to get together for the annual zoo inventory in London, on Jan. 5.

Andy Rain / EPA
Image: London Zoo's Annual Animal Stocktake

What are you looking at?

A Sumatran tiger looks at visiting children during the London Zoo's annual zoo inventory in London, on Jan. 5.

Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Europe
Image: London Zoo's Annual Animal Stocktake

Serene swimmer

A penguin swims during the London Zoo's annual zoo inventory in London on Jan. 5.

Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Europe
Image: London Zoo's Annual Animal Stocktake

Pretty in pink

Flamingos stand in their enclosure during the London Zoo's annual zoo inventory in London on Jan. 5.

Dan Kitwood / Getty Images Europe
Image: A woman takes her souvenir picture with a white fox in front of ice sculptures illuminated by coloured lights during the opening day of the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin

Fox fondle

A woman takes a photo with a white fox in front of ice sculptures illuminated by colored lights during the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, China on Jan. 5.

Kim Kyung-hoon / X01368
Image: Bird feeding in Hungary

Bird snack

A great tit picks up sunflower seeds from a plastic bottle bird feeder in Hungary, on Jan. 4.

Tamas Soki / MTI
Image: Shadows in Berlin

Shadow play

A dog chases its own shadow as it walks with its owners, who also cast long shadows, while walking on a flagged square in Berlin on Jan. 4.

Lukasâ Schulze / DPA
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Break a leg

Ponta the monkey gestures to listen to a monkey trainer during their performance in Tokyo on Jan. 4.

Shizuo Kambayashi / AP
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Freestyle fish

Fish swim around at the Aquarium of the Americas on Jan. 2 in New Orleans.

Brynn Anderson / AP
Image: Swans in the Sky over Brandenburg

In formation

Swans fly in the sky above Lietzen, Germany on Jan. 3.

Patrick Pleul / DPA
Image: GERMANY-ANIMALS

Eating on the go

An 8-month-old Barbary macaques monkey eats from it's mother on Jan. 2.

DPA
Image: A dachshund and chihuahua walk side-by-side during the annual Key West Dachshund Walk in Key West

Hot dogs

A dachshund and Chihuahua walk side-by-side during the annual Key West Dachshund Walk in Key West, Florida on Dec. 31.

Rob O'neal / Florida Keys News Bureau
Image: GERMANY-ANIMALS

Tasty treat

A lama eats a Christmas tree on Dec. 31 in a zoo in Cologne, Germany.

Henning Kaiser / DPA
Image: GERMANY-ANIMALS

Snack attack

Elephants eat Christmas trees on Dec. 31 in a zoo in Cologne, Germany.

Henning Kaiser / DPA
Image: JAPAN-NEW YEAR-ANIMAL

Miraculous mammal

A sea lion paints a Chinese character for "sheep" in calligraphy as part of a New Year's Day attraction at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, Tokyo on Dec. 31.

Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP
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