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Pets

Animal Tracks: Sept. 5 - 11

From a licking lizard to a hooded falcon, a "killer" rabbit to a cuddling tiger cub, get your cuteness fix with irresistible photos of creatures great and small.

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Image: Farmers walk with their flock of sheep along the side of a road on the outskirts of Beijing

Countless sheep

Farmers walk with their flock of sheep along the side of a road on the outskirts of Beijing September 7, 2012.
David Gray / X00503
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Ringer

Zoey, a sea lion, catches a plastic ring round her neck as she performs as part of the Sea Lion Splash show Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Gottschalk Park at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kan.
Travis Morisse / The Hutchinson News
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Scaling snail

A snail is pictured at a garden in Kathmandu on September 8, 2012.
Prakash Mathema / AFP
Image: A hooded hunting falcon is seen during the first day of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian exhibition in Abu Dhabi

Hooded hunter

A hooded hunting falcon is seen during the first day of the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian exhibition in Abu Dhabi, September 5, 2012. The 10th Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition features several festivities and live performances such as equestrian shows, falcon & saluki beauty contests, camel auctions, art competitions and traditional hunting activities, and will run until September 8.
Ben Job / X80002
Image: Swan rescued at Landwehr Canal in Berlin

Swan walk

Fireman Wolfgang Rowenhagen shoos a swan along a sidewalk in Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2012. Rowenhagen escorted the swan that had lost its way from a road to the Landwehr Canal where it found back to the water.
Kay Nietfeld / DPA
Image: Pigs race at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona

Bacon racin'

Pigs race at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 5, 2012. The nation's largest county fair, running from August 31 to September 30, is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
Lucy Nicholson / X90050
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Cute as a devil

A Tasmanian devil cub tries to bite his way out of a small bag during an event marking the National Endangered Species Day in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. The National Threatened Species Day is a community action and an education event aimed at highlighting vulnerable Australian animals and and what can be done in our daily lives to save them.
Rob Griffith / AP
Image: An Indian white tiger cub rests at the zoo of Liberec

Cuddly cub

An Indian white tiger cub rests at the zoo of Liberec, September 8, 2012. Three rare white tigers were born here on July 1, 2012.
Petr Josek / X00396
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Wet feathers

A crow takes off after taking a dip at a roadside fountain in New Delhi, India, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012.
Saurabh Das / AP
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Watch your tongue!

A teju sits in the grass during a pet fair Dresden, estern Germany, on September 5, 2012. The annual pet fair with more than 90 exhibiting companies takes place from September 7 to 9, 2012.
Franziska Koark / DPA
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Hoo is there?

Two newly hatched owl butterflies hang from their cocoons in one of the green houses of the science center 'Botanika' at the Rhododendron Park in Bremen, northern Germany, on September 7, 2012. More than 40 species of butterflies can seen at \"Botanika\" from September 8, 2012 to March 10, 2013.
Ingo Wagner / DPA
Image: Cows held in a cattle pen during the traditional \"Almabtrieb\" in Bad Hindelang

Crowded cattle

Cows are held in a cattle pen during the traditional \"Almabtrieb\" in Bad Hindelang, about 180km (110 miles) south of Munich September 11, 2012. At the end of the summer season, farmers move their herds down from the Alps to the valley into winter pastures.
Michael Dalder / X90041
Image: An echidna eats its food during a National Threatened Species Day event, held in central Sydney

Eager echidna

An echidna eats its food during a National Threatened Species Day event, held in central Sydney September 7, 2012. The National Threatened Species Day is an event organised by the Zoo and Aquarium Association to educate local communities about the importance of threatened species and what people can do to help them, according to the organisers.
Daniel Munoz / X01439
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Squirrel siblings

A white squirrel and its sibling share a branch in Salina, Kan., Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012.
Tom Dorsey / SALINA JOURNAL
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Come back here!

Lion mother Layla holds one of her two babies by the tail in their enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany, on September 6, 2012. Two five-week old lion babies were presented to the public for the first time.
Arno Burgi / DPA
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Pollen patrol

A bee collects pollen from a sunflower on September 6, 2012 in Neufeld, western Germany. Meteorologists forecast rising tempertures up to 27 degreec Celsius and sunshine for the upcoming weekend.
Roland Weirauch / DPA
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Denali for president

Denali, a male gray wolf, walks between trees at the Alaska Zoo on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Anchorage, Alaska. The 6-year-old wolf is one of two candidates for zoo \"president\" in a fundraiser that matches the timing of the U.S. presidential race. He's running against Ahpun, a polar bear, and ballots are $1.
Dan Joling / AP
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That's no ordinary rabbit!

A rabbit wearing a harness with the imprint \"Killer\" is walked in during a pet fair Dresden, estern Germany, on September 5, 2012. The annual pet fair with more than 90 exhibiting companies takes place from September 7 to 9, 2012.
Arno Burgi / DPA
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