Pets & Animals

A baby porcupine and more adorable animal photos

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    Animal Tracks: May 15 - 22

    From a baby porcupine to an upside down tiger, get your cuteness fix with creatures great and small.

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    What's the buzz?

    A bee lands to collects pollen from a flower in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 21.

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    Little piggie

    One of eight miniature pigs, born to parents Jack and Jill, runs around at Switzerland’s Zoo Basel in this photo released on May 21.

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    Spiny welcome

    A male baby porcupine is looked after by its parents at Switzerland's Zoo Basel in this photo released on May 21. The baby was born on April 6.

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  • Image: Abby Madi and Peterson Zatterlee comforts Zaterlee's dog Rippy, after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma

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    Tornado survivor

    Abby Madi, left, and Peterson Zatterlee comfort Zaterlee's dog Rippy, after a tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20.

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    Sticking near mom

    A week-old white rhinoceros and his mother Mopani take a walk at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, on May 20.

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  • Image: Two chicks look at their mother at a yard in the village of Basha in Congjiang county

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    Mother hen and chicks

    Two chicks look at their mother while roaming a yard in China on May 20.

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  • Image: Baby Bamboo Lemur in Wroclaw

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    Little lemur

    A month-old baby lemur clings to a branch at the zoo in Wroclaw, Poland, on May 20.

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  • Image: Agata, a three-year-old female white African lion, licks male Almaz inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk

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    Lovely lick

    Agata, right, a 3-year-old white African lioness, licks Almaz, a lion, at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on May 18.

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  • Image: Newborn giraffe baby in the Budapest Zoo

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    Great giraffes

    A newborn giraffe is seen with its mother Sandra, in the Budapest Zoo in Budapest, Hungary, on May 19.

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  • Image: Khan, a 3-year-old male Bengali white tiger, grimaces inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk

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    Tiger growl

    Khan, a 3-year-old male Bengali white tiger, shows off his teeth at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on May 18.

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  • Image: A Siberian lynx sits inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk

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    Sitting pretty

    A Siberian lynx sits inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on May 18.

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  • Image: Bartek, a one-year-old male Amur tiger, looks out from an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk

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    Upside down

    Bartek, a year-old male Amur tiger, looks out from an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey Zoo on May 18.

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    Cat scratch

    A cat rubs his head against a wall in Bucharest, Romania, on May 17.

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    Mirror image

    Seven-week-old ring-tailed lemur twins sit at the zoo in Erfurt, Germany, on May 17.

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  • Image: Farne Island Rangers Carry Out 'Puffin Census'

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    Perched puffins

    Puffins return to their summer breeding grounds in the Farne Islands, England on May 16.

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    Size check

    Assam, an Asian elephant, is measured by zookeepers at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany on May 16.

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  • Image: Walrus "Odin" is checked by an animal keeper during the annual inventory in Hagenbecks zoo in Hamburg

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    Open wide

    Odin, a walrus, is checked by an zookeeper in Hagenbecks Zoo in Hamburg, Germany on May 16.

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    Up close

    A participant Chow Chow waits to be judged during the World Dog Show in Budapest, Hungary on May 16.

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    Wide wings

    A peregrine falcon flies over Leipzig, Germany, on May 16.

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    Hair-raising

    A crowned crane walks in a bird park in Steinen, Germany on May 15.

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    Don't get too close

    Pongo, a male orangutan, shows his teeth at the zoo in Muenster, Germany on May 15.

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    Roaming rodents

    A young, left, and an adult prairie dog sit at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on May 15.

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  • Image: A two-month-old Snow Fox cub lies inside a cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo on the surburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk

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    Fantastic fox

    A two-month-old fox looks up at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on May 15.

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    Play time!

    Gelada baboon cubs play at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 15.

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    Captivating eyes

    Thirty-five-year-old orangutan Nonja holds her baby on May 15 at the zoo in Muenster, Germany.

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    First steps

    Moyo, a week-old baby elephant, stands next to his mother, Sabie, during his first outing at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, on May 15.

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