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A visitor feeds a food pellet to a giraffe in the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi

Pets

Giraffe kisses and more in this week's best animal pictures

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A visitor feeds a food pellet to a giraffe in the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi

Smoochie smoochie!

A visitor feeds a food pellet to a giraffe in the Giraffe Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 15.

GORAN TOMASEVIC / Reuters
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Nothing like a baby polar bear to kick off the week!

This photo released by Tierpark Berlin on Jan. 13 shows a baby polar bear who was born on Nov. 3, 2016.

HO / AFP - Getty Images
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Just keep swimming

A hippo is pictured at the Hannover Zoo in Germany on Jan 12.

JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE / AFP - Getty Images
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Hm. What's this?

Two curious ostriches watch the photographer taking pictures of them at the Opel Zoo in western Germany on Jan. 9

FRANK RUMPENHORST / AFP - Getty Images
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HI!

Two curious ostriches watch the photographer taking pictures of them at the Opel Zoo in western Germany on Jan. 9

FRANK RUMPENHORST / AFP - Getty Images
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Nothing like fresh snow

A horse rolls around the snow on its paddock near Ruderatshofen, Germany, on Jan. 15.

KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND / AFP - Getty Images
Flying fox in Zoo in Stuttgart

Just hanging around

Some flying fox seen hanging on a branch in Germany on Jan. 11. The habitat of the flying fox is Southeast Asia, where it can form colonies of up to 20,000 animals. Flying fox can be up to 30 years old.

RONALD WITTEK / EPA
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