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A lion cub plays with a snowball at the Belgrade Zoo on Feb. 5.
Here's a little dose of cute for your Sunday.
Lion cub has a ball in Belgrade's snow
Lion escapes from cage, kills camel at Indonesia zoo
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A zoo official prepares to tie the mouth of an African lion, after it was successfully anesthetized at Taman Satwa Jurug in Solo, in Indonesia's Java province, on Jan. 31, 2012.
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Zoo officials examine a dead camel after it was attacked by an African lion at the zoo on Jan. 31, 2012.
Oni, an African lion, escaped from his cage at an Indonesian zoo and then attacked and killed a camel before he was subdued and anesthetized, according to local reports monitored by Reuters.
ITN reports that the camel killed in the incident was a two-year-old male called Thomas, while another female camel survived.
It took 90 minutes for zoo officials to capture the lion and shoot him with a tranquilizer dart inside the camel's enclosure.
The zoo keeper is thought to have forgotten to lock Oni's cage after cleaning and feeding the lion. Indonesian website VIVAnews reports that the errant keeper was given the day off to calm down.
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Veterinarian Doctor Maria Diaz gives milk to a newborn lion at the Zoo and Eco Park 'Joya Grande' in the Santa Cruz de Yojoa municipality, department of Cortes, Honduras, on September 17, 2011.
Awwww! Baby lion drinks from a bottle
Could this little one be a contender for our cutest thing ever?
Albeiro Lopera / Reuters
Male lion Tyson receives dental treatment at a veterinary clinic in Medellin, Colombia, on Sept. 15.
Lion visits dentist
Tyson, a 20-year-old lion living at Santafe Zoo in Medellin, had a somewhat awkward appointment with the dentist on Thursday. It looks like his reluctance was shared by some of the staff on duty.
Two Brazilian women fight to save the life of paralyzed lion
Andre Penner / AP
Raquel Borges visits her paralyzed lion, Ariel, at the home of a veterinarian where Ariel is being treated in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday July 13.
According to AP, the 3-year-old lion has been paralyzed over the past year because a degenerative disease has immobilized his legs. So the 310-pound (140 kilogram) beast he has been sleeping on a mattress in the Sao Paulo house of veterinarian Livia Pereira. She says the lion's white blood cells are attacking his healthy cells.
The animal's owner is Raquel Borges, who runs a shelter in southern Brazil for sick and abandoned animals.
She has been the paying lion's monthly $11,500 medical bill through donations from some of the 34,250 people who have clicked the "like" button on Ariel's Facebook page.
Andre Penner / AP
Ariel lies on a mattress in a veterinarian's home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday July 13.
Andre Penner / AP
Veterinarian Livia Pereira kisses paralyzed lion Ariel who she is caring for in her home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday July 13.
Lion cubs play at the zoo in Germany
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Two lion cubs look peer out from under a tree trunk at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg on Thursday, June 23.
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A lion cub plays with its mother's tail at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday, June 23.
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Lion cubs play at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg on June 23. The cubs were born on March 31, 2011 at the zoo.
Here's my latest nominee for the cutest thing ever. I still think my original post of the baby emperor penguin takes the crown.
Need another reason to start your day with a smile? Check out our weekly roundup of amazing animal images. Or take a look at past nominees for the cutest thing ever.
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A Lion cub plays with its mother Stefani at the zoo in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on November 22, 2010.
Lioness plays with her cub
I love the interaction, the cub looks so happy. Twin lion cubs were born in captivity at the zoo a month ago. See more great animal photos here.
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Lions, Binta, left, and Chalid are seen in their enclosure of Hanover Zoo in Hanover, Germany, on Nov. 5.
Nag, nag, nag
A coworker and I cracked up when we saw this picture, thinking that the lioness looks as though she is nagging her downtrodden "husband" who is trying to tune her out. Do you think the same, or are we bringing our own, um, "baggage," for lack of a better term, to the picture? It's always interesting to hear what thoughts or feelings others take from an image, based on personal history that they may either consciously on subconsciously apply to the viewing experience.
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Kevin Richardson, a.k.a. the Lion Whisperer lays with two of his lions in their enclosure at the Kingdom of the White Lion Park in Broederstroom, near Johannesburg South Africa. A new film opening in the United States on Friday about a rare white lion who escapes becoming a trophy on a wall is a rare happy ending in a country where more than 1,000 lions are killed legally each year. Richardson, the man behind the movie, calls himself an "ambassador of lions" and hopes the film will prevent foreign tourists, who are willing to pay up to $40,000 to shoot a big cat, from coming to South Africa.
Lion whispering in South Africa
While I respect Richardson’s mission, I wonder about his methods.
Click to see a video about Richardson and the lions he lives with.
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'Zeina,' licks one of her four newborn cubs inside their cage at Jordan's zoo in Yaduda on Aug. 4, 2010.
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Three snowy owls chicks stand on a barrel at the Hanover zoo in northern Germany on Aug. 4, 2010. The birds are also known in North America as the Arctic Owl.
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A Rothschild giraffe, 'Nora,' is seen with her newborn foal at Prague's zoo on Aug. 4, 2010. The male baby giraffe was born on July 24, 2010.
Baby animals
I need a break from looking at photos of fires and floods. Here's some cute baby animal photos that moved today. Check back next week to see if any of them make next week's edition of Animal Tracks.