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A Caribbean Flamingo chick pokes its head out from under the wing of one of its parents sitting on a nest mound on display at Zoo Miami, Friday July 22, 2011 in Miami.
Keeping cool at the Belgrade zoo
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A zookeeper sprays water on a polar bear to help it cool down at Belgrade's zoo July 13.
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Children watch as water is sprayed on an Asian elephant to help it cool down at Belgrade's zoo July 13.
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A zookeeper sprays water on a hippopotamus to help it cool down at Belgrade's zoo July 13, 2011 as an intense heat wave sweeps Serbia with temperature reaching 104 degree Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius).
It must be hot for a polar bear in that kind of heat. I'm guessing zoos across the Midwest and Northeast United States will be doing the same thing today as a heat wave continues there.
See more animals in our new Animal Tracks blog.
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Two blue crane chicks stand in their enclosure in the zoo of Hanover, northern Germany on July 12. The two chicks hatched on July 6 and 7, 2011. The blue crane feeds on insects, roots, fish, frogs, worms, crabs and even reptiles and small mammals.
Recently hatched Blue Crane chicks at Hanover zoo
We've seen some awfully cute photos from the zoo lately. Here's one from today.
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A fly gets some interest by a still nameless baby tiger playing in its enclosure on July 5, 2011 at the zoo in Frankfurt, western Germany. The six-week-old tiger was born at the zoo.
Tiger buzz at Frankfurt zoo
See more animal images in our weekly roundup here.
Zoo splash: Bear showers in Siberia, orangutans get beach party in Pittsburgh
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Buyan, a male Siberian brown bear, is given a shower by a zoo employee in his enclosure at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on July 1. The air temperature in Krasnoyarsk rose to 96 degrees fahrenheit on Friday.
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Goyang, a 12-year-old male orangutan, plays with the bubbles placed into a water filled plastic swimming pool placed into its containment area at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Friday, July 1, in Pittsburgh. The zoo staged what they called an orangutan beach party with the pool, plastic chairs, and beach towels to promote family week at the complex.
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Goyang, a 12-year-old male orangutan, top, dumps the water out of the plastic swimming pool placed into its containment area at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquaurium on Friday, July 1, 2011 in Pittsburgh. The zoo staged what they called an orangutan beach party with the pool, plastic chairs, and beach towels to promote family week at the complex. Kechong, another 12-year-old male, is at left.
Check out more animal photos in our latest edition of Animal Tracks.
Zoo animals at play in Munich
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A baby baboon plays with an adult one at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany on Wednesday, June 15. Baboons are native to Africa and and live in hierarchical groups.
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A polar bear plays at Hellabrunn Zoo on Tuesday.
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Flamingos at the Hellabrunn zoo on Wednesday. In the wild, the social birds live in colonies in Africa and South America.
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A peacock shows its train at the Hellabrunn zoo on Wednesday.
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A six weeks old elephant plays in its enclosure at the Hellabrunn zoo on Wednesday.
Check out more animals in our latest Animal Tracks slideshow here.
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A Royal Bengal tiger yawns at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, May 26.
Tiger at the zoo (yawn!)
See our latest roundup of great animal photos here.
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Eight months old baby sloth Camillo yawns at the zoo in Halle, eastern Germany, on Thursday, May 17. In the wild, sloths live mainly in tropical rainforests of Central and South America.
Sloth got your tongue?
Slideshow of wondrous animal photos here.
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A young masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus) has a meal at its enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on Tuesday, May 18. Fifteen chickens hatched from their eggs which were imported from Morocco for breeding.
Young masai ostrich feeds at the zoo in Hanover
See more pictures of animals in our weekly roundup of great animal photos here.
Abandoned spider monkey is adopted by Melbourne Zoo
A little Spider monkey Estela and her mother Sunshine failed to bond after she was born in January, forcing zoo keepers to step in and care for her to ensure her survival. The baby spider monkey which is native to Central America, is currently receiving six feeds of formula a day and is now slowly being introduced to solid foods. Read more here.
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A baby Spider Monkey named Estela plays with her grandmother Sonya at Melbourne Zoo on May 6, 2011.
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A baby Spider Monkey named Estela plays with Primate Supervisor Jess McKelson (R) at Melbourne Zoo on May 6, 2011.
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A three-month-old bear cub who was born at the zoo in Stavropol looks at ostriches on Thursday, May 5.
Here's looking at you, cub
Check out more adorable animal images in our Mother's Day version of Animal Tracks.
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An Asian elephant calf, born at the Oklahoma City Zoo April 15, is pictured with her mother, Asha, right, a 16-year old Asian elephant, and her aunt, Chandra, left, a 14-year old Asian Elephant, at the zoo in Oklahoma City, Thursday, April 28.
New baby elephant born at the Oklahoma City Zoo
You can go to the Oklahoma City Zoo's site and help name the baby elephant. She's definitely a contender for our 'cutest-thing-ever' list; you can see other nominees here. See more animal photos in our weekly slideshow, 'Animal tracks.'