![Lion cubs Ying Yai and her two sisters, Ying Klang (Middle Princess) and Ying Lek (Little Princess), lounge together at 1 month of age. by Ashley Vincent / Rex]()
Lion cubs Ying Yai and her two sisters, Ying Klang (Middle Princess) and Ying Lek (Little Princess), lounge together at 1 month of age.
by Ashley Vincent Photography
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![Lion cub sisters by Ashley Vincent Photography]()
Lion cub sisters
by Ashley Vincent Photography
Nature Impressions
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![Wolves by Johnny Rapozo/Johnny's Images https://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnnys-Images/153294534791411]()
Wolves at Lakota Wolf Reserve
by Johnny Rapozo/Johnny’s Images
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![Red fox in tree. by Johnny Rapozo/Johnny's Images https://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnnys-Images/153294534791411]()
Red fox in tree.
by Johnny Rapozo/Johnny’s Images
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![Tiger Cub by Pedro Jarque Krebs http://500px.com/photo/29167029]()
Tiger Cub
by Pedro Jarque Krebs
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![La conversation Squirrel-Bird by Andre Villeneuve http://500px.com/photo/29163457]()
La conversation Squirrel-Bird
by Andre Villeneuve
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![An African fishing eagle catches a fish in Lake Baringo, Kenya Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images]()
An African fishing eagle catches a fish in Lake Baringo, Kenya
Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images
![A lynx yawns inside its enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire Picture: Barcroft Media]()
A lynx yawns inside its enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire
Picture: Barcroft Media
![African Sunset by Anneliese & Claus Possberg http://500px.com/photo/22543985]()
African Sunset
by Anneliese & Claus Possberg
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![Meerkats by Rainer Tewes http://500px.com/photo/11975845]()
Meerkats
by Rainer Tewes
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![Morning Tour!! Lioness and cubs, Masai Mara, Kenya by Rainer Tewes http://500px.com/photo/12958979]()
Morning Tour!!
Lioness and cubs, Masai Mara, Kenya
by Rainer Tewes
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![Feeding Giraffe, Masai Mara, Kenya by Rainer Tewes http://500px.com/photo/12948339]()
Feeding Giraffe, Masai Mara, Kenya
by Rainer Tewes
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![These are quite possibly the cutest picture of baby animals on the Internet, and yes, we know there are many of them. But Mango the kitten and Milkshake the pitbull, delightful to the point of seizure, are seriously poised to conquer the cute]()
These are quite possibly the cutest picture of baby animals on the Internet, and yes, we know there are many of them. But Mango the kitten and Milkshake the pitbull, delightful to the point of seizure, are seriously poised to conquer the cute
![Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts. This one made for a remote train station, believed to be Tarbinskaya in Krasnoyarsk region. The creature lunged at the station window, protected by metal bars.]()
Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food, say wildlife experts. This one made for a remote train station, believed to be Tarbinskaya in Krasnoyarsk region. The creature lunged at the station window, protected by metal bars.
![A whale flashes a killer smile as he homes in on his lunch, off Kona, Hawaii.The photograph shows what appears to be a big grin plastered across the face of a False Killer Whale as he patrols the sea looking for food. American photographer Doug Perrine, 60, snapped the shot. Picture: Doug Perrine/HotSpot Media]()
A whale flashes a killer smile as he homes in on his lunch, off Kona, Hawaii.The photograph shows what appears to be a big grin plastered across the face of a False Killer Whale as he patrols the sea looking for food. American photographer Doug Perrine, 60, snapped the shot.
Picture: Doug Perrine/HotSpot Media
![Bengal tiger Mulan Jamila plays with keeper Soleh at Al Khaffah Islamic school in Malang, Indonesia's East Java province. The tiger is kept as a pet at the school under a government permit, according to the school. Soleh has fed the tiger 5 kg (11 lbs) of meat per day since the animal was three months old. Picture: REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas]()
Bengal tiger Mulan Jamila plays with keeper Soleh at Al Khaffah Islamic school in Malang, Indonesia’s East Java province. The tiger is kept as a pet at the school under a government permit, according to the school. Soleh has fed the tiger 5 kg (11 lbs) of meat per day since the animal was three months old.
Picture: REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas
![Wildlife photographer Daniel Heuclin's close-up photograph of the eye of a chameleon Picture: Daniel Heuclin/Photoshot/Solent]()
Wildlife photographer Daniel Heuclin’s close-up photograph of the eye of a chameleon
Picture: Daniel Heuclin/Photoshot/Solent
![Lion Love in Monochrome by Mandy Sierra Photography]()
Lion Love in Monochrome
by Mandy Sierra Photography
![Tingana Young Female Leopard at Timbavati, South Africa by Christof Schoeman Wildlife Photography https://www.facebook.com/christofschoemanwildlifephotography]()
Tingana Young Female Leopard at Timbavati, South Africa
by Christof Schoeman Wildlife Photography
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![Baobab Milky Way by Hendri Venter Photography https://www.facebook.com/Digitalwild]()
Baobab Milky Way
by Hendri Venter Photography
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![Siberian Tiger by Jan Willemsen Photography]()
Siberian Tiger
by Jan Willemsen Photography
!["Thirsty Cubs" The Nkuhuma Pride of Lions in the Manyaleti Game Reserve Quenching Thirst Aftaer Feasting on a Zebra Kill by Andrew Schoeman Photography]()
“Thirsty Cubs”
The Nkuhuma Pride of Lions in the Manyaleti Game Reserve Quenching Thirst Aftaer Feasting on a Zebra Kill
by Andrew Schoeman Photography
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![Aussie Lories by Dafna Ben Nun Photography https://www.facebook.com/dafnaphoto]()
Aussie Lories
by Dafna Ben Nun Photography
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![Balancing Act !! Wildlife photographer Brian Matthews's photo of a fearsome Komodo dragon seeming to balance on two feet Picture: BRIAN MATTHEWS /CATERS NEWS]()
Balancing Act !!
Wildlife photographer Brian Matthews’s photo of a fearsome Komodo dragon seeming to balance on two feet
Picture: BRIAN MATTHEWS /CATERS NEWS
![A white tiger cub growls for the camera at the Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina. The cub's mother, Cleo, a captive Bengal white tiger, gave birth to two females and two males on January 14 Picture: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko]()
A white tiger cub growls for the camera at the Buenos Aires Zoo in Argentina. The cub’s mother, Cleo, a captive Bengal white tiger, gave birth to two females and two males on January 14
Picture: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
![Xiao Liwu, the youngest member of the panda family at the San Diego Zoo, got to play in the snow for the first time. The seven-month-old cub explored his snowy exhibit and had fun climbing all over mom Bai Yun. More than 15 tons of fresh snow was blown into the panda's exhibit as part of an enrichment surprise for the pandas. Picture: REUTERS/San Diego Zoo/Ken Bohn]()
Xiao Liwu, the youngest member of the panda family at the San Diego Zoo, got to play in the snow for the first time. The seven-month-old cub explored his snowy exhibit and had fun climbing all over mom Bai Yun. More than 15 tons of fresh snow was blown into the panda’s exhibit as part of an enrichment surprise for the pandas.
Picture: REUTERS/San Diego Zoo/Ken Bohn
![Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub, plays with a ball at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage. The cub's mother was shot in Point Lay, Alaska, on March 12 and the cub is temporarily staying at the zoo in Anchorage until it has a permanent home. Picture: Alaska Zoo, John Gomes/AP]()
Kali, an orphaned polar bear cub, plays with a ball at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage. The cub’s mother was shot in Point Lay, Alaska, on March 12 and the cub is temporarily staying at the zoo in Anchorage until it has a permanent home.
Picture: Alaska Zoo, John Gomes/AP
![Smiley Face !! The brightly decorated peacock spider - much like his feathered namesake - uses colour to show off to the female of the species. Its markings appear to form a face including eyes, nose, a mouth and even ginger hair which is unique to this species, called Maratus speciosus. The tiny spiders are only about four to five millimetres in length. Picture: JURGEN OTTO / CATERS NEWS]()
Smiley Face !!
The brightly decorated peacock spider – much like his feathered namesake – uses colour to show off to the female of the species. Its markings appear to form a face including eyes, nose, a mouth and even ginger hair which is unique to this species, called Maratus speciosus. The tiny spiders are only about four to five millimetres in length.
Picture: JURGEN OTTO / CATERS NEWS
![Gorgeous Serval !! by Josef Gelernter]()
Gorgeous Serval !!
by Josef Gelernter
![Sea Life Senior Curator Chris Brown prepares to move Japanese Spider crab named Big Daddy as it settles in to its new home at Blackpool's Sea Life Centre. The nine-foot claw-span of the giant Japanese Spider Crab, which is to be housed on the Golden Mile, makes him Europe's biggest crab. Picture: Dave Thompson/PA]()
Sea Life Senior Curator Chris Brown prepares to move Japanese Spider crab named Big Daddy as it settles in to its new home at Blackpool’s Sea Life Centre. The nine-foot claw-span of the giant Japanese Spider Crab, which is to be housed on the Golden Mile, makes him Europe’s biggest crab.
Picture: Dave Thompson/PA
![Another look at a giant Japanese Spider Crab, which can weigh as much as 44 pounds .]()
Another look at a giant Japanese Spider Crab, which can weigh as much as 44 pounds .
![Two brown bears appear to be gossiping as they play in the snow at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany Picture: SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images]()
Two brown bears appear to be gossiping as they play in the snow at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany
Picture: SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images
![A large beetle creeps inside a wild flower in Mushager village near Amman, Jordan Photograph: Jamal Nasrallah/EPA]()
A large beetle creeps inside a wild flower in Mushager village near Amman, Jordan
Photograph: Jamal Nasrallah/EPA
![A Madagascar day gecko sits on a perch in the Masoal rainforest hall at the zoo in Zurich Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters]()
A Madagascar day gecko sits on a perch in the Masoal rainforest hall at the zoo in Zurich
Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
![An eastern screech-owl hides in a tiny hole in a tree in Providence, Rhode Island. Photographer Peter Green spent two years attempting to capture the moment after being tipped off by friends about the bird's quirky behaviour Photograph: Peter Green/Barcroft Media]()
An eastern screech-owl hides in a tiny hole in a tree in Providence, Rhode Island. Photographer Peter Green spent two years attempting to capture the moment after being tipped off by friends about the bird’s quirky behaviour
Photograph: Peter Green/Barcroft Media
![A peacock preens its feathers at the gardens of San Anton Palace, the official residence of Malta's president, in Attard, outside Valletta Photograph: DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI/REUTERS]()
A peacock preens its feathers at the gardens of San Anton Palace, the official residence of Malta’s president, in Attard, outside Valletta
Photograph: DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI/REUTERS
!["Silhouettes of Africa" Kalahari lions walk along the dry Nossob riverbed in the early morning at Kgalagadi Transfrontier park in South Africa by Mario Moreno Photography / Barcroft Media/ www.mariomorenophotography.com https://www.facebook.com/mariomorenophotographer]()
“Silhouettes of Africa”
Kalahari lions walk along the dry Nossob riverbed in the early morning at Kgalagadi Transfrontier park in South Africa
by Mario Moreno Photography / Barcroft Media/
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![A zebra calf seeks protection by the mother's side, Savuti, Botswana by Mario Moreno Photography]()
A zebra calf seeks protection by the mother’s side, Savuti, Botswana
by Mario Moreno Photography
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![Tiger cub - smile for the camera. by David Lambert Photography]()
Tiger cub – smile for the camera.
by David Lambert Photography
![Take your antelope to work day !! Aluna, a baby Dik-dik, walks across a computer keyboard in the office of Tim Rowlands, curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, in England on March 12. The miniature antelope which is only 8 inches tall is being hand reared by the zoo after failing to bond with its mother. by Phil Noble / Reuters]()
Take your antelope to work day !!
Aluna, a baby Dik-dik, walks across a computer keyboard in the office of Tim Rowlands, curator of mammals at Chester Zoo, in England on March 12. The miniature antelope which is only 8 inches tall is being hand reared by the zoo after failing to bond with its mother.
by Phil Noble / Reuters
![Mini Meerkat!! A 6-week-old meerkat pup walks through the grass in its enclosure on March 11 at the Oakland Zoo in California. The Oakland Zoo is welcoming three 6-week-old meerkat pups to its current mob, or clan, of meerkats. The new pups are named Ayo, Rufaro and Nandi. by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images]()
Mini Meerkat!!
A 6-week-old meerkat pup walks through the grass in its enclosure on March 11 at the Oakland Zoo in California. The Oakland Zoo is welcoming three 6-week-old meerkat pups to its current mob, or clan, of meerkats. The new pups are named Ayo, Rufaro and Nandi.
by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images
![A sleepy king A lions yawns at Nairobi's National Park in Kenya on March 11. by Marko Djurica / Reuters]()
A sleepy king
A lions yawns at Nairobi’s National Park in Kenya on March 11.
by Marko Djurica / Reuters
![Peculiar pig!! A hairless guinea pig called Mumps is presented at the international pet show in Lublin, Poland on March 9. by Wojciech Pacewicz / EPA]()
Peculiar pig!!
A hairless guinea pig called Mumps is presented at the international pet show in Lublin, Poland on March 9.
by Wojciech Pacewicz / EPA
![Mother and child !! A 3-week-old female Mishmi takin is seen with its mother on March 9 at the zoo in Wroclaw, Poland. The Mishmi takin is an endangered goat-antelope native to India, Myanmar and China. by Maciej Kulczynski / EPA]()
Mother and child !!
A 3-week-old female Mishmi takin is seen with its mother on March 9 at the zoo in Wroclaw, Poland. The Mishmi takin is an endangered goat-antelope native to India, Myanmar and China.
by Maciej Kulczynski / EPA
![A good grip!! An almost 1-month-old male collared mangabey sits near its mother at the Wroclaw Zoo in Poland on March 8. Mangabey monkeys come from West Africa and live in the lower parts of the forests and floodplains. The species is threatened with extinction due to hunting. by Maciej Kulczynski / EPA]()
A good grip!!
An almost 1-month-old male collared mangabey sits near its mother at the Wroclaw Zoo in Poland on March 8. Mangabey monkeys come from West Africa and live in the lower parts of the forests and floodplains. The species is threatened with extinction due to hunting.
by Maciej Kulczynski / EPA
![Surf's up !! Dolphins surf along a wave during day three of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. by Nic Bothma / EPA]()
Surf’s up !!
Dolphins surf along a wave during day three of the Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.
by Nic Bothma / EPA
![It's shark week somewhere !! A great white shark breaches while hunting its favorite food, the Cape fur seal. by Daren Fentiman / Zuma Press]()
It’s shark week somewhere !!
A great white shark breaches while hunting its favorite food, the Cape fur seal.
by Daren Fentiman / Zuma Press
![Earning her stripes !! Wendy, the mother zebra of a newborn male, looks on at the Rome Zoo. by Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters]()
Earning her stripes !!
Wendy, the mother zebra of a newborn male, looks on at the Rome Zoo.
by Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
![G'day! Lillian, a 6-month-old koala, is cradled between the front and back legs of her mother, Erna, at the zoo in Sydney. by Lorinda Taylor / AFP - Getty Images]()
G’day!
Lillian, a 6-month-old koala, is cradled between the front and back legs of her mother, Erna, at the zoo in Sydney.
by Lorinda Taylor / AFP – Getty Images
![Make way for duckling !! A duckling makes its way through water lenses at the zoo in Berlin. by Tobias Kleinschmidt / AFP - Getty Images]()
Make way for duckling !!
A duckling makes its way through water lenses at the zoo in Berlin.
by Tobias Kleinschmidt / AFP – Getty Images
![That's deep !! A deep-sea anglerfish swims as scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute, using high-tech cameras, photographed sea creatures at a depth of over 1,000 meters at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia. by Justin Marshall / AFP - Getty Images]()
That’s deep !!
A deep-sea anglerfish swims as scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute, using high-tech cameras, photographed sea creatures at a depth of over 1,000 meters at the Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea off the northeastern coast of Australia.
by Justin Marshall / AFP – Getty Images
![Waving hello !! A raccoon walks through his enclosure at the animal park in Springe near Hanover, western Germany. by Peter Steffen / AFP - Getty Images]()
Waving hello !!
A raccoon walks through his enclosure at the animal park in Springe near Hanover, western Germany.
by Peter Steffen / AFP – Getty Images
![Caring cat !! Tita, a cat belonging to Ruben Gaviria, nurses a squirrel as her kitten plays with it at Gaviria's house in Envigado near Medellin in Colombia. by Albeiro Lopera / Reuters]()
Caring cat !!
Tita, a cat belonging to Ruben Gaviria, nurses a squirrel as her kitten plays with it at Gaviria’s house in Envigado near Medellin in Colombia.
by Albeiro Lopera / Reuters
![White Cat by László Oláh]()
White Cat
by László Oláh
![Female Tiger, Bandipur, India by Sandeep Dutta Photography https://www.facebook.com/SandeepDuttaPhotography]()
Female Tiger, Bandipur, India
by Sandeep Dutta Photography
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![Asiatic Leopard in Tree by Sandeep Dutta Photography https://www.facebook.com/SandeepDuttaPhotography]()
Asiatic Leopard in Tree
by Sandeep Dutta Photography
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![Inquisitive female tiger coming for closer inspection by Sandeep Dutta Photography https://www.facebook.com/SandeepDuttaPhotography]()
Inquisitive female tiger coming for closer inspection
by Sandeep Dutta Photography
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![Ugandan Elephant with a dancing bird on its back.. by Jonothan Hen-Boisen http://500px.com/photo/29066655]()
Ugandan Elephant with a dancing bird on its back..
by Jonothan Hen-Boisen
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![This is Peanut the turtle, shortly after being found in Missouri in 1993. She was taken to to a zoo in St. Louis where the six-pack ring was removed. It seems that she was trapped in the plastic ring as a young turtle and was unable to free herself. Subsequently her shell moulded itself to the plastic ring and she grew in the strange shape you see here. Unfortunately the damage is permanent, but peanut is expected to live a long life and today she serves as a mascot for the fight against beach littering. Get Involved: Always cut up your six-pack rings Pick up litter Tell others not to litter Throw fishing line away properly Keep streets clean Clean up waterways with help from Adopt-a-River! http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/adoptriver/peanut.html]()
This is Peanut the turtle, shortly after being found in Missouri in 1993. She was taken to to a zoo in St. Louis where the six-pack ring was removed.
It seems that she was trapped in the plastic ring as a young turtle and was unable to free herself. Subsequently her shell moulded itself to the plastic ring and she grew in the strange shape you see here.
Unfortunately the damage is permanent, but peanut is expected to live a long life and today she serves as a mascot for the fight against beach littering.
Get Involved:
Always cut up your six-pack rings
Pick up litter
Tell others not to litter
Throw fishing line away properly
Keep streets clean
Clean up waterways with help from Adopt-a-River!
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/adoptriver/peanut.html
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