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Loango, a crown male Mangabey monkey is cared for by his keeper on April 18, 2012, at the Jardin des Plantes's zoo in Paris. The baby was born in the zoo in March 5, 2012, and then rejected by his mother. This birth in a zoo is part of the European breeding of Endangered species Programm (EEP) to promote their breeding.
AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRAORLANDO
A jaguar rests at 'Rosy Walter' zoo, on El Picacho hill in northern Tegucigalpa, on April 18, 2012.
AFP PHOTO/William WEST
A two week-old Eastern Bongo calf looks out from under her mother at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on April 13, 2012. Eastern (or Highlands) Bongos are critically endangered with as few as 75 remaining in small groups of 6 to 12 animals in their Kenyan upland range. Bongo are one of the largest species of antelope in the world and are recognised by their striking russet colour and large antlers which extend over their backs.
AP Photo/Frank Augstein
Female polar bear cub Anori plays with its mother Vilma in their outdoor enclosure at the Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, on March 29, 2012. Anori was born January 4 and left the birth cave for the first time today.
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
Bino, one-year-old Sumatran Orang Utan, peeps from behind his mother, April 10, 2012 at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore. The zoo is actively involved in educating the public about wildlife conservation and has also been successful in breeding endangered species within the Zoo's premises.
REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Dogs are seen in private animal shelter Sirius near the Yasnogorodka village 60 km (38 miles) northwest of Ukrainian capital Kiev April 11, 2012.
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A picture released on April 12, 2012 shows a baboon reaching out to press a touch-sensitive screen in Marseille. The animals could freely enter the booths and complete multiple rounds of the computer-based exercise, in which they saw a four-letter sequence appear and then tapped one of two shapes on the screen to classify the sequence as a word or a non-word. They received a food treat after a correct response. The monkeys in this study learned how to tell the difference between printed sequences of letters that made up actual English words and other, nonsense sequences. These findings challenge the long-held notion that the ability to recognize words in this way -- as combinations of objects that appear visually in certain sequences -- is fundamentally related to language.
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Wichita firefighter were cleaning up what they thought was an unsuccessful dog rescue when one of the firefighters spotted the animal's nose on April 12, 2012, in Wichita, Kansas. After 2 and half hours of searching and cutting through concrete, firefighters found the dog safe and sound.
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Wichita firefighters free Taz a pit bull mix that disappeared during a storm on April 12, 2012, in Wichita, Kansas.
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Wichita Fire Department captain Michael Wells gets a kiss from Taz after he was rescued by firefighters on April 12, 2012, in Wichita, Kansas.
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John Huy and his dog Taz head for home after a dramatic day.
AFP PHOTO / FRANZISKA KRAUFMANN
Mother Orsa (L) and her three young bears discover the open-air enclosure at the wildlife park Tripsdrill, on 10 April 2012, near Cleebronn, southern Germany.
