The Daily Beast - Playful Belugas Soccer Game - May 31, 2012

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Two beluga whales play with a soccer ball at the Beijing Aquarium on May 30, 2012.

 

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A beluga whale plays with a soccer ball at the Beijing Aquarium on May 30, 2012.

 

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The aquarium, which is the largest in China, is shaped like a huge conch shell.

 

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The aquarium, was named by state media as a "Beijing civilized Tourist Scenic Spot."

 

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Beijing Aquarium is home to  more than 1,000 marine species and freshwater fish. 

The Daily Beast - Yoga Monkey - May 30, 2012

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A White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth) sits inside his enclosure at Huachipa Zoo in Lima May 19, 2012.

The Daily Beast - May 29, 2012

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Recently hatched cygnets walk beside the waters edge at Abbotsbury Swannery - the only publically accessible colony of nesting mute swans in the world - on May 11, 2012 near Weymouth, England. The arrival of the cygnets is traditionally seen as the start of summer and local traditions claim the Benedictine Monks who owned the Dorset swannery between 1000 AD and the 1540s believed the first cygnet signalled the season's first day. Abbotsbury Swannery's mute swans - up to 1,000 in total - are all free flying, and are not kept in cages. 

The Daily Beast - May 28, 2012

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A female white Bengal tiger Tigrulia is seen holding her newly-born cub at a private zoo in Yalta in this May 6, 2012.

The Daily Beast - May 27, 2012

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A flamingo is pictured at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany, on April 19, 2012.  

The Daily Beast - May 26, 2012

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A young deer and a cat share a moment in French village near Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, May 23, 2012.

The Daily Beast - May 25, 2012

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Libby the Lion cub puts her head under a water sprinkler which was placed in the lion enclosure by staff at Blair Drummond Safari Park, Scotland, to help them stay cool as the temperatures continue to rise towards the upper 20's Celsius, high 70's Fahrenheit,  May 24, 2012.

The Daily Beast - May 25, 2012

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A Red Panda Bear sleeps in the Panda Bear enclosure at the Beijing Zoo on May 22, 2012. 

The Daily Beast - May 24, 2012

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In this undated photo provided by the Oregon Zoo, a quarantined black bear cub explores his surroundings at The Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore.

The Daily Beast - All the Queen's Horses - May 23, 2012

The RCMP who have been invited by the Queen to act as her personal bodyguard in the run up to the Jubilee, are preparing for the Changing of the Queen's Guard ceremony which they will participate in on May 23 and 25, when they will ride alongside the Household Cavalry.

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Captain Richard Chambers (R), riding master of the Household Cavalry, takes Royal Canadian Mounted Police for a training session in Hyde Park, London, May 22, 2012.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Major Bill Stewart, left, talks with Staff Corporal Rupert Hackman of the Household Cavalry at Hyde Park Barracks in Hyde Park in London, May 22, 2012.

 

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Officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police take part in a training session in Hyde Park, London, May 22, 2012.

 

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The RCMP who have been invited by the Queen to act as her personal bodyguard in the run up to the Jubilee, are preparing for the Changing of the Queen's Guard ceremony which they will participate in on May 23 and 25, when they will ride alongside the Household Cavalry.

 

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) train in Hyde Park on horses from the Household Cavalry on May 22, 2012 in London, England.

 

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) train in Hyde Park on horses from the Household Cavalry on May 22, 2012 in London, England.