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Baby giraffe "Dorle" stands in the enclosure at the zoo Friedrichsfelde in Berlin, on July 24, 2012.
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AFP PHOTO / BRITTA PEDERSEN
Baby giraffe "Dorle" stands in the enclosure at the zoo Friedrichsfelde in Berlin, on July 24, 2012.
REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
A jaguar gets shower in its enclosure at the Skopje Zoo on July 20, 2012.
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A polar bear swims in the water at the Botanic Garden Zoo Wilhelma, in Stuttgart, southern Germany.
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Sarah, an 11-year-old cheetah at the Cincinnati Zoo, breaks her own world record by running 100m in 5.95 seconds at the zoo's Regional Cheetah Breeding Facility (Mast Farm) in Clermont County, Ohio June 20, 2012. Sarah was clocked at 61mph (101kph) and broke her previous record of 6.13 seconds which she set in 2009.
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This handout photo made available by German police shows a squirrel stuck in a manhole cover in a street in Isernhagen, northern Germany on August 5, 2012. The squirrel was finally rescued and set free by the police after several attempts earlier using olive oil failed.
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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a young male jaguar peeking at the outdoors Tuesday June 19, 2012 in San Diego.
AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
A sparrow drinks water from the beak of a pelican-shaped fountain at a park in Tokyo, July 26, 2012.
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A baby rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) touches the face of a tiger cub as they play together at a zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, August 2, 2012.
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A baby rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) plays with a tiger cub at a zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, August 2, 2012.
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A baby rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) looks up as it plays with a tiger cub at a zoo in Hefei, Anhui province, August 2, 2012.
An orphaned kangaroo and wombat have found creature comfort with one another. Anzac the joey and Peggy wombat have become best friends after sharing a pouch together at the Wildlife Kilmore Rescue Centre in Victoria, Australia. At just over five months old, Anzac was brought to the centre after being rescued in the Macedon Ranges. Missing his mum, Anzac was placed with wombat Peggy and the two now sleep together. Worker Lisa Milligan said the unlikely friends are comforted by each other's movement and heartbeat. She said: "There are lots of baby animals about at the moment, and they are orphaned for a range of reasons". One of the reasons the lively duo get on so well is their similar personalities - with Anzac described as very social while Peggy is boisterous and cheeky.
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Anzac the joey and Peggy wombat share a snuggle together at the Wildlife Kilmore Rescue Centre in Victoria, Australia.
REUTERS/Ali Jarekji
A zookeeper carries a 45-day-old lion cub, Kalila, at Jordan's zoo near Amman July 26, 2012.
