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A photo provided on October 6, 2010 by Conservation International shows a newly discovered katydid in Papua New Guinea in the Muller Range mountains, Rapid Assessment Program scientists Piotr Naskrecki and David Rentz found at least 20 new species. This pink-eyed Caedicia probably feeds on flowers of the forest’s tall trees. (AP Photo/Piotr Nasrecki/Conservation International)
Birds feed from a deer at Bradgate Park in Newtown Linford, central England October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Omega, a 12-year-old chimpanzee, bare his teeth through his cage in a zoo in the southern Lebanese village of Ansar on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Omega In his younger years was used in one of the local restaurants to entertain people and was made to smoke cigarettes and serve water pipe to customers. After he grew stronger, he was locked up and taken to a zoo where he has lived in a 40 square meter cage for the past 10 years. Organizers of Omega's evacuation say it marks the first time a chimpanzee has been rescued in Lebanon, a country with virtually no animal rights protection laws. Omega is being sent to a sanctuary in Brazil after being rescued from a zoo in south Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A baby Guanaco is nursed by her mother Hannah (R) in their enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, November 2, 2010. The South America native Lama female calf was born in the zoo on last October 17. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN
Nepalese policemen pose with their dogs after applying vermillion to their foreheads and placing marigold garlands around their necks on Tihar festival in Kathmandu on November 5, 2010. On the occasion of Tihar, as the Hindu festival of Diwali is locally known, it is customary in Nepal for people to offer blessings to dogs, which are according to Hindu tradition the messengers of death god Yamaraj. AFP PHOTO / Prakash MATHEMA
This little dolphin of about 10 days, was found by tourists, apparently showing marks of a fishing net.
Richard Tesore, Director of the marine fauna reserve "SOS Fauna Marina" feeds a baby La Plata river dolphin with an improvised feeding bottle in Punta Colorada, department of Maldonado 100 km east of Montevideo on November 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Miguel ROJO
Richard Tesore, Director of the marine fauna reserve "SOS Fauna Marina" holds a baby La Plata river dolphin in a pool in Punta Colorada, department of Maldonado 100 km east of Montevideo on November 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Miguel ROJO
Richard Tesore, Director of the marine fauna reserve "SOS Fauna Marina" bathes a baby La Plata river dolphin in a pool in Punta Colorada, department of Maldonado 100 km east of Montevideo on November 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Miguel ROJO
Richard Tesore, head of the NGO Rescate Fauna Marina, holds a baby La Plata river dolphin in Piriapolis, 100 km (62 miles) east of Montevideo, November 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Miguel ROJO
An erect-crested penguin watches as Richard Tesore, head of the NGO Rescate Fauna Marina, holds a baby La Plata river dolphin in Piriapolis, 100 km (62 miles) east of Montevideo, November 5, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Miguel ROJO
Belarus zoologist Dmitry Shamovich carries a wolf at his farm near a town of Sosnovy Bor some 300 km north of Minsk on October 29, 2010. Since 2004 he has raised twelve wolves. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY GROMOV
A wolf belonging to unseen Belarus zoologist Dmitry Shamovich runs on his farm near a town of Sosnovy Bor some 300 km north of Minsk on October 29, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY GROMOV
Belarus zoologist Dmitry Shamovich strokes a wolf at his farm near a town of Sosnovy Bor some 300 km north of Minsk on October 29, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ALEXEY GROMOV
A squirrel is seen on a tree in a park in downtown Sofia October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
An African penguin chick walks out of his nest at the Tropiquarium in Servion near Lausanne October 16, 2010. The eggs were incubated by the parents for around a month, then the babies stayed under them for a few weeks in order to gain weight and slowly adventured outside their nest since October 14 according to the Tropiquarium owner Philippe Morel. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
A kagu, an endangered species fully protected in New Caledonia, is pictured inside an enclosure at the Preservation and Research Center in Yokohama, south of Tokyo October 25, 2010. The facility, located at the breeding zone of Yokohama Zoological Gardens, is closed to the public to allow the selected endangered species to breed in the most suitable environment and to study the endangered animals, according to the center. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
