Kansas City Royals' Brayan Pena holds a baseball with a mantodea, more commonly known as a praying mantis, on it during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Kansas City Royals' Brayan Pena holds a baseball with a mantodea, more commonly known as a praying mantis, on it during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Kenya's Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge runs with only one shoe after the other fell off during the women's 3000 metres steeplechase final at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on August 30, 2011. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
Toronto Star Picture Editor Wanda Goodwin shares these images of a remarkably playful dog with an indelible spirit named Ciuchcia (Polish for steam engine). Ciuchcia, a four month old dog whose rear legs were paralyzed after it was physically abused and abandoned with its two siblings on a train track. The dog survived despite being run over by a number of trains, according to the staff at the animal shelter, who found Ciuchcia on July 7, 2011.
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Ciuchcia chases a cat in a courtyard after being helped onto a specially made wheelchair at Schronisko (Shelter), a shelter for homeless animals, near Piotrkow Trybunalski August 26, 2011.
Ciuchcia plays with a stick in a courtyard after being helped onto a specially made wheelchair.
Maria Mrozinska, a staff member, helps Ciuchcia onto a specially made wheelchair.
Ciuchcia looks up at a staff member.
Maria Mrozinska, a staff member, hugs Ciuchcia.
Ciuchcia runs after a staff member in a courtyard after being helped onto a specially made wheelchair.
Ciuchcia rests after playing in a courtyard at Schronisko (Shelter), a shelter for homeless animals, near Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland on August 26, 2011.
In this image provided by the University Medical Center in Tucson, a CT scan shows a pair of pruning shears embedded in the head of an 86-year-old Green Valley, Ariz., man before it was removed by Medical Center surgeons in Tucson on July 30, 2011. Leroy Luetscher was accidentally impaled through his eye socket after falling on the shears while working in his yard, the handle penetrating his eye socket and reaching down into his neck. He is expected to make a full recovery. (AP Photo/University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona)
A family inspects a downed tree in Central Park after Hurricane Irene dumped more than six inches of rain on New York City on August 28, 2011. (Getty Images/Mario Tama)
This meerkat is always ready for its close-up Chehaw animal park in Albany, Ga. Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau/MCT
Especially when they afford you views like this:
A group of sailors attached to a ceremonial guard unit run through the streets of the American capital during a pouring rain in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene August 27, 2011 in Washington, DC. Hurricane Irene made landfall this morning in North Carolina and is expected to move up the east coast of the United States. (Getty Images/Win McNamee)
Black-necked Stilts take off from the water Wednesday Aug. 17 2011 at Memorial Gardens Park in Odessa, Texas. The birds natural habitat is Salt marshes and shallow coastal bays in the East United States and Fresh Water Marshes in the west. Museum Specialist of the Sibley Nature Center Michael Nickell said the bird hunts for crustaceans and other animals that are found in shallow water. (AP Photo/Odessa American, Albert Cesare)
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, holds a tissue next to his wife Laureen Harper, left, as they attend the state funeral of late NDP leader Jack Layton at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto on Saturday, August 27, 2011. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
A male and a female African lions on are seen at a zoo in Zacango, 130 km. southwest of Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, The Zacango zoo is one of several facilities in Mexico that take in animals seized from drug traffickers, pet smugglers and circuses without permits .(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
