The Daily Beast - December 30, 2011

REUTERS/Sheng Li

 

A Siberian tiger clings to wood logs at the Siberian Tiger Forest Park in Harbin, Heilongjiang province December 27, 2011. More than 800 Siberian tigers are currently living in the park, which is also a breeding centre for this endangered species, local media reported.

 

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Siberian tigers approach a keeper's car as they wait to be fed.

 

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Siberian tigers chase a chicken.

 

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Siberian tigers fight for a chicken.

 

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Visitors watch from a bus as Siberian tigers try to catch a chicken.

 

The Daily Beast - December 29, 2011

AFP PHOTO / Yasuyoshi Chiba

A hippopotamus gets a massage at Sao Paulo zoo on December 21, 2011 in Brazil. The staff has secretly delivered special food to animals of more than 40 species as a Christmas gift. 

The Daily Beast - December 28, 2011

AP Photo/Xinhua, Ding Lixin

A pair of twin giraffes "Ping Ping" and "An An" is pictured in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. Shijiazhuang Zoo invited more than 10 pairs of twin children to celebrate the one-year-old birthday for China's first twin giraffes here on Saturday, Xinhua said.

The Daily Beast - December 27, 2011

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In this photo taken Dec. 8. 2011, the polar bear cub Siku is seen at Skandinavisk Dyrepark in Djursland, Denmark. A Danish zoo says a month-old polar bear cub has been taken into care since its mother failed to produce enough milk to feed him. Scandinavian Wildlife Park manager Frank Vigh-Larsen says Siku, now weighing 112 ounces (3,200 grams)_ against 49 ounces (1,800 grams) at birth _ was doing "really fine." 

The Daily Beast - December 26, 2011

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A day-old white lion cub lies next to his mother Sumba in their enclosure at Belgrade's Zoo December 21, 2011. The four white lions cubs, an extremely rare subspecies of the African lion, have become the zoo's greatest attraction. Another four white lion cubs were born in April earlier this year.

The Daily Beast - December 25, 2011

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Santa Claus rides a reindeer and sled outside Rovaniemi, Finnish Lapland on December 15, 2011.

 

 

The Daily Beast - December 24, 2011

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Two baboons hold their one-month-old baby at a zoo in Yaduda December 15, 2011.

The Daily Beast - December 23, 2011

REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

A four-month-old lion cub, which was originally from Africa, is seen inside its cage at Jordan's zoo in Yaduda December 15, 2011.

The Daily Beast - December 22, 2011

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Lucifer, a male Asian Lion grabs one of his Christmas presents at London Zoo in London, Dec. 15, 2011. The lions at the zoo were given early christmas presents filled with meat treats to spark their natural curiosity and playful nature.

The Daily Beast - December 21, 2011

AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF

A dog walks in a park as the first snow fall covers Sofia on December 8, 2011.