A newborn monkey is being fed with human breast milk after his mother rejected him.
The miniature male baby golden lion tamarin is currently living in a slipper and being fed via a pipette at a zoo in Brazil.
The critter’s mother tended to him for the first week of his life but turned her back on him thereafter.
Vets appealed for donated human breast milk after deciding it was biologically closest to that of the monkey’s mother.
Volunteers have come forward to provide milk and it’s hoped the little chap will be on solids within a month or two.
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In this photo taken on Friday, June 29, 2012, Siberian tiger cub Plyusha and Shar Pei puppy Fighter play in the house of Yekaterina Khodakova, whose Shar Pei dog Cleopatra is breastfeeding Plyusha and her sibling Clyopa in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The cubs were born in late May in a small zoo at the Oktryabsky resport in Sochi, but their mother refused to feed them. Fewer than 400 Siberian tigers have survived in the wild, most of them in the cedar forests of Russia's Far East. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin) (credit:AP)
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A baby gorilla lays on its mother Rebecca on July 12, 2012 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. The gender of the animal, born on July 10, 2012 and still nameless, is not yet known. AFP PHOTO / FREDRIK VON ERICHSEN (credit:Getty)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a researcher stands near seven panda cubs, all born in 2012, at the Chengdu Panda Base in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT (credit:AP)
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A zookeeper holds a Amur tiger cub (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Siberian tiger, during weighing in the Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, central Germany Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. Two Amur tiger babies were born on July 20, 2012. The still nameless tigers have achieved a weight of about 9 kilogram in the meantime. The Amur tiger is the largest living felid. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:AP)
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A baby baboon monkey (Papio hamadryas), born in captivity two months ago, plays with its father at the zoo in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, on January 11, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Luis ROBAYO (credit:Getty)
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The three tiger cubs Mila, Finja and Jegor play in their compound at the zoo in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Roberto Pfeil) (credit:AP)
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A five-week-old aardvark inspects his surroundings after a routine examination at the Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (credit:AP)
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In a Tuesday, March 6, 2012 photo provided by the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, a newborn clouded leopard cub is hand-fed at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. An endangered clouded leopard gave birth to two healthy cubs, a male and a female. Zoo staff will hand-raise the cubs for the cubsí safety and will invite the public to vote on the cubsí names once the cubs are more settled. (AP Photo/Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium) (credit:AP)
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A baby baboon monkey (Papio hamadryas), born in captivity two months ago, eats a flower at the zoo in Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, on January 11, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Luis ROBAYO (credit:Getty)
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A baby howler monkey clutches his mother in its enclosure in the zoo Berlin on January 3, 2012. The young monkey was born on December 31, 2011 and weighs 200 gramms. AFP PHOTO / Sebastian Kahnert (credit:Getty)
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Seven weeks old Java male leopard Arjuna, left, and female leopard Sri Kandi, are pictured during their official presentation at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 5, 2012. The mother of the cubs, Shinta, was born at the Taman Safari park in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (credit:AP)
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A Japanese macaque mounting Shishiro, a five-year-old Japanese wild boar, plays in their cage at Hamura Zoo in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) (credit:AP)
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A lemur looks up in an enclosure at the 'ZOOM' Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (credit:Getty)
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Twin polar bears, born three months ago in the Dutch Ouwehands Dierenpark zoo in Rhenen, play on February 29, 2012 outdoors for the first time since their birth. AFP PHOTO / ANP / ERIK VAN 'T WOUD (credit:Getty)
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French bulldog named Baby, left, attends the feeding of wild boar piglets at the Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Six little pigs have found a new friend in a maternal French bulldog named Baby. The Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin says Baby took straight to the wild boar piglets when they were brought in Saturday, three days old and shivering from cold. Sanctuary worker Norbert Damm said Wednesday as soon as the furry striped piglets were brought in, Baby ran over and started snuggling them and keeping them warm, even though they're already about her size. He says the piglets' mother was likely killed by a hunter and the litter was found abandoned in a forest. The piglets are being bottlefed right now and should be released to an animal sanctuary when they can feed themselves in about three months. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (credit:AP)
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A ring-tailed lemur and her two cubs discover the enclosure at the zoo in Marlow, eastern Germany, on May 10, 2012. AFP PHOTO / BERND WUSTNECK (credit:Getty)
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A Tasmanian devil cub tries to bite his way out of a small bag during an event marking the National Endangered Species Day in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. The National Threatened Species Day is a community action and an education event aimed at highlighting vulnerable Australian animals and and what can be done in our daily lives to save them. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) (credit:AP)
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Two endangered clouded leopard cubs were introduced to the media at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Friday, March 23, 2012. The two-week-old cubs will make their public debut on Saturday, March 24, with appearances every during their daily feeding times, currently 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The public will have an opportunity to vote on the cubs (credit:AP)
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A rescued seal recovers in a pool at the Pieterburen Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre in Groningen, on January 16, 2012. More than 350 seals were stranded in de Waddenzee after a heavy storm two weeks ago. Pieterburen is a non-profit foundation that rescued 6366 seals since the opening in 1971. AFP PHOTO Anoek de Groot (credit:Getty)
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Marina Arguello, the chief of Nicaragua's National Zoo poses with a three week-old female jaguar, in her home near the zoo, in Masaya department, about 20 km south of Managua, on January 25 2012. AFP PHOTO / ELMER MARTINEZ (credit:Getty)
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In this photo taken on Friday, June 29, 2012, Siberian tiger cub Plyusha and Shar Pei puppy Fighter play in the house of Yekaterina Khodakova, whose Shar Pei dog Cleopatra is breastfeeding Plyusha and her sibling Clyopa in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The cubs were born in late May in a small zoo at the Oktryabsky resport in Sochi, but their mother refused to feed them. Fewer than 400 Siberian tigers have survived in the wild, most of them in the cedar forests of Russia's Far East. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin) (credit:AP)
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A visitor takes pictures of a giraffe at the zoo in Duisburg, western Germany, on January 2, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ROLAND WEIHRAUCH (credit:Getty)
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GROSS KREUTZ, GERMANY - JANUARY 27: A merino lamb only a few days old stands in a pen at the Educational and Reserach Station for Animal Breeding (Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt fuer Tierzucht und Tierhaltung, or LVAT) in Brandenburg state on January 27, 2012 in Gross Kreutz, Germany. Hundreds of lambs have been born at the LVAT in recent weeks in the midst of the station's lambing season. Many of the lambs will be sold just before Easter, when they will have grown to a weight of over 40kg, as lamb is the traditional German Easter meal. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A baby rhinoceros runs through its enclosure on January 12, 2012 at the zoo in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. The little black rhinoceros was born on Christmas 2011 at the zoo. AFP PHOTO / HENDRIK SCHMIDT (credit:Getty)
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A five-year old buffalo is seen at the National Zoo in Masaya department, Nicaragua on January 25, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ELMER MARTINEZ (credit:Getty)
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In this photo provided by the Little Rock Zoo and taken Nov.19, 2012, a three-week old African penguin is held in Little Rock, Ark. The bird, hatched at the zoo Oct. 30, 2012, will not be exhibited until it is about 70 days old or if its parents allow it to wander out of the nest. (AP Photo/Little Rock Zoo, Stephanie Hollister) (credit:AP)
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A jaguar remains at the National Zoo in Masaya department, Nicaragua on January 25, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ELMER MARTINEZ (credit:Getty)
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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 13: In this handout photo provided by Hausmann Communications, Koalas sit at a table set for breakfast at Wild Life Sydney, on January 13, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. After a spate of warm weather Sydney is returning to its unseasonable summer, with showers and temperatures in the low 20s forecast all week. (Photo by Tim Marshall/Merlin Entertainments via Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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BEAUVAL, FRANCE - JANUARY 25: Yuan Zi, a male giant panda and Huan Huan, a female giant panda, share their life inside their enclosure at Zoo Parc De Beauval on January 25, 2012 in Beauval, France. A pair of giant pandas which have been loaned to the zoo by China, where they hope the pair will reproduce and help boost the world's dwindling panda population. (Photo by Franck Prevel/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A squirrel curls up to protect itself from freezing daytime temperatures which have dropped to minus 15 degrees Celsius in Warsaw's central Lazienki Park, on January 31, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JANEK SKARZYNSKI (credit:Getty)
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A picture taken on February 2, 2012, shows a cheetah at the Amneville zoo, eastern France. AFP PHOTO JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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A camel is covered in snow at the Ouwehands Dierenpark zoo in Rhenen, on February 3, 2012, after the first snowfall of the year. AFP PHOTO / ANP / KOEN VAN WEEL (credit:Getty)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 06: Polar bears lie on ice in their outdoor enclosure at the Berlin Zoo on February 6, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Temperatures plummeted to -25 degrees Celsius in Berlin as the current cold front that has claimed over 200 lives in eastern Europe makes its way west. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A juvenile De Brazza's monkey eats fruit at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on February 10, 2012. De Brazza's monkey is found in various African countries, located near water and also in areas of dense vegetation. AFP PHOTO / Antony DICKSON (credit:Getty)
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A woman feeds a bird in one of the parks if the center of Kiev on February, 6, 2012 after heavy snowfalls. Ukraine on Monday blamed alcohol abuse as the main cause of deaths caused by a spell of abnormally cold weather that has claimed at least 135 lives over the last 10 days. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (credit:Getty)
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The female panda Huan-Huan, one of the two giant pandas recently arrived from China, is pictured on February 18, 2012 at the Beauval zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France, as part of the public opening. AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD (credit:Getty)
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A squirrel runs with a tangerine along a fence at a garden in residential neighborhood in Woodland Hills, California on February 21, 2012 . AFP PHOTO/JOE KLAMAR (credit:Getty)
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Palle-Jooseppi, a male brown bear of Ranua Zoo, wakes up after winter hibernation in Ranua on February 23, 2012. AFP PHOTO / LEHTIKUVA / Kaisa Siren (credit:Getty)
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LIMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: A duck swims on a lake at the WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre on January 16, 2012 in Slimbridge, England. Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Gloucestershire are expecting the recent cold snap to bring a late influx of wintering birds onto its reserves encouraged by the drop of temperatures to complete the last leg of their migration over to the UK. The unseasonable weather has led to lower numbers of swans, geese and ducks, arriving at the sanctuary because they have managed to remain further north thanks to the mild weather conditions throughout western Europe. It has also led to large flocks of waders choosing to stay in bigger numbers than in the recent colder winters (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A baby giraffe, only a few days old, stands next to her mother Santana in an enclosure at the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden on February 24, 2012. The 170 cm tall baby giraffe was born a week ago. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (credit:Getty)
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Meerkats relax under a heating light during cold temperatures in the Erfurt zoo, central Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (credit:AP)
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A baby joey hangs out in the pouch of Skippy, a six-year-old red kangaroo, at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Wednesday, March 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) (credit:AP)
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A baby baboon only a few days old, stands next to its mother in an enclosure at the 'ZOOM' Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (credit:Getty)
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A baby giraffe named Kimarie, only a few days old, stands next to her mother Marie in an enclosure at the 'ZOOM' Zoo in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany on March 12, 2012. The 170 cm tall baby giraffe was born 3 days ago. AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ (credit:Getty)
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A mother polar bear plays with one of her three cubs born in last November, at the Moscow Zoo, on March 22, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY SMIRNOV (credit:Getty)
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One-month-old Sumatran tigers, Danny, Denar and Diana are posing for pictures and practicing roaring at the zoo in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, March 22, 2012 during their weekly weight checking. The two males and one female were born Feb. 18 and spend the time in a cage with their mother, with a brief break each week for the weighing and a photo session. They will take their first walk in late April. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) (credit:AP)
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Thor, left, and Boo, two of three orphaned grizzly bear cubs that came to the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich., from Alaska in December wrestle, Thursday, March 22, 2012. The cubs spent the winter "denned up" as they would in the wild. The 14-month-old brothers explored their new habitat, including having a dip in the 6-foot-deep pool and doing a little rough-housing. The three were orphaned in October and captured by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game after their mother was shot and killed by a poacher. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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A robin pulls a worm from the ground on a rainy Friday afternoon, March 23, 2012 in a grassy area just north of Zoo Beach in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Scott Anderson) (credit:AP)
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Two-month-old Charlees, whose name is Hindi for Charlie, made her public debut at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Tuesday, March 20, 2012. (credit:AP)
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SUMOTO, HYOGO, JAPAN - MARCH 26: A 19-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Monday sneezes while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree, at Awajishima Monkey Center on March 26, 2012 in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan. Some twenty monkeys are suffering the effects of hay fever at this time of the year, with the typical symptoms being the same as with humans. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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SUMOTO, HYOGO, JAPAN - MARCH 26: A 19-year-old Japanese macaque monkey named Monday scratches her eyes while suffering an allergy to pollen from the cedar tree, at Awajishima Monkey Center on March 26, 2012 in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan. Some twenty monkeys are suffering the effects of hay fever at this time of the year, with the typical symptoms being the same as with humans. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A newborn warthog jumps as he goes outside for the first time at the 'Ouwehands dierenpark' zoo in Rhenen on March 29, 2012. AFP PHOTO/ANP/ KOEN VAN WEEL (credit:Getty)
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This March 26, 2012, photo, provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, shows a male black-footed cat at the Animal Hospital at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. The kitten, born Feb. 14, is being hand-reared at the zoo's hospital. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz) (credit:AP)
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An Indochinese Tiger cub drinks water at a new enclosure at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:AP)
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Ya Kwanza, a silverback gorilla male, stands in its enclosure 'Gorilla's Camp' at the Amneville zoo, eastern France, on April 04, 2012. Ya Kwanza arrived with seven other gorillas from other western zoos, as part of a the European breeding of Endangered species Programm (EEP) to promote their breeding. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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Two male gorillas are seen in the enclosure 'Gorilla's Camp' at the Amneville zoo, eastern France, on April 04, 2012. Ya Kwanza, a silverback gorilla male, also arrived with seven other gorillas from other western zoos, as part of a the European breeding of Endangered species Programm (EEP) to promote their breeding. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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Four week old leopard cub Imoo sits at Nyiregyhaza Animal Park in Nyiregyhaza, 227 kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, April 5, 2012. The cub's name means darkness in the Swahili language. (credit:AP)
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Sumatoran Orang Utans, Ishta, left, and Bino, both are one-year-old, peep from the safety of their elder Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore. The zoo is actively involved in educating the public about wildlife conservation and has also been successful in breeding endangered species within the Zoo's premises. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) (credit:AP)
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A baby lar gibbon known as "Knuppy" is seen at a private Zoo in Bremen, northern Germany, Friday, April 13, 2012. The lar gibbon, which was rejected by its mother, is now in the care of zoo owner Renate Anders. (AP Photo/dapd /Joerg Sarbach) (credit:AP)
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A picture taken on April 12, 2012 shows white albino alligators at the Alligator Bay zoological park in Beauvoir, western France. Three albino alligators, two female and a male coming from the US, arrived at the park, joining the 200 alligators and crocodiles shown in their recreated natural environment, inside a tropical greenhouse. AFP PHOTO CHARLY TRIBALLEAU (credit:Getty)
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Two Bale Eagles argue over a perch April 14, 2012 near the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The Eagle on top wanted to sit on the pole that the lower Eagle was already on. AFP PHOTO / Bruce Weaver (credit:Getty)
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One-day-old female Asian elephant baby (Elephas maximus) keeps close to her mother, Lai Sinh, in their enclosure in the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Friday April 13, 2012. The baby has no name yet. (AP Photo/dapd, Philipp Guelland) (credit:AP)
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Mature Moon Jellyfish float at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, on April 26, 2012.The Aquarium features a collection of over 11,000 animals representing over 500 different species. It focuses on the Pacific Ocean in three major permanent galleries, sunny Southern California and Baja, the frigid waters of the Northern Pacific and the colorful reefs of the Tropical Pacific.The non-profit Aquarium sees 1.5 million visitors a year and has a total staff of over 900 people including more than 300 employees and about 650 volunteers.AFP PHOTO /JOE KLAMAR (credit:Getty)
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A couple of seagulls rest at the Santa Monica Pier on April 24, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.AFP PHOTO /JOE KLAMAR (credit:Getty)
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Asian elephants take a bath in a pool at the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany, on April 27, 2012. Five baby elephants are raised in the zoo Hanover. AFP PHOTO / HOLGER HOLLEMANN (credit:Getty)
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In this May 6, 2012 photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, two of 11 common chuckwallas that hatched March 23 at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill., climb atop their mother. The Chicago Zoological Society, which manages the zoo, has had success in breeding this particular species of chuckwalla, which is found in the southwestern United States. The zoo taff plans to use their expertise in husbandry of this species to breed San Esteban chuckwallas, a more endangered chuckwalla species, in the future. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz) (credit:AP)
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An ostrich (Struthio camelus) stands in his enclosure in the zoo in Berlin, Friday May 11, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Andreas ProstB (credit:AP)
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In this handout photo provided by Skazka Zoo, taken May 6, 2012, a female white albino tiger, Tigrylia is seen with her newborn cub at the Skazka Zoo in Yalta, Ukraine. Tiger gave birth to four cubs, including a rare albino tiger. A beautiful white tigress was the symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko's presidential election campaign, representing her ferocious resolve. (AP Photo/Skazka Zoo) (credit:AP)
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A white-faced saki (pithecia pithecia) feeds in its compound in the zoo of Nuremberg, southern Germany, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Timm Schamberger) (credit:AP)
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A little Golden Lion Tamarin watches visitors at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday, May 3, 2012. Two tlittle lion apes were born only six weeks ago. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:AP)
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Two little Golden Lion Tamarin hang on their father at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday, May 3, 2012. The small twins were born only six weeks ago. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) (credit:AP)
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A Red Panda Bear sleeps in the Panda Bear enclosure at the Beijing Zoo on May 22, 2012. The zoo grounds were originally a Ming Dynasty imperial palace and finally opened to the public in 1908. The zoo's history states that during the WWII, most of the zoo's animals died of starvation with only 13 monkeys and one old emu surviving the war. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (credit:Getty)
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'Lequinho', a two-month-old 'green monkey' (Cercopithecus pygerythrus), a species originary from South Africa, sits on a tripod in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 22. 2012. Lequinho, whose mother died upon giving birth, is being taken care of by a team of veterinarians and biologists AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (credit:Getty)
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An Emu looks on at the Australian animal compound in the Beijing Zoo on May 22, 2012. The zoo grounds were originally a Ming Dynasty imperial palace and finally opened to the public in 1908. The zoo's history states that during the WWII, most of the zoo's animals died of starvation with only 13 monkeys and one old emu surviving the war. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (credit:Getty)
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A monkey and a bull beat the summer heat on the banks of the Bagamti river in Kathmandu on May 25, 2012. Temperatures in the Nepalese capital are rising with the onset of summer. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (credit:Getty)
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Kenya Wildlife service rangers examine two-month-old lion cubs on June 7,2012 in a quarantine room of the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) headquarters in Nairobi, following its rescue by the wildlife rangers who were forced to shoot dead the cubs' mother after it was spotted in Nairobi's Karen suburb and it charged before it could be darted, but the cubs are now being looked after. Conservations warn of the growing likelihood of closer interaction between wildlife and humans if development is not managed in a sustainable manner. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (credit:Getty)
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Young Hippopotamus, Bouli, is pictured on June 5, 2012 in the zoo of Amneville, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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A young silverback gorilla is pictured at the zoo of the French eastern city of Amneville, on June 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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Baby polar bear Anori jumps in the pool of its enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal, western Germany, on June 6, 2012. Anori was born on January 4, 2012 and has the same father as world famous polar bear Knut, who died in 2011. AFP PHOTO / CAROLINE SEIDEL (credit:Getty)
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One of the two snow leopards who were born at the zoo of Amneville, eastern France, is pictured on June 5, 2012 . AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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In a photo provided by the Detroit Zoo, one of three new North American river otters dives in the pool on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich. The pups were born March 20 to 9-year-old mother Whisker and 6-year-old father Lucius. The births of the two males and a female double the zoo's river otter population. (AP Photo/Detroit Zoo, Mark M. Gaskill) (credit:AP)
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In this picture taken, Monday, June 4, 2012, Shar Pei dog Cleopatra feeds two baby tigers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. Two baby tigers whose mother refused to feed them found an unusual wet nurse, a wrinkled, sand-colored Shar Pei dog named Cleopatra. The cubs were born in late May in a zoo at the October health resort in Sochi. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin) (credit:AP)
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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 05: A giant panda rests in a tree at the Beijing Zoo on June 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. With an estimated 1,600 living in the wild, the endangered giant panda dwell in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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Two-month-old lion cubs are seen on June 7,2012 in a quarantine room of the Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) headquarters in Nairobi, following their rescue by the wildlife rangers who were forced to shoot dead the cubs' mother after it was spotted in Nairobi's Karen suburb and it charged before it could be darted, but the cubs are now being looked after. Conservations warn of the growing likelihood of closer interaction between wildlife and humans if development is not managed in a sustainable manner. AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (credit:Getty)
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A hippo named Chata swims in the FURESA park zoo in the town of Jayaque, 40 km west of San Salvador on June 8, 2012. The Wild Reserve Foundation (FURESA) built a zoo park in a former coffee plantation. AFP PHOTO/Jose CABEZAS (credit:Getty)
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Baby hawks (faucons caracas) are pictured at the zoo of the French eastern city of Amneville, on June 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN (credit:Getty)
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A baby panda plays in a enclosure at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on June 24, 2012, as thousands of visitors gather for the Duanwu festival or better known as the Dragon Boat festival. China engages in 'panda diplomacy', using the endangered but iconic bears as diplomatic gifts to other countries, and also runs a lucrative trade hiring the animals out to foreign zoos, as only around 1,600 remain in the wild in China, with some 300 others in captivity. AFP PHOTO (credit:Getty)
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This photo taken on June 23, 2012 shows a camel resting outside of a Gobi desert 'ger', a local hut-style accomodation, in southern Mongolia. The climate of the Gobi, Asia's largest desert, is one of extreme temperatures, reaching minus 40°C in winter to 50°C plus in summer. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (credit:Getty)
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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. At more than a month old, the male and female jaguar cubs born to mother, Nindiri, are ready to spend some time in a large habitat at the San Diego Zoo. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn) (credit:AP)
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Two pandas enjoy a meal of bamboo shoots in a enclosure at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on June 24, 2012, as thousands of visitors gather for the Duanwu festival or better known as the Dragon Boat festival. China engages in 'panda diplomacy', using the endangered but iconic bears as diplomatic gifts to other countries, and also runs a lucrative trade hiring the animals out to foreign zoos, as only around 1,600 remain in the wild in China, with some 300 others in captivity. AFP PHOTO (credit:Getty)
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Snowy Owlets sit in a basket at the zoo in Hannover, western Germany, on June 27, 2012. The 4 weeks old owlets left their nest after 18 days after eclosing. The Snowy Owl was first classifield by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. AFP PHOTO / HOLGER HOLLEMANN (credit:Getty)
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A baby beluga whale swims close to her 11 year old mother called Parara at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama in suburban Tokyo on June 30, 2012. The one a half meters in length baby beluga was born at the aquarium on June 28. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (credit:Getty)
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A chimpanzee holds an icy treat, made up of Crystal Light and fruit, at the Chattanooga Zoo on Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The treats provide a way for the chimps to cool down on a hot summer day. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Angela Lewis) (credit:AP)
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This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows Sumatran tiger cubs, Conrad, right, and Thomas, lower left, napping on their mother, Delta, Tuesday June 26, 2012 in San Diego. The 3-month-old male cubs made their public debut on Tuesday. There are fewer than 350 Sumatran tigers in the wild. Scientists estimate that this species could be extinct in its native Sumatra by 2020. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Tammy Spratt)) (credit:AP)
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BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 13: A twin baby panther emerges from its basket while being presented to the media with its sibling at Tierpark Berlin zoo on July 13, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The two panthers were born in captivity on April 26. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A peacock at Tegucigalpa's zoo, on July 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA (credit:Getty)
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This photo taken through a pane of glass shows a newborn red vari lemur with his mother at the zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The lemurs originate from Madagascar and this is the first time babies have been born in this zoo. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) (credit:AP)
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A female lion cub lays around at the Jacksonville Zoo on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla. The cub, born on June 30, appears to be healthy and strong, despite the fact that Tamu, the mother, is not nursing the cub adequately. The staff has been supplementing the cub's diet with bottle-fed formula. The father of the cub, Mshoni, is one of the most genetically valuable lions in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' population. This is first surviving lion birth at Jacksonville Zoo since 1974. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack) (credit:AP)
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Major, the oldest captive orangutan in the world, blows candles on a cake as part of its 50th birthday ceremony, on July 17, 2012, at the La Boissiere-du-Doree zoo near Nantes, western France. AFP PHOTO ALAIN JOCARD (credit:Getty)
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A few weeks old rare albino South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) sits on its mother "Harimee", whose fur has the normal color, at the zoo in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, July 20, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd, Tim Schulz) (credit:AP)
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MADISON, MS - JULY 20: A fox squirrel watches the action on the 8th hole during the second round of the True South Classic at Annandale Golf Club on July 20, 2012 in Madison, Mississippi. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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In this photo made Tuesday, July 17, 2012, white lion cubs are during feeding time in the Yalta Zoo in Yalta, the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. Five white lion cubs were born in the Crimea two weeks ago, three of them in a safari park and two in the Yalta Zoo. They are brought up together at the Yalta Zoo. Cubs have no names but they will be named in a few months when they grow up. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) (credit:AP)
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Newly-named White African lion cubs Fintan, and Lemon, (not seen) rest in the heat at the Toronto Zoo after their names were announced in Toronto on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) (credit:AP)
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This photo provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a 5-week-old giant panda at the Zoo. San Diego Zoo veterinarians announced Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, the 3.2-pound cub is a boy. Veterinarian Meg Sutherland Smith, DVM, said despite being a bit lighter in weight than Bai Yun (credit:AP)
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Flamingos are photographed in their enclosure in the Dresden Zoo, Tuesday July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Matthias Rietschel) (credit:AP)
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Red panda Ole explores his new open air enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, Germany, on August 3, 2012. The red Panda was brought to Hanover to meet three-year-old female red panda Shana and, as zookeepers hope, to become a couple. AFP PHOTO / HOLGER HOLLEMANN (credit:Getty)
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A turtle rides on an alligator's back at the Summit Garden Zoo in Panama City, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco) (credit:AP)
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Four day old female black rhinoceros calf Akili stands next to its mother Ine in the enclosure at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. The young calf weighs 30 kilograms (65 pounds) while the mother weighs 1,100 kilograms (2,425 pounds). (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) (credit:AP)
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A male Barasingha walks alongside his mother at the swamp deer enclosure at the zoo in Berlin on August 7, 2012. The pup was born on June 24, 2012. The Barasingha is a deer species that is threatened to be extinct. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE (credit:Getty)
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A baby two-toed sloth (Choloepus) yawns at the Aiunau Foundation in Caldas, some 25 km south of Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on September 15, 2012. Croatian scientist Tinka Plese created the foundation 10 years ago, where sloths --which have been captured by illegal wildlife traffickers and then sold to people between US40 to 150 dollars-- are rescued, rehabilitated and released. More than 700 sloths have been released to date. AFP PHOTO/Raul ARBOLEDA (credit:Getty)
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A five-day-old baby hippopotamus swims next to its mother, Kibu, at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The calf, the offspring of 21-year-old Kibu and 31-year-old Duke, was born on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) (credit:AP)
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Tian Tian the Panda in her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo on her ninth birthday Friday Aug. 24, 2012. Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo made a three-tiered panda cake with carrots instead of candles for Tian Tian, but the birthday girl did not seem too impressed with her gift and refused to eat it this morning. (AP PhotoAndrew Milligan/PA Wire) (credit:AP)
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Two circus lions rest in their cage on zoo grounds, in Asuncion, Paraguay,Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. The lions are two of the seven African lions and nine Bengal tigers from an Argentine circus that were stuck in a Paraguayan border town for two months and recently moved to a shaded area at the Asuncion Zoo where Paraguay's wildlife agency hopes they will be more comfortable as circus owners and Argentine officials work out the circus animals' paperwork for re-entry. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) (credit:AP)
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In this Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 photo, Mauyak, a beluga whale at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, swims with her newly born calf at the aquarium's Abbott Oceanarium. Shedd (credit:AP)
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Female silvery gibbon Pangrango (Hylobates moloch) balances with her four week-old baby on ropes in their compound at the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (AP PHoto/dapd, Uwe Lein) (credit:AP)
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A six-day-old hippopotamus is pictured next to his mother, Kara, aged 21, on September 12, 2012 at 'Planet sauvage' (Wild Planet) zoo in Port-Saint-Pere, western France. The birth, a rare event for this species in captivity, occurred on September 7, 2012 in the zoo. AFP PHOTO FRANK PERRY (credit:Getty)
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This Sept. 10, 2012 photo provided by the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, a male cub born to Jaya, an endangered Sumatran tiger at the zoo in Tacoma, Wash. Visitors will be able to view the cub, born Aug. 22, in the Cub Den in Asian Forest Sanctuary after Thursday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium) (credit:AP)
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A picture taken on September 15, 2012 in the French northern city of Godewaersvelde shows a mole on dirt. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN (credit:Getty)
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A five day old guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is pictured in its enclosure at Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin on September 14, 2012. The animal was born on September 8, 2012 at the zoo and has a weight of ten kilograms. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE (credit:Getty)
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Female liliger cub Kiara, a hybrid between a lion and a ligress, plays at the Novosibirsk Zoo, in Novosibirsk, eastern Sibiria, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Kiara is the first female liliger born over a month ago at the Novosibirsk Zoo. Kiara's mother, Zita, stopped producing milk almost immediately after giving birth, so Zoo employees placed Kiara in a separate facility and feed her with a special milk mix. The cub plays with a house cat which also provides motherly warmth. (AP Photo /Ilnar Salakhiev) (credit:AP)
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Chimpanzee Ruben plays on his surrogate mother, Kito, at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Rubens mother, Rukiya, died just 24 hours after giving birth during a medical procedure. After being hand-raised at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, 7-month-old Ruben arrived at the Oklahoma City Zoo on July 30, 2012, and is slowly being introduced to the other members of his chimp family. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (credit:AP)
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A baby monkey at the 'Rosy Walter' zoo, in El Picacho, north of Tegucigalpa, on September 18, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA. (credit:Getty)
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A yellow tang fish (Zebrasoma flavescens) swims in the aquarium of the Schoenbrunn zoo in the gardens of the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna on September 27, 2012. AFP PHOTO ALEXANDER KLEIN (credit:Getty)
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One of two North Chinese Leopard cubs sits on a tree as they were presented for the first time to public at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The North Chinese Leopard twins were born on Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (credit:AP)
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In this Sept. 23, 2012 photo provided by Utah's Hogle Zoo, mother giraffe Kipenzi licks her baby girl shortly after birth. The new baby giraffe and her mother went on display at Utah's Hogle Zoo for the first time on Oct. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Utah's Hogle Zoo) (credit:AP)
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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 03: One of Edinburgh Zoo's short clawed otter pups calls out from the hide in the enclosure on October 3, 2012 in Edinburgh,Scotland. The five otters are from the smallest otter species in the world and the pups born to mum Elena and Dad Ray are around 10 weeks old now, and are their third litter since arriving at the zoo. A native to Southeast Asia, this particular otter will weigh just 3.5kg when fully grown. These water loving animals are known for their extremely agile, hand-like front paws that are complete with short claws giving these otters their name. Using these dexterous paws they can easily tackle a variety of prey, including crabs, snails, molluscs, small fish and insects. Like other otter species they use their strong rudder-like tail to navigate and propel them through the water. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
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A wild macaque baby monkey suckles milk from its mother (L) in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur on September 2, 2012. The long-tailed macaques can be found in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur. AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN (credit:Getty)
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Passiflora the Brazilian Tapir and her four-day old baby are seen at the Ramat Gan Safari, an open-air zoo near Tel Aviv, on October 9, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ (credit:Getty)
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Sheep are pictured at the Kirkjubour village on the Streymoy Island as a rainbow appears between the Hestur (L) and the Koltur (R) islands on October 16, 2012, Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands are known for its fishing and sheep farming as the main industries. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND (credit:Getty)
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A red lionfish (Pterois volitans) swims in the aquarium of the Schonbrunn zoo in the gardens of the Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna on October 16, 2012. The red lionfish is a venomous coral reef fish. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN (credit:Getty)
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In this Oct. 15, 2012 photo provided by the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, a newborn western lowland gorilla, born on Oct. 11, cuddles with its mother Bana, 17, at the zoo. The baby has yet to be sexed or named and appears to be doing well. Zookeepers and vets will closely monitor Bana and her baby to ensure they continue to do well, as the first few weeks are critical in the survival of newborn gorillas. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Lincoln Park Zoo, Tony Gnau) (credit:AP)
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A polar bear eats a pumpkin at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. The polar bears along with snow monkeys, gorillas, rhinos, zebras, bison, wolverines and anteaters received treats as part of the annual Halloween-themed enrichment program at the zoo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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Bantu, a lion cub born in captivity two months ago, is seen at the zoo in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, on October 25, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Luis ROBAYO (credit:Getty)
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Picture taken on October 26, 2012 in the Doue La-Fontaine zoo (western central France), of a baby Gibbon recently borned at the zoo and his mother. AFP PHOTO/ ALAIN JOCARD (credit:Getty)
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Pike, a 30 year old Polar Bear plays in man made snow at the San Francisco Zoo on November 15, 2012 in San Francisco, California. Two San Francisco Zoo Polar Bears, Pike (30) and Ulu (32)celebrated their birthdays with 10 tons of man made snow and special treats. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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A hawk is seen on the 5th hole during the first round of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at the Disney Palm and Magnolia course on November 8, 2012 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Sam Greenwood/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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An Asian small-clawed otter swims in it's exhibit area in the Rainforest at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The zoo celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Rainforest this weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) (credit:AP)
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Japanese macaque, commonly referred to as 'snow monkeys', take an open-air hot spring bath, or 'onsen' at the Jigokudani (Hell's Valley) Monkey Park in the town of Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture on December 7, 2012. Some 160 of the monkeys inhabit the area and are a popular tourist draw. KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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A young polar bear wallows in snow at the public zoo in the Russia's second city of Saint-Petersburg, on December 7, 2012. OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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A hummingbird flies close to a flower during the Birding Rally Challenge at 'Aguas Calientes' Cuzco on December 05, 2012. The Birding Rally Challenge is a competition, involving teams of well known birders, where participants must cover the greatest number of habitats within a relative small geographical area and in a limited amount of time, allowing them to appreciate the biodiversity of Peru. ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP/Getty Images (credit:Getty)
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In this photo taken on Friday, June 29, 2012, Shar Pei dog Cleopatra feeds Siberian tiger cub Clyopa in the house of Yekaterina Khodakova, whose Shar Pei dog is breastfeeding Clyopa and her sibling Plyusha in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. The cubs were born in late May in a small zoo at the Oktryabsky resport in Sochi, but their mother refused to feed them. Fewer than 400 Siberian tigers have survived in the wild, most of them in the cedar forests of Russia's Far East. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin) (credit:AP)