A zebra cleans a hippo's teeth in an enclosure at Zurich Zoo. Thought to be one of the most aggressive animals in the world the hippo allowed the zebra to floss its teeth for fifteen minutes
News of the week: 12 March 2010
Dame Judi Dench (M, Boss of James Bond) releases a red squirrel at the new 'Walk Through' enclosure at the British Wildlife Centre in Surre
Orang-utan 'Sexta' relaxes in the new Asia enclosure at Gelsenkirchen Zoo, Germany. She is part of a group of seven apes, who moved into their new home last week
A southern-bearded sakis monkey is pictured at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro. Two babies of this species were born three months ago at the zoo. The species is at risk of extiction
A new born baby aardvark born at Colchester Zoo with its mother Oq. The zoo has the only successful aardvark breeding group in the UK
A female anteater carries her baby at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The baby is the first anteater to be born in captivity at the zoo. According to biologists, the anteater is at risk of extiction
A chimpanzee enjoys frozen yoghurt at Dusit Zoo in Bangkok, as the temperature in the Thai captial reached 34 degree Celsius
A baby Mantled Guereza monkey with its mother at the zoo in Chorzow, Poland
Two polar bear cubs play in the snow at the zoo in St. Petersburg, Russia...
...the cubs, yet unnamed, were born in November 2009
A baby King penguin tries to keep warm in the penguin enclosure at Basel Zoo, Switzerland
A rare melanistic (all black) King penguin is pictured on the beach in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia in the Southern Atlantic. The picture was taken by Andrew Evans, Contributing Editor for National Geographic Traveller magazine
The newborn male Asian elephant, nicknamed 'Mr Shuffles', peeks through his mother's legs at Taronga Zoo in Sydney. Zoo staff have been working around the clock to care for the calf born after a protracted birth on March 10
A kiwi hatchling at Berlin Zoo, Germany. The chick named 'Manu' hatched on March 6
A llama, born in captivity twelve days ago, stands next to its mother at the Santa Fe Zoo, in Medellin, Colombia
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