Animal Photos Of The Week: Sloth Bears, Sleeping Rhino And More Awesome Pictures

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Griraffe baby Jamila canoodles with mother Juji at the outdoor enclosure of the Zoo in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday May 7,2013. The Giraffe baby was born on April 21,2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Kahnert/dpa)

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This adult bald Eagle is currently being treated at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge on Thursday, May 9,2013 in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for injuries to one of its talons. The refuge is currently raising funds to build a large flight cage for this and other eagles being cared for at the facility. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine)

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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, a volunteer feeds fruit to a gibbon at the Wildlife Friends Foundation near the village of Kao Look Chang, Thailand. For more than a decade, the wildlife refuge south of Bangkok has been rehabilitating and caring for animals abandoned or abused by their owners. (AP Photo/Jon Col Jin)

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BROOKFIELD, IL - MAY 08: Hani, a 10-year-old sloth bear, wanders her enclosure with her two cubs at the Brookfield Zoo on May 8, 2013 in Brookfield, Illinois. The cubs, which have been held in a maternity den since their birth on January 20, were making their public debut today at the zoo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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BROOKFIELD, IL - MAY 08: Hani, a 10-year-old sloth bear, wanders her enclosure with her two cubs at the Brookfield Zoo on May 8, 2013 in Brookfield, Illinois. The cubs, which have been held in a maternity den since their birth on January 20, were making their public debut today at the zoo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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BROOKFIELD, IL - MAY 08: Hani, a 10-year-old sloth bear, wanders her enclosure with her two cubs at the Brookfield Zoo on May 8, 2013 in Brookfield, Illinois. The cubs, which have been held in a maternity den since their birth on January 20, were making their public debut today at the zoo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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A rhino sleeps at the Giza Zoo in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. Officials are considering raising the prices of entry fees at the Giza Zoo and zoos in the other areas, to three Egyptian pounds (about half of one U.S. dollar) instead of the current price of two pounds. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This images was processed using digital filters.) A donkey looks into the camera at the Hagenbeck Zoo on May 7, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

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One of the six Canadian timber wolves (Canis lupus occidentalis) also known as Mackenzie Valley wolves, snorts in the animal park of Sainte-Croix, on May 7, 2013, in Rhodes, eastern France. Timber wolves are installed in a park of 120000 meters square flanked by a park of artic wolves and a park of grey wolves. (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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One of the six Canadian timber wolves (Canis lupus occidentalis), aka Mackenzie Valley wolves, eats a piece of meat in the animal park of Sainte-Croix, on May 6, 2013, in Rhodes, eastern France. Timber wolves are installed in a park of 12,000 square meters flanked by a park of artic wolves and a park of grey wolves. (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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One of the six Canadian timber wolves (Canis lupus occidentalis), aka Mackenzie Valley wolves, crosses a pond in the animal park of Sainte-Croix, on May 6, 2013, in Rhodes, eastern France. Timber wolves are installed in a park of 12,000 square meters flanked by a park of artic wolves and a park of grey wolves. (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Two Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) --of twelve donated by France's ZooParc de Bauval-- swim at the Aurora zoo on May 6, 2013 in Guatemala City. (JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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In this Thursday, May 9, 2013 photo, a macaque, which was rescued after it was caught in a trap and lost its left arm, sits inside an enclosure at the Wildlife Friends Foundation near the village of Kao Look Chang, Thailand. For more than a decade, the wildlife refuge south of Bangkok has been rehabilitating and caring for animals abandoned or abused by their owners. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

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An Egyptian woman reacts as an ostrich eats grass at the Giza Zoo, in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. Officials are considering raising the prices of entry fees at the Giza Zoo and zoos in the other areas, to three Egyptian pounds (about half of one U.S. dollar) instead of the current price of two pounds. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Elephants help an elephant calf up a slope after fording the Ewaso Nyiro river in Samburu game reserve on May 8, 2013. UNEP goodwill ambassador and Chinese actress Li Bingbing was on an official visit in Kenya to highlight issues of Africa's poaching crisis. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Pelicans swim on a lake at the Giza Zoo in Giza, Egypt, Friday, May 10, 2013. Officials are considering raising the prices of entry fees at the Giza Zoo and zoos in the other areas, to three Egyptian pounds (about half of one U.S. dollar) instead of the current price of two pounds. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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A couple of Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) --of twelve specimens donated by France's ZooParc de Bauval-- stand at the Aurora zoo on May 6, 2013 in Guatemala City. (JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) --one of twelve donated by France's ZooParc de Bauval-- eats a sardine at the Aurora zoo on May 6, 2013 in Guatemala City. (JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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White Storks stand on a road in the Israeli annexed Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, on May 7, 2013. The birds are long-distance migrants, traveling to Europe and Africa and avoiding crossing the Mediterranean Sea by making a detour via the Levant as they depend on air thermals during their flight which do not form over a large body of water. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This images was processed using digital filters.) An ostrich looks out from his enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo on May 7, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This images was processed using digital filters.) A pair of mallard ducks take a bath at at the Hagenbeck Zoo on May 7, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This images was processed using digital filters.) Goats watch from inside their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo on May 07, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This images was processed using digital filters.) A visitor feeds an elephant at the Hagenbeck Zoo on May 7, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

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HAMBURG, GERMANY - MAY 07: (EDITORS NOTE: This images was processed using digital filters.) A Rotschild giraffe stands in its enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo on May 7, 2013 in Hamburg, Germany. (Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images)

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Elephants play fight close to the Ewaso Nyiro river in Samburu game reserve on May 8, 2013. UNEP goodwill ambassador and Chinese actress Li Bingbing was on an official visit in Kenya to highlight issues of Africa's poaching crisis. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Elephants ford the Ewaso Nyiro river in Samburu game reserve on May 8, 2013. UNEP goodwill ambassador and Chinese actress Li Bingbing was on an official visit in Kenya to highlight issues of Africa's poaching crisis. (CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

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BROOKFIELD, IL - MAY 08: A sloth bear cub explores its enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo on May 8, 2013 in Brookfield, Illinois. The cub is one of two born January 20 to their 10-year-old mother Hani. The cubs, which were making their public debut today, were the first successful sloth bear births at the zoo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 08: A Buckeye butterfy spreads its wings during the first day of the 'Butterflies and Blooms' exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park on May 8, 2013 in San Francisco, California. The popular 'Butterflies and Blooms' exhibit has returned to the Conservatory of Flowers and features more than 20 species of North American butterflies including Monarchs, Western Swallowtails and more. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MAY 08: A Buckeye butterfy sits on a flower during the first day of the 'Butterflies and Blooms' exhibit at the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park on May 8, 2013 in San Francisco, California. The popular 'Butterflies and Blooms' exhibit has returned to the Conservatory of Flowers and features more than 20 species of North American butterflies including Monarchs, Western Swallowtails and more. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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A young kudu is pictured in front of grown-ups at their compound in the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Friday, April 26, 2013. The young animal was born in January 2013. (AP Photo/dpa, Federico Gambarini)

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A three-weeks-old tiger baby lies next to its mother as it is presented for the first time to the public in the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. The tiger bay has no name yet since its gender is still unclear. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Lima (L) a white rhinoceros born in captivity at Sigean's zoo on October 8, 2012 walks near its mother Douala as he takes its first steps in open-air, on April 23, 2013 in Sigean. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)

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Lima (R) a white rhinoceros born in captivity at Sigean's zoo on October 8, 2012 takes his first steps in the open-air, on April 23, 2013 in Sigean. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)

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Lima (L) a white rhinoceros born in captivity at Sigean's zoo on October 8, 2012 walks near its mother Douala as he takes its first steps in open-air, on April 23, 2013 in Sigean. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)

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Lima a white rhinoceros born in captivity at Sigean's zoo on October 8, 2012 takes his first steps in his enclosure on April 23, 2013 in Sigean. (RAYMOND ROIG/AFP/Getty Images)

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In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 photo, a coral reef fish swims through an exhibit promoting conservation in the KidZooU section of the Philadelphia Zoo, in Philadelphia. The nation's first zoo opened its new $32 million exhibit for children featuring a travel and exploration system that offers animals more room to roam. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. (CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. (CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Cubs of Tia, a lioness, huddle close together in their enclosure in the Emmen Zoo in Emmen, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013. The four cubs were born on 7 April 2013. (CATRINUS VAN DER VEEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Scarlet macaws (Ara macaw) sit on a palm tree at Xcaret park, in the Mayan Riviera, near Playa del Carmen city, Mexico on April 25, 2013. The Xcaret park broke the Guinness Record for having 132 Scarlet macaws --a pecies in danger of extinction-- born in the same place. (ELIZABETH RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Scarlet macaws (Ara macaw) sit on a palm tree at Xcaret park, in the Mayan Riviera, near Playa del Carmen city, Mexico on April 25, 2013. The Xcaret park broke the Guinness Record for having 132 Scarlet macaws --a pecies in danger of extinction-- born in the same place. (ELIZABETH RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Hundreds of Scarlet macaws (Ara macaw) are released at Xcaret park, in the Mayan Riviera, near Playa del Carmen city, Mexico on April 25, 2013. The Xcaret park broke the Guinness Record for having 132 Scarlet macaws --a pecies in danger of extinction-- born in the same place. (ELIZABETH RUIZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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BLANKENFELDE, GERMANY - APRIL 25: Worker bees surround a queen, who is marked with a yellow spot on her back, in the colony of beekeper Reiner Gabriel in the garden of his home near Berlin on April 25, 2013 in Blankenfelde, Germany. Local beekeepers claim their yearly loss rates within their bee populations has gone from an average of 10% per year to 30% per year over the last 10 years, though they are unsure whether the cause lies with a mite and a virus it might be spreading or with the increased use of certain pesticides by local farmers. According to a recent report prepared by Greenpeace seven pesticides currently in use in Europe present a real danger to bees. Bees are essential in nature in pollenating a wide variety of plants and trees. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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BLANKENFELDE, GERMANY - APRIL 25: Bees congregate on a honeycomb in the colony of beekeper Reiner Gabriel in the garden of his home near Berlin on April 25, 2013 in Blankenfelde, Germany. Local beekeepers claim their yearly loss rates within their bee populations has gone from an average of 10% per year to 30% per year over the last 10 years, though they are unsure whether the cause lies with a mite and a virus it might be spreading or with the increased use of certain pesticides by local farmers. According to a recent report prepared by Greenpeace seven pesticides currently in use in Europe present a real danger to bees. Bees are essential in nature in pollenating a wide variety of plants and trees. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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BLANKENFELDE, GERMANY - APRIL 25: A bee harvests pollen from the flowers of a wild cherry tree near Berlin on April 25, 2013 in Blankenfelde, Germany. Local beekeepers claim their yearly loss rates within their bee populations has gone from an average of 10% per year to 30% per year over the last 10 years, though they are unsure whether the cause lies with a mite and a virus it might be spreading or with the increased use of certain pesticides by local farmers. According to a recent report prepared by Greenpeace seven pesticides currently in use in Europe present a real danger to bees. Bees are essential in nature in pollenating a wide variety of plants and trees. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Baby Komodo dragons huddle in their cage at Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, April 27, 2013. The zoo welcomed the births of ten of the endangered lizards that hatched on April 21. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

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An Afghan shepherd watches over his grazing sheep on a hillock near the Qargha Lake reservoir in Kabul on April 26, 2013. The reservoir, which provides the bulk of water supply to the Afghan capital, is also a recreational area for nearby residents.(Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images)

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - APRIL 27: A grasshopper rests on a sunflower on April 27, 2013 at a State-run University in Quezon City, Philippines. Despite small rainshowers, temperatures soar from 35 to 36.1 degrees in parts of the Philippines as State weather forecasters project hotter days ahead and advised residents to stay indoors during afternoon to avoid heat stroke. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

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'Dimbi', a blue-eyed black lemur cub (Eulemur flavifrons) is pictured at the zoo of Mulhouse, northeastern France, on April 19, 2013. There's currently less than 2,000 blue-eyed black lemurs into the wild. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)

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'Dimbi', a blue-eyed black lemur cub (Eulemur flavifrons) is pictured at the zoo of Mulhouse, northeastern France, on April 19, 2013. There's currently less than 2,000 blue-eyed black lemurs into the wild. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)

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'Dimbi', a blue-eyed black lemur cub (Eulemur flavifrons) is pictured at the zoo of Mulhouse, northeastern France, on April 19, 2013. There's currently less than 2,000 blue-eyed black lemurs into the wild. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)

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