Animal Tracks: July 27 - Aug. 2

A 12-day-old Nile hippopotamus swims next to its mother, Chombi, at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur July 29, 2009. The baby hippopotamus has not been given a name. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

***Member Paper Image. Call for permission before publishing.*** Sara Perez feeds a piece of pizza to her Great Dane 'Alice' at the Farmer's Market on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Thursday, July 23, 2009. (AP Photo/The Citizen's Voice, Mark Moran) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **

A monarch buterfly is covered with droplets of water while resting ina cooling mist spray in the butterfly pavilion at the Elkton Community Education Center in Elkton, Ore., on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2009. (Robin Loznak/The News-Review)

Gorilla mother \"Gana\" holds her young baby in their enclosure at the zoo in the western German city of Muenster on August 3, 2009. The baby named Claudia was born a day earlier at the zoo. AFP PHOTO DDP / PHILIPP GUELLAND GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read PHILIPP GUELLAND/AFP/Getty Images)

A flamingo forages in a shallow pool Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Al-Areen wildlife park in Sakhir, Bahrain. Temperatures reached 42 degrees Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) in the Persian Gulf island nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

David Lawrence talks to Pete the moose in Irasburg, Vt., Thursday, July 30, 2009. Pete was raised by 73-year-old Lawrence, who nursed the then-newborn moose back to health after Pete had been injured by dogs. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

A pelican is pictured in its enclosure on a sunny day at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

REFILE - CORRECTING ANIMAL TO WALLABY IN FIRST SENTENCE An albino wallaby is seen with another wallaby in their enclosure at a private zoo in the district of Paphos July 30, 2009. The two-month-old wallaby, which was born in captivity, only emerged from its mother's pouch this week and its sex has yet to be determined. REUTERS/Pavlos Vrionides (CYPRUS ANIMALS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

SAN FRANCISCO - JULY 27: A Guinea Pig named Oreo sits in the grass at the San Francisco Zoo July 27, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Disney's new blockbuster film G-Force, which features computer generated Guinea Pigs that save the world, has animal activists worried that people will rush out to buy the small pet only to turn around and abandoned it soon after realizing that guinea pigs require an investment of time to care for them. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Polar bears play in the water in its enclosure on a sunny day at Schoenbrunn zoo in Vienna July 29, 2009. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA ENVIRONMENT)

Buckley, the 9-year-old beaver at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Wash., nibbles on a fruit, veggie, and juice popsicle to cool down during the 100 plus degree Fahrenheit hot weather Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Northwesterners more accustomed to rain and cooler climate sought refuge from a heat wave on Wednesday, as Seattle recorded the hottest temperature in its history and Portland edged closer to its own record-breaker. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Lui Kit Wong)

WHIPSNADE, ENGLAND - JULY 28: A newborn Asian elephant stands with other members of its herd at Whipsnade Wild Animal Park on July 28, 2009 in Whipsnade, England. The 6 day old Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), as yet unnamed, weighed 20 stone at birth and stands at only 3 ft tall. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)