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The Best of Animal Tracks 2010
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Sheep-sicles
Sheep are seen covered in snow in Helperby, northern England on Dec. 25.
— Nigel Roddis / X02020
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A way out
Rescue crews and bystanders came to the aid of a trapped horse near Tipp City, Ohio on Jan. 4.
— Anthony Weber / Troy Daily News
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Through the flames
A man rides a horse through a bonfire in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain, Jan. 16, in honor of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals.
— Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP
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Ice Ice Baby
Adelie penguins go for a swim, Jan. 24, near Cape Burks, western Antarctica, one of two locations being considered for South Korea's second research base on the southernmost continent.
— Yonhapnews Agency / YNA
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Ready for this jelly?
A tourist views jellyfish, Jan. 29, at Nanjing Underwater World in Nanjing, Jiangsu province of China.
— Chinafotopress / ChinaFotoPress
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Sitting pretty
A poodle is groomed at a dog fair, Feb. 5, in Winterthur, Switzerland.
— Patrick B. Kraemer / KEYSTONE
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Off the top of my head
A monkey does a handstand, Feb. 13, on the head of a sheep during a performance at a temple fair held to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing.
— Christina Hu / X02485
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Bold and bald
A cat yowls during a cat exhibition in Minsk, Belarus on Feb. 21.
— Alexey Gromov / AFP
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Tiny football fan
A mouse runs onto the pitch during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and West Ham United at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England on Feb. 23.
— Andrew Yates / AFP
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It's a chick thing
Meet Mabel, the year-old hen who thinks she's a dog. Mabel has adopted a litter of puppies at the farm of Edward and Ros Tate, leaving their real mum, Nettle, in a huff. The chicken, who was saved from the pot by Mr. Tate, has taken to roosting on a litter of puppies, March 3.
— Adam Harnett / Caters News
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Poison control
A strawberry poison arrow frog sits on a leaf in Costa Rica.
— Edwin Giesbers / BBC
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Making waves
Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi rides a wave with his alpaca, Pisco, at San Bartolo Beach in Lima, Peru on March 16.
— Pilar Olivares / X00856
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Bucket list
A member of the Zverca society holds a bucket of frogs as boys watch in Hrase, central Slovenia on March 25. Zverca organizes events annually to help frogs cross a road with heavy traffic in Hrase. Fifteen thousand frogs have been brought across the road in the past three days.
— Srdjan Zivulovic / X00501
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Blue in the face
A blue morpho butterfly sits on the face of 5-year-old Ettie Wooldridge, March 31, at the Natural History Museum in London.
— Toby Melville / X90004
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Lovebirds
A pair of Caribbean flamingos extend their heads and necks, April 11, in a heart shape as they perform courtship dances at the Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama city in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo.
— Yoshikazu Tsuno / AFP
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Fight club
In front of a spectacular, snow topped mountain range in Alaska, two brown bears took each other to task, with one even taking a crafty low side-swipe on April 13. The bears fought each other in the middle of stunning Alaskan scenery for 15 minutes before wandering off to catch salmon in a nearby river.
— Scott Cromwell / Caters News
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Bulldog on wheels
Tillman the skateboarding dog, practices in Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park on April 20. The 60 pound bulldog, who is also trained to surf and snowboard, is named after the late American football star turned Army Ranger Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan following 9/11.
— Jeanne Noonan
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The name game
A newborn zebra stands with its mother, Yoko, at a zoo in Lima, Peru.
— Martin Mejia / AP
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Hanging solo
A giant panda bear cub plays at the Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, China on May 7.
— China Daily / X01745
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The hole story
A raccoon peers out from his home in a hole in a tree in Moreland Hills, Ohio on May 15.
— Amy Sancetta / AP
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Hum a few bars
A Hummingbird flies near the home of Chris Caviezel, May 11, in Hyak, Wash. Each year, Caviezel buys between 150 and 200 pounds of sugar and uses it to create the nectar, that draws the tiny birds to the dozen bright red feeders that hang outside his home.
— Brian Myrick / Daily Record
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Fawn over
This young fawn was rescued by a couple of good Samaritans from the middle of Walker Avenue after it apparently got separated from its mother, in Morristown, N.J. on May 24.
— Bob Karp
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What a croc
A zookeeper feeds a crocodile, June 4, at the Malabon Zoo in Manila, Philippines.
— Romeo Ranoco / X00226
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What's new, pussycat?
A young wildcat reacts to a medical exam, June 9, at the Lodz Zoo in Poland.
— Grzegorz Michalowski / UPPA
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Paint job
A decorated elephant walks on a street in New Delhi, India on June 18.
— Kevin Frayer / AP
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Dive right in
A female diver feeds fish, June 27, to mark the Japanese traditional star festival, Tanabata, at the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium-amusement park complex in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo.
— Itsuo Inouye / AP
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Help me!
A fly is caught in a Venus flytrap plant, July 5, in the RHS Floral Marquee during the press preview day of the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in London. The 21st Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is the UK's biggest gardening show, covering 34 acres.
— Oli Scarff / Getty Images Europe
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Psychic hotline
Paul the "psychic" octopus correctly picked the winners of eight World Cup matches, including the final. Here, he "chooses" Spain on June 9 by opening a box decorated with a Spanish flag.
— Patrik Stollarz / AFP
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A fair shake
Vitus, an 18-year-old male polar bear, shakes off water inside his enclosure at the zoo in Budapest on July 16.
— Laszlo Balogh / X90146
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Incoming!
A 32-foot long southern right whale leaps in Granger Bay moments before landing on a yacht off Cape Town, South Africa. The whale broke the mast, leaving blubber behind. The whale then swam away. Marine and coastal management are investigating the incident to determine if the whale was harrassed. There were no injuries to persons on the vessel.
— Stringer / EPA
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In this together
Oil-covered brown pelicans huddle together off the Louisiana coast.
— Saul Loeb / AFP
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That's the spot
A leopard cub sleeps on a water bowl in its air-conditioned cage at the Shanghai Zoo on a warm summer day.
— Eugene Hoshiko / AP
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Eagle-eyed
A bald eagle cools off, Aug. 10, at the Zoo in Madrid, Spain.
— Paul White / AP
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Food for thought
A young girl feeds a stray cat, Aug. 20, in the courtyard of a mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
— Ibrahim Usta / AP
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This little piggy ...
Piglets suckle during an agricultural fair in St. Petersburg, Russia on Aug. 25.
— Alexander Demianchuk / X90067
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After the jump
A dog jumps to catch a Frisbee, Sept. 5, during the Polish Dog Chow Disc Cup competition in Warsaw, Poland.
— Tomasz Gzell / PAP
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Hide and seek
Magdalena Lohfeyer sits with an alpaca in a meadow of the Alpaca Land farm in Goeming, Austria on Sept. 10.
— Kerstin Joensson / AP
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Prey tell
A white crab spider waits for her prey to get entangled into the fine threads that she placed onto the blossom of a princess flower in Hanover, Germany on Sept. 15.
— Jochen Luebke / DPA
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Ssso nice to meet you
A deadly Rowley Palm Pit Viper, photographed Sept. 23, from southern Mexico, one of the rarest snakes in the world, went on display in the new Reptile House at the Los Angeles Zoo.
— Mark Ralston / AFP
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Yes, but can you fly?
A swan swims as an elephant from the Circus Knie bathes in Lake Geneva on Oct. 4, in Lausanne.
— Fabrice Coffrini / AFP
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Seals of approval
Rehabilitated harbor seals float in the waters of the Howe Sound, Oct. 9, after being released back into the wild by the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre in Porteau Cove, B.C.. The center released 14 seals back into the wild north of Vancouver.
— Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press
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Deer me
A deer rests in the early morning sun, Oct. 11, as cooler temperatures mark the autumn season at Dunham Massey in Lymm, England.
— Christopher Furlong / Getty Images Europe
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One of the greats
A Great Dane runs through an agility course, Oct. 24, at a regional exhibition in the Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
— Ilya Naymushin / X01151
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Whisker to whisker
One of ten orphaned pet cats snuggles up to his owner Lateef Jassim, 32, at his music shop and home, in the Karada district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Oct. 26.
— Ahmad Al-rubaye / AFP
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Open wide
A keeper brushes a hippo's teeth, Nov. 3, at the Shanghai Zoo. The hippo has its teeth cleaned three times a week to reduce the chance of mouth diseases.
— Reuters / X01984
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Say cheese!
Dawson Lockett, 12, gets a photograph of a bull moose resting on his lawn in Anchorage, Alaska. on Nov. 6.
— Marc Lester / Anchorage Daily News
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Water bill
A white swan swims in its enclosure at the Moscow Zoo on Nov. 18.
— Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP
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Chicken for dinner?
Komodo dragons eat chickens, Nov. 28, at Jakarta Ragunan Zoo in Indonesia.
— Bay Ismoyo / AFP
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Keeping warm
A giraffe looks out at wintry weather, Dec. 23, from its cage at Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Most of the animals at the zoo are being kept inside because they can't stand the cold.
— Ilvy Njiokiktjien / AFP
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The bald and the beautiful
A bald eagle flies over the Des Moines River, Dec. 13, in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
— Charlie Neibergall / AP
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17 pups and counting
Seven Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17 look out of their box in Nauen, Germany. In September, a 4-year-old Ridgeback named Etana had 17 puppies. All of them survived.