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Two Little Owls (Athene noctua) were spotted getting affectionate as they prepared to start their mating season. Wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes captured the romantic scene outside Lleida, in the Catalonia region of Spain. He explains: "There were some lovely shows of affection; when the female approached the male he would seem to gently "kiss" her forehead.
Picture: Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
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Irishk
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Tue 24 May, 2011 12:33 pm
A dog nurses two liger cubs at Xixiakou Wildlife Zoo in Weihai in east China's Shandong province. Four cubs were born to a female tiger and a male lion on May 13. The tiger mother fed the ligers for four days then abandoned them. Zoo workers brought in a dog to nurse them instead, but two died of weakness.
Picture: PA
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Irishk
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Tue 24 May, 2011 12:34 pm
A rare white kiwi chick is pictured at New Zealand's Pukaha Mt Bruce national wildlife centre.
Picture: EPA/MIKE HEYDON / HILL AND KNOWLTON
"Tsk, tsk. Shoddy workmanship: Baby Changi, almost a year old, inspects frayed upholstery in his enclosure at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany."
Photo: Roland Weihrauch / AFP / Getty Images/sfgate
This grebe, sporting what looks like a Beatles mop-top hairdo was captured by photographer Rob Palmer in North East Colorado.
Picture: Rob Palmer/solent
The blue boy could almost make me like tarantulas.
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Irishk
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Wed 25 May, 2011 11:51 am
An 18-day-old pygmy hippopotamus makes his first public appearance with its 29-year-old mother Dina at the Bratislava zoo
Picture: AFP/GETTY
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Arella Mae
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Wed 25 May, 2011 11:52 am
@Irishk,
Irishk wrote:
This grebe, sporting what looks like a Beatles mop-top hairdo was captured by photographer Rob Palmer in North East Colorado.
Picture: Rob Palmer/solent
Okay NOW that has to be one of the most comical bird faces I have ever seen. That is just toooooooooooooo cute.
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Roberta
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Wed 25 May, 2011 05:37 pm
Arella Mae, Thanks for the heartwarming video. Gorgeous fawn. Lucky to have been rescued.
Irish, I know that grebes have some interesting feather-dos. This one is, well, too much. Love white peacocks. I have a painting of two of them on my living room wall. There's a special place in my heart for pygmy hippos. Thanks for the pic, kid
