A bunch from the SFChronicle Day in Pictures series:
Hey, Dad! Look what I found: Chloe is hoping to inspire a game of fetch with her owner, Dave Carcaterro, in Clarence, N.Y.
Photo: David Duprey, Associated Press
And now for something completely fuzzy: Egyptian goslings swim in a pond in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Photo: Frank Rumpenhorst, AFP/Getty Images
Max pounces! The snowman made for him by Brookfield Zoo keepers didn't stand a chance. The Amur tiger especially enjoyed the eyes and buttons, which were made of meat, and the feet, which were bones.
Photo: Jim Schulz, Associated Press
Before we get started, some stretches: I don't want to pull a hammy chasing you around. (Ed.'s note: The ghostly "V" is a reflection on the car window through which the picture was taken at the chancellery garden in Berlin.)
Photo: Kay Nietfeld, Associated Press
Gray beards turn me on: In Arendsee, Germany, a female alpaca leans over and plants a wet one right on farmer Bernd Funke's kisser. Funke and his wife have been breeding alpacas since 2005.
Photo: Patrick Pleul, AFP/Getty Images
By the pricking of my thumbs, a baby hedgehog this way comes: Monica Weinrich handles Shadow with extra care during a wildlife program at SUNY Orange in Middletown, N.Y.
Photo: Tom Bushey, Associated Press
and, my favorite:
Winter waterfowl wonderland: Swans swim by ice-encased trees along the Usiazha River about 30 miles north of Minsk, Belarus.
Photo: Viktor Drachev, AFP/Getty Images
