Our younger brothers (17 photos)

Owls from Brazil, seals from Germany, the elephant from Sri Lanka, duck from the island of Java, a puppy from Greenland, flamingos from Vienna, lions from Uruguay, mandrill monkey from Holland, a horse from the state of California. These and other animals you will see today in our "animal" collection.






1. After traveling from San Jose to Vacaville, California, Cathy (left) gave a friendly kiss his friend Buddy, while their owners stopped to eat. (Rick Roach / The Reporter via AP)



2. Mandrill licks a big piece of ice cream in the city zoo Rhenen, Netherlands. The animals in the zoo give the ice to help them endure the heat when the temperature rises to 28 degrees Celsius. (Robin Utrecht / AFP - Getty Images)



3. Ducks sent to the lake farming village in Temanggunge, Central Java. Poultry farming in Indonesia is growing rapidly, while measures against avian influenza using primitive. (Romeo Gacad / AFP - Getty Images)



4. Callie looks out of the basket on the side of the boat in Norddeich, Germany. Five kids seals, which were grown on a special breeding station in Norddeich, released into the wild. (Nigel Treblin / AFP - Getty Images)



5. Dog pursues grouse in the heather in Horsapkle, Scotland, before the opening of the hunting season 2009. (Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images)



6. Green sea turtle swimming in a pond at a special center for turtles in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. About three years later, we finally matured, sea turtles return to earth late at night to make a nest. (Harish Tyagi / EPA)



7. Lions Aquila and Helena are walking next to his offspring in the zoo "Park Lecoq" in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Pablo Porciuncula / AFP - Getty Images)



8. Polar bear Knut takes a bath in his enclosure at the zoo in Berlin, Germany. As reported by the German press, Knut will soon get rid of loneliness, as he will be joined polar bear Gianna from Munich. However, neither of the two zoos have not yet confirmed this information. (Rainer Jensen / EPA)



9. Two flamingos looking for food in his cage in the open air at the zoo "Schönbrunn" in Vienna. (Lilli Strauss / AP)



10. A man waits for customers who want to ride on an elephant in the Indian city of Jaipur. (Jorge Silva / Reuters)



11. Husky Puppy to explore the visitor in Tasiilaq, Greenland. (Bob Strong / ReutersBob Strong / Reuters)



12. The elephant bathes with his flock in the river near the shelter for elephants in Pinnavale, Sri Lanka. (Harish Tyagi / EPA)



13. Two seals swim together after they were released into the wild in the German Wadden Sea near the island of Juist, Germany, August 6, 2009. This season in the nursery for seals raised seal 71. (Joerg Sarbach / AP)



14. The Group striped owls resting together in the hospital for animals in the zoo "Niteroi" in Brazil. (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP - Getty Images)



White-tailed deer 15, fighting off competition from the mother grazing in the yard of a house in West Lake Hills, Texas. Drought in Central Texas makes wild animals look for food near human houses. (Harry Cabluck / AP)



16. Penguin is cooled in water in his enclosure at the zoo in Frankfurt, Germany. (Boris Roessler / EPA)