This baby six-week old kookaburra called Kookie and a tiny duckling have struck up a friendship at the Seaview Wildlife Encounter, near RydeIsle of Wight. Kookie was saved by staff after they feared his parents would kill him. And the duckling was rescued from one of the park's aviaries because he was thought too small to defend himself against larger birds. Keepers took a chance and decided to see what would happen if they were put together. The duckling instantly cuddled up under Kookie's protective wing, thinking he was his mum and Kookie didn't seem to mind playing the caring parent in the
Leopold, a Seychelles giant tortoise, celebrates its 100th birthday, at Hagenbeck's Zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany
Giant panda Chuang Chuang opens a birthday gift box to celebrate his 10th birthday at Chiang Mai Zoo in northern Thailand
Su Lin, a five-year-old panda at the San Diego Zoo, receives a tiered birthday cake made of coloured ice, fruit and vegetables
A giant panda relaxes in a air-conditioned room in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujiang Province
A bonobo lies at the world's only sanctuary for the endangered great ape at Lola Ya Bonobo just outside Congo's capital Kinshasa
A female gorilla and her baby look at a child in the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel
A Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) is seen at a primate rescue and rehabilitation centre near Santiago, Chile. The Pygmy Marmoset, the world's smallest monkey and in danger of extinction, was confiscated after being found inside the clothes of a Peruvian citizen during a highway police check in Antofagasta
Veterinarian Christiana Hensel and safari park owners Fabrizio Sepe and Giovanni Sepe pose with four white tiger cubs following the first medical examination of the cubs at the Serengeti Safari Park Hodenhagen, Germany. The tiger cubs, who are yet to be named, were born on July 14
A leopard cub sleeps on a water bowl in its air-conditioned cage on a warm summer day, at Shanghai Zoo
Zeina, a three-year-old lioness, plays with her litter of her cubs inside their cage at Jordan's zoo in Yaduda
A zoo keeper sprays water to cool a lion at a zoo in Yaduda near Amman, Jordan
A Siberian tiger plays with a ball at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany
Rothschild giraffe Nora nuzzles her calf at Prague's zoo. The male baby giraffe was born on July 24
A newly sheared alpaca looks stands in pastures in Eugendorf, Austrian province of Salzburg
An elephant paints a picture for tourists at Mae Sa elephant camp in Chiang Mai province, Thailand
An elephant prepares to massage a mahout while performing for tourists at Mae Sa elephant camp in Chiang Mai province, Thailand
The youngest member of an elephant family passes adult elephants in their open-air enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. The little elephant was born on 25 July and has not yet been given a name
An elephant stands next to the logo of the upcoming Cricket World Cup, while holding a cricket bat during the launch of the mascot's name, Stumpy, in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Kambiri, a baby pygmy hippo calf, explores her den at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia
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