Grace Denning, aged three, from Bridgwater, Somerset, keeps a close watch on her Dexter heifer called Opal before entering the young handler 10 years and under class at the Royal Bath and West Show at Shepton Mallet.
A lioness licks one of her newborn cubs at Aalborg Zoo in northern Jutland, Denmark…
…one of the newborn lion cubs yawns in the sunshine.
Newborn transgenic marmoset offspring Kei and Kou. Under UV light the skin on the soles of their feet glow green. Scientists have shown that a gene they slipped into a monkey was transmitted to the offspring.
A young Asian elephant walks next to its mother at the Moscow zoo.
Red fox kits play on top of a den in an open field near Indian Paintbrush Elementary School in Laramie, Wyoming.
A bar-headed goose walks with one of her day-old chicks at the zoo in Servion near Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Full article and photos: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/5406499/Animal-pictures-of-the-week-29-May-2009.html
I remember when that family was living outside Indian Paintbrush, Elementary. They were amazingly fun to watch. I’m so glad that I wasn’t the only one that took the time to capture the moments on film.