Animals, Sept. 21, 2008

By The Associated Press

Mon, 09/21/2009 - 6:11pm

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Police and animal control officers capture an alligator that was sunning itself at Jordan Park in Allentown. Pa.
Police and animal control officers capture an alligator that was sunning itself at Jordan Park in Allentown. Pa.
Rozie's 300 pound elephant calf walks about its cage, swinging his trunk and roaring, at the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, N.M.
Rozie's 300 pound elephant calf walks about its cage, swinging his trunk and roaring, at the Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, N.M.
One of three endangered loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings.
One of three endangered loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings.
A bison grazes as the sun rises at the Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Pawhuska, Okla.
A bison grazes as the sun rises at the Nature Conservancy's Tallgrass Prairie Preserve near Pawhuska, Okla.
A monarch butterfly sits atop a flower at Dillingham Garden in Enid, Okla.
A monarch butterfly sits atop a flower at Dillingham Garden in Enid, Okla.
Cesar Millan dog behavior specialist and host of the television series 'The Dog Whisperer' shares some birthday cake.
Cesar Millan dog behavior specialist and host of the television series 'The Dog Whisperer' shares some birthday cake.
Sady the black lab is shown at her home in Cottonwood, Minn.
Sady the black lab is shown at her home in Cottonwood, Minn.
A elephant keeper prepares to be splashed as he baths a elephant in a river at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Center in Malaysia.
A elephant keeper prepares to be splashed as he baths a elephant in a river at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Center in Malaysia.
A Pacific brant family is shown on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.
A Pacific brant family is shown on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.
A grasshopper sits on a sunflower at sunset on a ranch west of Sutherlin, Ore.
A grasshopper sits on a sunflower at sunset on a ranch west of Sutherlin, Ore.
Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue shows one of the more than 100 guinea pigs that took part in the Forth Annual Guinea Pig Hoedow
Texas Rustlers Guinea Pig Rescue shows one of the more than 100 guinea pigs that took part in the Forth Annual Guinea Pig Hoedown in Grapevine,Tx.
A horse rolls around in a pasture outside New Wilmington, Pa.
A horse rolls around in a pasture outside New Wilmington, Pa.
A nine-spotted ladybug in a lab at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y.
A nine-spotted ladybug in a lab at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y.
Giant panda Lou Sheng stays with her female cub at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Breeding and Research Center in China.
Giant panda Lou Sheng stays with her female cub at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Breeding and Research Center in China.
Giant panda Lou Sheng stays with her female cub at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Breeding and Research Center in China.
Giant panda Lou Sheng stays with her female cub at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Breeding and Research Center in China.
A Monarch butterfly extracts nectar from the blooms of a butterfly bush in Akron, Pa.
A Monarch butterfly extracts nectar from the blooms of a butterfly bush in Akron, Pa.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators remove an unlicensed 17 foot long, 150 pound Burmese python.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators remove an unlicensed 17 foot long, 150 pound Burmese python.
Walruses hauled out on the shore of Icy Cape about 140 southwest of Barrow, Alaska.
Walruses hauled out on the shore of Icy Cape about 140 southwest of Barrow, Alaska.
A pair of rare snow leopard cubs, a brother and sister, born at the Los Angeles Zoo.
A pair of rare snow leopard cubs, a brother and sister, born at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Trace Clayton, 11, and other neighbors look at the swans that sit in the middle of the road at Colonial and Georgian in Ark.
Trace Clayton, 11, and other neighbors look at the swans that sit in the middle of the road at Colonial and Georgian in Ark.
A painted lady butterfly feeds from a flower outside the Umpqua Valley Arts Association building in Roseburg, Ore.
A painted lady butterfly feeds from a flower outside the Umpqua Valley Arts Association building in Roseburg, Ore.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators remove an unlicensed 17 foot long, 150 pound Burmese python.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission investigators remove an unlicensed 17 foot long, 150 pound Burmese python.
A tiger is seen in a cage as a government official from the Department of National Parks in Thailand.
A tiger is seen in a cage as a government official from the Department of National Parks in Thailand.
Walruses hauled out on the shore of Icy Cape about 140 southwest of Barrow, Alaska.
Walruses hauled out on the shore of Icy Cape about 140 southwest of Barrow, Alaska.
A sow polar bear resting with her cubs on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska.
A sow polar bear resting with her cubs on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska.

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