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Animal pictures of the week: 7 May 2010

Animal pictures of the week: 7 May 2010


One of four baby white lions born at a safari park in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany, appears to wink for the camera... Picture: AFP/GETTY

Tommy the dog and Salati the leopard cuddle up to each other at the Glen Afric Country Lodge in Pretoria, South Africa... Picture: MATTHEW TABACCOS / BARCROFT MEDIA

...Animal wrangler Richard Brooker, 23, raised 10-month-old Salati and gives her and family dog Tommy their daily exercise together. He said: "Wherever you see one the other is right behind"
Picture: MATTHEW TABACCOS / BARCROFT MEDIA

A tiger cools in a water pond during a hot afternoon at Van Vihar national park in Bhopal, India Picture: EPA

Two male peregrine falcons fight in mid-air 250ft above the ground at Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex, as a younger bird tried to take over the nesting ground of a cathedral veteran. The scene was captured by wildlife photographers David and Janet Shaw Picture: DAVID SHAW / PICTURE IT NOW

British photographer Roy Hancliff has devoted his retirement to capturing the aerial ballet of birds that visit his garden. He has built an elaborate lighting set up in the garden of his home in British Columbia, Canada, and spends hours waiting to capture pictures of the visiting birds
Picture: ROY HANCLIFF / BNPS

A thrush nest in a traffic light at a busy roundabout in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Motorist Mark Severn captured the nest on camera after spotting it as he drove past the A6 junction to Warwick
Picture: MARK SEVERN / SWNS

An amorous male ground squirrel got more than it bargained for when the object of his desire went nuts in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana...
Picture: SHEM COMPION / BNPS

Photographer Shem Compion captured the ensuing battle as the reluctant female fought off the advances using some deft moves and the odd bite...
Picture: SHEM COMPION / BNPS

A rare golden possum has given birth in Australia for the second time, fuelling hopes that her babies will help ensure the survival of the creatures. Cascade, a golden bushtail possum, gave birth to a daughter, Stella, several weeks ago and Stella's tail can be spotted poking out of her mother's pouch. Mother and daughter live with Stella's father, Boags, at Sydney Wildlife World. Their other baby is a male called Foster - the family are all named after brands of beer
Picture: SPLASH NEWS

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