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Twin polar bears, born three months ago in the Dutch Ouwehands Dierenpark zoo in Rhenen, stand with their mother Huggies on February 29, 2012 outdoors for the first time since their birth. (AFP)

Polar bear Huggies licks her twin cubs while breastfeeding them during their first public appearance at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen. Ouwehands Zoo is one of the two zoos participating in a special breeding program for endangered polar bears. (REUTERS)

The two polar bear twins, born in the Dutch Zoo 'Ouwehands Dierenpark', are fed by their mother Huggies in Rhenen, on February 29, 2012. The three months old cubs are in the open air for the first time. (AFP)

Palle-Jooseppi, a male brown bear at Ranua Zoo, wakes up after winter hibernation in Ranua February 23, 2012. (REUTERS)

Children react as they look at a giraffe, Santana, who recently gave birth, in an enclosure at the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden on February 24, 2012. The 170 cm tall baby giraffe was born a week ago. (AFP)

An alligator named "Mujo" is seen in its enclosure in Belgrade's zoo February 23, 2012. Mujo is believed to be the oldest known alligator kept in captivity. According to available records, Mujo arrived at Belgrade's zoo in 1937 as an adult and survived WWII and the NATO bombing campaign in 1999. Mujo is recovering from recently having his right front leg surgically removed because of a severe infection. (REUTERS)

A black bear cub at the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Feb. 23, 2012. (AFP)

Three dingo puppies look out of their kennel on February 28, 2012 at the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde zoo in Berlin. Four baby dingos were born at the zoo on January 3, 2012. (AFP)

An employee holds a ten-day-old Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) cub at the exotic animals department of the Royev Ruchey zoo on the suburbs of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, February 20, 2012. (REUTERS)

Orangutan baby Duran plays with a rope in its enclosure in the zoo of Dresden, eastern Germany on January 28, 2011. The Orangutan baby is the youngest of its kind in the zoo and celebrates his first birthday on January 30, 2011. (AFP)

A pink flamingo, born in captivity ten days ago, is seen at the zoo in Cali January 21, 2012. (REUTERS)

King penguins walk on a road covered with snow as visitors watch at the Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa city, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 3, 2012. Penguins take a stroll everyday to exercise before visitors during the winter season. (AFP)

A picture taken on February 2, 2012, shows a sands cat at the Amneville zoo, eastern France. (AFP)

Two tiger cubs explore their outdoor enclosure on February 9, 2012 in Cologne, western Germany. Three tiger babies born at the zoo on November 6, 2011 were presented to the public. (AFP)

A lion cub plays with a snowball at the Belgrade Zoo on February 5, 2012. In Serbia, almost 70,000 people are still cut off from their villages and 32 municipalities have declared a state of emergency, mostly in the south and southwest of the country. So far, nine people have died of cold in the country. The snow, which stopped falling early today, is expected to start again overnight, with temperatures falling below minus 10 degrees Celsius. (AFP)

Tundra hare is seen inside an open-air enclosure at Royev Ruchey Zoo on February 1, 2012. (REUTERS)

Khan, a 2-year-old male rare Bengali white tiger, licks snow inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on January 11, 2012. (REUTERS)

A zookeeper counts ring-tailed lemurs during a media event for the annual stocktake at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire on January 10, 2012. (REUTERS)

An Asian short-clawed otter eats a fish in its enclosure at Chester Zoo in Chester, northern England, January 5, 2012. The smallest of the world's otter species are part of a breeding program at the zoo as they are classed as being vulnerable in the wild. (REUTERS)

Zoo-keeper Sarah Dempsey poses with a Frog during the stock take at London Zoo January 4, 2012. The annual number count of over 16 000 mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, invertebrates and amphibians is a compulsory part of the zoo license renewal. (REUTERS)

A tiger cub dressed as Santa Claus is seen on Christmas Eve at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand's Chonburi province, about 100 km (62 miles) east of Bangkok Dec. 24, 2011. (REUTERS)

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