Seagulls stand on a frozen part of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2012. [Credit : AP] 
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Seagulls stand on a frozen part of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 9, 2012.

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A young gray seal appears in partly frozen water at a breeding station for seals in Friedrichskoog, northern Germany, on February 9, 2012. Six gray seals are currently kept at the breeding station. [Credit : Carsten Rehder/AFP/Getty Images]
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A young gray seal appears in partly frozen water at a breeding station for seals in Friedrichskoog, northern Germany, on February 9, 2012. Six gray seals are currently kept at the breeding station.

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A Grivet Monkey nestles on a radiator to keep warm at a zoo, Qingdao, China. [Credit : Hong Wu/Getty Images]
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A Grivet Monkey nestles on a radiator to keep warm at a zoo, Qingdao, China.

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Men washed elephants for the Perahera Festival in a pool in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Feb. 6. Dozens of elephants will participate in a procession of traditional dancers, fire twirlers and musicians. [Credit : Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters]
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Men washed elephants for the Perahera Festival in a pool in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Feb. 6. Dozens of elephants will participate in a procession of traditional dancers, fire twirlers and musicians.

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Activists from the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis lie covered in red paint mimicking blood, in protest against bullfighting in Mexico City February 5, 2012. [Credit : Claudia Daut/Reuters]
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Activists from the animal rights group AnimaNaturalis lie covered in red paint mimicking blood, in protest against bullfighting in Mexico City February 5, 2012.

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A motorcyclist rides chickens and ducks to market, Longli, China, Feb. 1, 2012. [Credit : ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images]
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A motorcyclist rides chickens and ducks to market, Longli, China, Feb. 1, 2012.

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Thousands of fish floated near the surface of the water at the Divor Dam in Arraiolos, Portugal, Tuesday, Jan. 31. The water level is low due to a lack of rain. [Credit : Nuno Veiga/European Pressphoto Agency]
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Thousands of fish floated near the surface of the water at the Divor Dam in Arraiolos, Portugal, Tuesday, Jan. 31. The water level is low due to a lack of rain.

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A one-year old baby elephant named Dinkar enjoys the foot massage, as a keeper cares for the sensitive skin of his foot at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on January 31, 2012. [Credit : Jochen Luebke/AFP/Getty Images]
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A one-year old baby elephant named Dinkar enjoys the foot massage, as a keeper cares for the sensitive skin of his foot at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on January 31, 2012.

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Paramilitary soldiers from India’s Border Security Force played music during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. [Credit : Saurabh Das/Associated Press]
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Paramilitary soldiers from India’s Border Security Force played music during a Republic Day parade in New Delhi Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012.

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A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street in Bucharest, Romania on Jan. 26, 2012. [Credit : Radu Sigheti/Reuters]
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A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street in Bucharest, Romania on Jan. 26, 2012.

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Members of the Wildlife Rescue Unit of Sabah’s Wildlife Department pet a newly rescued baby elephant in Lahad Datu in Malaysia’s state of Sabah on Borneo island, in this handout photo released by Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit to Reuters on Jan. 25, 2012. The population of Borneo Pygmy elephants in Sabah is dwindling fast, with only 2,000 left in the wild. [Credit : Handout/Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit/Reuters]
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Members of the Wildlife Rescue Unit of Sabah’s Wildlife Department pet a newly rescued baby elephant in Lahad Datu in Malaysia’s state of Sabah on Borneo island, in this handout photo released by Sabah Wildlife Department’s Wildlife Rescue Unit to Reuters on Jan. 25, 2012. The population of Borneo Pygmy elephants in Sabah is dwindling fast, with only 2,000 left in the wild.

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Japanese wild monkeys enjoy an open-air hot spring at the Jigokudani (Hell’s Valley) Monkey Park, at Yamanouchi in Nagano prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. [Credit : Jiji Press via AFP / Getty Images]
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Japanese wild monkeys enjoy an open-air hot spring at the Jigokudani (Hell’s Valley) Monkey Park, at Yamanouchi in Nagano prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012.

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Manila, Philippines. People sell coloured chicks for Chinese new year in the Binondo Chinatown district, Jan. 22, 2012. [Credit : Dennis M Sabangan/EPA]
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People sell coloured chicks for Chinese new year in the Binondo Chinatown district, Jan. 22, 2012.

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Tibet, 1985. [Credit : Marc Riboud]
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Tibet, 1985.

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An International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) team carries a stranded common dolphin to a waiting vehicle while another waits to be rescued at Herring River in Wellfleet, Mass., Jan. 19, 2012. More than 80 common and Atlantic white sided dolphins have been stranded along 25 miles of Cape Cod coastline since Jan. 12 according to International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The animal welfare advocates are perplexed by the current situation along the scenic shores south of Boston because its one of the largest cases of dolphins stranding themselves in years. January through April is the typical season for multiple beaching of dolphins and Cape Cod is among the top locations for the phenomenon worldwide, but Katie Moore, manager of IFAW’s marine mammal rescue and research said this pattern is unlike past years. ”It feels like stranding after stranding after stranding,” she said. “It’s definitely out of the ordinary.” [Credit : Julia Cumes / AP]
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An International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) team carries a stranded common dolphin to a waiting vehicle while another waits to be rescued at Herring River in Wellfleet, Mass., Jan. 19, 2012.

More than 80 common and Atlantic white sided dolphins have been stranded along 25 miles of Cape Cod coastline since Jan. 12 according to International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The animal welfare advocates are perplexed by the current situation along the scenic shores south of Boston because its one of the largest cases of dolphins stranding themselves in years.

January through April is the typical season for multiple beaching of dolphins and Cape Cod is among the top locations for the phenomenon worldwide, but Katie Moore, manager of IFAW’s marine mammal rescue and research said this pattern is unlike past years. ”It feels like stranding after stranding after stranding,” she said. “It’s definitely out of the ordinary.”

[Credit : Julia Cumes / AP]

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