Snapshots from the Animal Kingdom Published April 17, 2012 0 Aurora, a two-year-old female polar bear, plays with a plastic flask after the swimming pool was filled with water for the first time this spring at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk April 16, 2012. ? Reuters Photo. Snake owner Putra plays with his reticulated python (Python reticulatus) in Tanggerang on October 17, 2010. Police in urban Japan were on April 16, 2012 probing the death of a man whose body was found next to a 6.5-metre (21 foot) python. Shoji Fujita, 66, was found dead outside his home in Ushiku city, 50 kilometres (30 miles) northeast of Tokyo, with a reticulated python sitting next to him, a local police spokesman said. ?AFP Photo. Japanese youths fondle cats at a 'cat cafe' in Tokyo. As Japan introduces stricter rules on animal rights this year, "cat cafes" where stressed customers can stroke fluffy furs complain it could destroy their business while doing little to protect animals. ? AFP Photo. A forest official holds three leopard cat cubs at Assam state Zoo, in Guwahati. The leopard cat is a small, carnivorous mammal that looks like a domestic cat with a leopard-like coat. It was classified as "critically endangered" in the 2008 edition of The Singapore Red Data Book. ? AFP Photo. A Syrian herdsman, who fled the unrest in his country, lines up sheep before they are milked in Amman April 15, 2012. ? Reuters Photo. Pet donkey Demo, belonging to Colombian attorney Silvio Carrasquilla, stands dressed as the mascot of the U.S. Democratic Party, as they await the motorcade of U.S. President Barack Obama in Cartagena April 14, 2012. ? Reuters Photo. Tourists ride camels on the island of Djerba April 16, 2012. ? Reuters Photo. Join our Whatsapp channel Photos of animals from around the world. - Photos by Agencies.
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