Liberty, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, wears a hat and carries an American flag in his mouth at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. The dolphin was named Liberty as he was born on the fourth of July in 1990.
Ucil, a 4 year old trained monkey performs tricks on a wooden motorbike in Jakarta, Indonesia. The tiny monkey, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, performswheelies, spins and tricks to passing pedestrians on his replica Italian Motor GP bike. Owner Nuriaman, aged 28, bought Ucil when the animal was just three months old and trained him how to ride
A 14-day-old giraffe calf anmed Manya inspects the enclosure with the family, at the zoo in Cologne, Germany
week-old giraffe calf nuzzles her mother inside their enclosure at National Zoological Park in New Delhi, India
A baboon enjoying an ice lolly to cool off at Hangzhou Wild Animal Zoo, Hangzhou, China
A squirrel monkey enjoys a frozen treat at Cotswold Wildlife Park in Burford
A meerkat at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle defends a watermelon from a challenger. The animals were given the treats just before Fourth of July holiday
A gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle feasts on a watermelon
IJ the capuchin monkey looks through a camera in Sydney, Australia. The 20-month-old monkey is being trained for education displays and TV/film work
Two monkeys break the peace in a hot spring by challenging each other to a fight. The Japanese macaques try to establish themselves as the dominant female if others attempt to take the best seat in the pool. They mostly scream and shriek but it can get violent as they use their sharp teeth to tear into each other. The eventual loser is forced to groom the winner in a humiliating display of defeat. Photographer Andrew Forsyth captured the scene in Jigokudani - or Hell's Valley - near Nagano, Japan
Appaloosa horses wear fly masks in a horse van, following their competing in the 2010 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show in Jackson, Mississippi. The masks are designed to protect the horses' eyes from flies and other winged bugs, as well as UV-rays
