How zoos beat the heat

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:15:05

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Ice? Nice!

Gray langurs enjoy an ice bomb filled with fruit on July 16 at the Hanover Adventure Zoo in Germany. The country was in the grip of a heat wave with temperatures topping 90 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius).

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:15:24

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Let it snow

A polar bear cub lies on artificial snow in Russia's Moscow Zoo on July 21. Temperature records were broken across central Russia during the summer heat wave.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:15:52

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Snarf up the fruit pops

A worker gives frozen fruit to elephants at Madrid's zoo in Spain to cool off on July 7.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:16:16

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Mmm, bloodsicle!

Naba, a 4-year-old African lioness, keeps cool by licking a "bloodsicle" made of frozen cow blood at the National Zoo in Washington on June 9, 2008. Zoos across the country use shade, water and every conceivable form of cooling machine to help animals, visitors and workers beat the heat every summer.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:16:38

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Cool and colorful

A mandrill licks ice cream in a zoo in the Dutch city of Rhenen on Aug. 6, 2009. The animals in the zoo were treated to cold ice to cool them down amid temperatures near 85 degrees F (29 degrees C).

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:16:56

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Frozen fish

An otter snacks on a "fishsicle" at the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, N.J.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:17:16

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Lifesaver on a hot day

Chewie, a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, samples a frozen treat on July 8.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:17:45

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Natural nibble

Buckley, a 9-year-old beaver at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Wash., nibbles on a fruit, veggie and juice popsicle amid temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) on July 29, 2009.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:18:04

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Chinese chiller

A rhesus monkey sucks on a frozen treat to stay cool at a zoo in the Chinese city of Qingdao on July 7. Summer weather sparked heat alerts in many parts of China, and Beijing recorded the highest temperatures for the first 10 days of July in 50 years.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-4-14 13:18:23

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A refreshing dip

Children watch as a polar bear beats the heat with a swim at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago on June 24, 2005.

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