How animals are cooling off in the heat

An elephant enjoys a cooling shower from his keeper at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire Photograph: John Stillwell/PA

A chimpanzee chills out in a hammock with a piece of ice filled with peanuts and fruit bites in a Netherlands zoo. Photograph: Robert Vos/EPA

A dog protects his eyes at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort Surf Dog Competion in Imperial Beach, California Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images

A black rhino has a mud pack applied as sunblock by her keeper at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

An Amazon milk frog soaks up some rays on a flower in a zoo in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Amy Sancetta/AP

A Mayalan tapir has suncream rubbed on by a keeper at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

A cat shelters from the hot, humid, rainy weather in Japan Photograph: Everett Kennedy Brown/EPA

A lion-tailed macaque monkey leaps over three ice-creams at Bristol Zoo Gardens. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

A California sea lion basks in the sunshine in Wuppertal, Germany Photograph: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

A gorilla cools down with a fruit-flavoured ice block Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images