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Environment

The week in wildlife – in pictures

Week in Wildlife: A Hippopotamus breaches the water in a pool in Kruger National Park in Lowe
A hippopotamus breaches the water in a pool in Kruger National Park in Lower Sabie, South Africa Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Week in Wildlife: Wild horses at the Rapa das Bestas event in the Spanish village of Sabucedo
Wild horses at the Rapa das Bestas event in the Spanish village of Sabucedo, Galicia Photograph: Miguel Vidal/Reuters
Week in Wildlife: Wild golden monkeys frolic at the Shennongjia Nature Reserve, in central Ch
Wild golden monkeys frolic at the Shennongjia nature reserve, in central China's Hubei Province Photograph: Du Huaju/Xinhua Press/Corbis
Week in Wildlife: Two impalas fight each other on Crescent Island in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Two impalas fight each other on Crescent Island in Lake Naivasha, Kenya Photograph: Li Jing/ Li Jing/Xinhua Press/Corbis
Week in Wildlife: An Oriental Pied Hornbill is silhouetted as it perches itself on a palm tre
An oriental pied hornbill is silhouetted as it perches itself on a palm tree after being released into the wild in Pulau Ubin, an offshore island near Singapore as part of conservation effort to diversify the genetic pool of wild Hornbills Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP
Week in Wildlife: A spider wraps a locust caught in the web in the Sharr mountains in Kosovo
A spider wraps a locust caught in the web in the Sharr mountains in Kosovo Photograph: Hazir Reka/Reuters
Week in Wildlife: A ruddy shelduck holds a piece of bread in Bodman, southwestern Germany
A ruddy shelduck holds a piece of bread in Bodman, southwestern Germany Photograph: Felix Kaestle/AFP/Getty Images
Week in Wildlife: Sparrows fly around a lotus flower in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China
Sparrows fly around a lotus flower in Zizhuyuan Park in Beijing, China Photograph: Xinhua /Landov/Barcroft Media
Week in Wildlife: A dingo in the wild. A new study from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Rese
A dingo in the wild. A new study from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre (IA CRC) shows dingo baiting does not result in an increase in feral cat numbers for rangeland life Photograph: Steve Marshall/EPA
Week in Wildlife: Pine cones are swallowed up in thousands of cottonwood seeds in Birmingham,
Pine cones are swallowed up in thousands of cottonwood seeds in Birmingham, UK Photograph: Michael Scott/Demotix/Corbis
Week in Wildlife: Three-month-old beaver Momo swims in the pool of a wild animal facility in
Three-month-old beaver Momo swims in the pool of a wild animal facility in Klein Offenseth-Sparrieshoop, Germany. He was found on a dyke after a flood Photograph: Axel Heimken/dpa/Corbis
Week in Wildlife: A seagull pecking the back of a whale in Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia, south
A seagull pecking the back of a whale in Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia, southern Argentina. Birds make holes in the skin of the cetacean to eat their fat, causing infections Photograph: Ana Fazio/AFP/Getty Images
Week in Wildlife: An endangered southern pudu, the world's smallest deer, at The Wildlife Con
An endangered southern pudu, the world's smallest deer, at The Wildlife Conservation Society's Queens zoo in New York. The pudu doe, which is native to Chile and Argentina, was born at the zoo weighing one pound and could weigh as much as 20 pounds as an adult Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters
Week in Wildlife: A Malayan soft-shell turtle at Jong's Crocodile Farm in Sarawak, Malaysia
A Malayan soft-shell turtle at Jong's Crocodile Farm in Sarawak, Malaysia Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Barcroft Media
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