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Abandoned baby monkey finds comfort in stuffed orangutan, charming zoo visitors

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A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026. — Reuters ICHIKAWA: At a zoo outside Tokyo, the monkey enclosure has become a must-see attraction thanks to an inseparable pair: Punch,...

Austria turns Hitler's home into a police station

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Workers are finishing works at the birth house of former German dictator Adolf Hitler that is turned into a police station, pictured on February 17, 2026 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. — AFP Turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station has raised mixed...

Deep-sea fish break the mold with novel visual system

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Two deep-sea fish species, Maurolicus muelleri and Maurolicus mucronatus from the Red Sea, that have hybrid photoreceptors in their eyes as larvae and adults, seen in this photograph released on February 11, 2026.— Reuters For more than a century, biology textbooks...

Donkeys 'tie the knot' in India on Valentine's Day

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A pair of donkeys tied the knot in a unique wedding ceremony in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, February 14, 2026. — Reuters An unusual “wedding” ceremony staged for a pair of donkeys in India’s southern city of Bengaluru drew crowds on Saturday, as...

Till death do us bark: Brazilian state lets pets be buried with owners

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A woman walks her dog at sunset in Porto Alegre downtown, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on February 10, 2015. — AFP SAO PAULO: In pet-mad Brazil, the state of Sao Paulo will allow animals to be buried in family graves starting Tuesday, with a law recognising "the emotional bond"...

Saudi Arabia launches passports for kingdom's beloved camels

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Saudi men stand next to camels as they participate in the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rimah Governorate, north-east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 19, 2018. — Reuters RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced plans to issue passports to the kingdom's millions of camels, to help...