ANIMAL PHOTOS OF THE MONTH

    

1. Rockhopper penguins take a shower underneath a freshwater spring on Saunders Island in the Falkland Islands
   
2. A rabbit trying to eat food gets stuck to the bottom of a cup during a snow carnival in Beijing, China
   
3. Three baby badgers nestle in the hands of Pauline Kidner at Secret World Wildlife Rescue in Somerset. They were found abandoned in a barrel when floods battered Wales a week ago.
   
4. Gentoo penguins at Edinburgh Zoo
   
5. A black-and-white colobus monkey feeds its baby at Drusillas Park in Alfriston, East Sussex.
   
6. A baby orangutan clings to her mother at an enclosure in Ragunan zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia.
   
7. Two Green finches fighting. (Photo: Caroline Broad/Telegraph)
   
8. Three birds get into a scuffle over a nest, forming a chain link. (Photo: Krishnan Venkitachalam/Solent)
   
9. A capybara sits under stream of hot water cascading onto it to keep warm during a snowy day at Saitama children's zoo near Tokyo
   
10. Baby giraffes Karl (top) and Luke are pictured together at the Opelzoo in Kronberg in the Taunus region, western Germany
    
11. Two goldfinches have a mid-air fight after struggling to get enough space on a bird feeder in a British back garden.
    
12. A one-week-old Hoffmans two-toed sloth clings to its mother at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
    
13. A bear at a Chinese zoo has given birth to an unusually large litter of four, with all of the cubs having survived their first 30 days of life. The four cubs, three males and one female, are now a month old and are all healthy.
    
14. Thoughtful bear
    
15. A Chihuahua licks a Siberian Husky during the Second National Canine Championship in Santo Domingo de Heredia on the outskirts of San Jose, Costa Rica
    
16. Ticket the rat cuddles up to Tuxedo the cat, while Scarface the Pit Bull Terrier looks on. The harmonious inter-species dog-cat-rat family are owned by "Animal Whisperer" Brian Cottrill in Venice, California.
    
17. A baby giraffe sticks out its tongue at the Opelzoo in Kronberg, western Germany
    
18. Alice the tiny gorilla baby at Zoo Miami stands on her hind legs mimicking her father, while being watched by proud parents JJ and Fredirika.
    
19. Grizzly bears on Kodiak Island in Alaska.
    
20. Young panda Su Lin rolls in fake snow at San Diego Zoo.
    
21. Young panda Su Lin stuck her tongue out like a toddler and looked like she was smiling at one point.
    
22. Giant pandas play in the snow at Jinbao Park in Weifang, Shandong province, China
    
23. A parrot trained by the Italian trainer Anthonie Zattu performs wearing a pair of rollerskates during an international circus festival in Prague
    
24. A mother pig stops traffic as she feeds her piglets in the middle of a road. The amusing sight was captured on camera by photographer Michele Molinari in Saranda, Albania.
    
25. A three-month-old polar bear cub presses his paw and nose against the glass as he encounters snow for the first time, at Aalborg Zoo in Denmark.
    
26. Two newborn polar bear cubs hide underneath their mother Freedom while being out of their enclosure for the first time at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, Netherlands
    
27. A polar bear sleeps in the sunshine at Gelsenkirchen zoo, Germany
    
28. red squirrel looks for food in the snow at Rothiemurchus Estate, Scotland.
    
29. Tree Frog comically hauling itself up with both arms and legs.
    
30. Groundhog siblings in a green meadow near Ontario, Canada