Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010

Head butt, cheek rub: White lions Kotenay (left) and Snoary greet each other affectionately in their new "drive through" enclosure at Serengeti animal park in Hodenhagen, Germany.

'Out like a lamb'? Hardly: The weather isn't cooperating in Stirlingshire, Scotland, which was hit by near-gale-force winds and major snow accumulations.

Robosaurus plays with his food at the Sydney Royal Easter Show media preview, because nothing says Easter like a five-story, fire-breathing, car-munching robot.

Why don't we do it the road? Well, for starters - oncoming traffic. (Prisdorf, Germany.)

You have a clean spot on your ... there, you got it: A traditional Indian wrestler rinses himself with dirt in Calcutta while celebrating Hanuman Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the monkey god Lord Hanuman. The day is considered especially significant to traditional wrestlers and bodybuilders.

End-of-March madness: Hanuman Jayanti, the monkey god's birthday, is a good excuse to go ape in New Delhi.

Coming down with a bug: A camel sneezes flies at the Sharqeya Camel Race Festival near Belbeis, Egypt.

Marked by strict penance, the Hindu Charak festival in Goalpara, India, encourages devotees to dance barefooted on the street. Burning charcoal quickens the tempo.

Make him stop following me, Mom! It's not paranoia if they really are out to get your photo in the ring-tailed lemur enclosure at Germany's Frankfurt Zoo.

Wax on, wax off: Birgit Leinhas, chief gnome polisher at Garden Gnome Park in Trusetal, Germany, is only 2 and a half feet tall. Or else this is one big garden gnome.

I am totally lost: A gray whale surfaces near the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle. Gray whales are not as common in Puget Sound as orcas and are rarely seen in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Two for flinching: A Talciguin, or devil, whacks a boy with a stick in a symbolic gesture to cleanse his sins during Holy Week celebrations in Texistepeque, El Salvador.

Here I come to save the day! A pug courageously barks at the 49-inch sturgeon that his owner landed on The Wall in Oregon City, Ore. March 31 marks the final day fishing will be allowed from The Wall, which is to be included in a sturgeon sanctuary.

Mmm, cherry-flavored flowers: It's monkey see, monkey chew at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, which planted cherry trees in the macaque habitat. The blossoms are a favorite snack of the simians.

It's beginning to rain in the Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.