Charming: Animal Photography of the Month
Amur tiger destroys a sign during the annual stocktake at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Dunstable, Britain, January 6, 2022. (Photo by Matthew Childs/Reuters)
Birds search for food in the snow as snowfalls of 5-10 inches blanketed the Maryland suburbs of Washington, U.S., January 3, 2022. (Photo by Jim Bourg/Reuters)
A nutria, also known as coypu or swamp rat, is seen near the water of Tundzha River in Edirne, Turkey on December 31, 2021. Nutrias live in burrows alongside stretches of water and feed on river plant stems. (Photo by Gokhan Balci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
In this photo provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society, Japanese-born twin pandas Xiao Xiao, top, and Lei Lei, bottom, are seen together at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Wednesday, January 12, 2022. Twin panda cubs made their first public appearance Wednesday before their devoted fans but only briefly – just for three days for now – due to the upsurge of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. (Photo by Tokyo Zoological Park Society via AP Photo)
Squirrel Monkeys eat treats given to them by keeper Sam Story at London Zoo, as the zoo does its annual stocktake in London, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Caring for more than 400 different species, the Zoological Society of London, London Zoo’s keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate at the Zoo – counting everything from a colony of inquisitive Humboldt penguins to Critically Endangered Asiatic lions. (Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)
A panda eats bamboo at the Taipei Zoo on January 4, 2022. (Photo by Sam Yeh/AFP Photo)
A young white lion couple -Kimba (L) and Zamara, a male and female of twelve and eleven months old respectively- is exhibited at the Parque de las Leyendas Zoo in Lima on January 4, 2022. The cubs, born in captivity at the Leon de Mexico Zoo, arrived as part of an exchange program for scientific and conservation purposes as declared by Giovanna Yépez, Deputy Manager of the Peruvian zoo. White lions are considered a rare endangered species mainly due to their inability to camouflage themselves from predators. (Photo by Cris Bouroncle/AFP Photo)
A South China tiger cub is seen in an incubator at a nature reserve on January 12, 2022 in Shaoguan, Guangdong Province of China. The twin cubs were born to mother Meng Meng, a female South China Tiger in a Breeding Research Center in Shaoguan, at 23:02 and 23:26 respectively on December 31, 2021. (Photo by Chen Jimin/China News Service via Getty Images)
Semi-feral, conservation, Welsh mountain ponies graze in the mist and rain on the salt marsh near Crofty, Gower Peninsular, Swansea on January 11, 2022. These hardy ponies are well adapted to all weather conditions. (Photo by Joann Randles/Cover Images)
A captive-bred eastern hoolock gibbon is seen at Dehong Wildlife Shelter and Rescue Center on January 6, 2022 in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province of China. (Photo by Yang Li/VCG via Getty Images)
Fish swim next to a hippo in an enclosure at the Taipei Zoo on January 4, 2022. (Photo by Sam Yeh/AFP Photo)
A red squirrel forages for food in fresh snow in the Yorkshire Dales National Park on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Weather forecasters are predicting fresh falls of snow later in the morning across the north of England. (Photo by Danny Lawson/PA Images via Getty Images)
A European robin sits on a lichen-covered branch in sleet showers on a dark afternoon in Reading, England on January 4, 2022. (Photo by Geoffrey Swaine/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
One of two Gharial crocodiles (Tomistoma schlegelii) swims in the Orientarium in Lodz, Poland, 11 January 2022. Two adult individuals of the Asian crocodile species, named “Kraken” and “Penelopa”, came to Lodz Zoo from the Safari Park Dvur Kralove in the Czech Republic. “Kraken” is over 5 meters and weighs over half a ton, while “Penelopa” is only 2 meters and weighs about 100 kg. The Orientarium regularly receives animals before the upcoming opening. (Photo by Grzegorz Miachalowski/EPA/EFE)
A flamboyance of flamingos gather in a pool of rainwater near the Dubai towers an Bourj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on January 2, 2022, following heavy rain in the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Karim Sahib/AFP Photo)
A crocodile is seen in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on January 4, 2022. This 200-acre reserve is home to more than 150 species of rare and exotic birds. Crocodiles occur naturally in the wild in Singapore and can occasionally be spotted at the reserve or sometimes other parts of the island. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A young male fiddler crab is dwarfed by an older male of the same species, looming behind it at Morua estuary, in the Gulf of California, Mexico on January 4, 2022. Whereas female fiddler crabs have small claws of equal sizes, the males’ pincers can vary in size, with the small one used to pick up food and the larger to impress females. (Photo by Claudio Contreras/Solent News)
A 3-years-old female wild Sumatran tiger (Phantera tigris sumatrae) is seen on the cage after evacuated by officers at Palembayan Village, Agam District, West Sumatra Province on January 11, 2021. Sumatran tigers evacuated to prevent conflict with humans, previously this tiger was reported to have chased a resident’s cow. Sumatran tigers are listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with less than 400 left in the wild. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Humboldt penguins swim in the pool at London Zoo as the zoo does its annual stocktake in London, Tuesday, January 4, 2022. (Photo by Alastair Grant/AP Photo)
A zebra dove feeds in Queen Sirikit Park in Bangkok on January 5, 2022. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)
