Funny animals of 2013 - in pictures

The Guardian
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 11:30 UTC

A selection of amusing images from the animal kingdom captured by photographers over the past 12 months

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Singing in the rain: this ingenious little tree frog uses a leaf as an umbrella in Jember, East Java

© Terry Cervi/Caters News Agency

Buzz off: a kodiak bear is pestered by a bee at Buffalo zoo, New York

© Daniel Trim/Rex Features

'We all staaaand together': Mudskippers indulge in their own frog chorus in Krabi, Thailand

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Jan the meerkat plays with Harvey the peacock at Okambara Lodge in Okambara, Namibia

© Andrew Milligan/PA

Karis, a lion cub, plays in fallen leaves brushed up by keepers at Blair Drummond safari park, Scotland

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A male southern elephant seals has a good old laugh at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctic Peninsula

© Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Is it coming or going? A Komondor, the traditional Hungarian guard dog, shakes its long fur in Bodony, Hungary

© Debbie DiCarlo/Rex Features

Coyote karaoke: a coyote teaches its pups to howl at a wildlife preserve in Hinckley, Minnesota

© Wong Maye-E/AP

"Hmmmm": a long-tailed macaque pauses for thought at River Safari in Singapore

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Humour or hayfever? Dormouse in Italy

© Andy Clark/Reuters

A pair of harbour seals wearing satellite-linked transmitters on their heads in the waters of Howe Sound in Porteau Cove, British Columbia

© Michelle Siu/AP

Dachshunds sit in their positions for the performance installation Dachshund UN, where the dogs were used to mimic a United Nations Commission on Human Rights meeting

© Phil Noble/Reuters

A remarkably patient emerald dove is weighed in a mug during the annual bird health check at Chester Zoo

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Kamchatka brown bears play catch at Hagenbeck Zoo, Hamburg, Germany

© Nigel Roddis/Reuters

Seal with a kiss: Grey seals play underwater by the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast

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Get on board: Shane Willmott who lives on Australia's Gold Coast has trained his pet mice to ride skateboards. He decided to teach them to skateboard because it was too cold in winter to take them to the beach to surf

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Three two-month-old Oriental Pied Hornbills at the Jurong bird park's breeding and research centre in Singapore