A zoo in America is pioneering an unusual form of exercise for its animals and their trainers. Going for a swim. Together.
Tigers at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (Tigers), in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, are taught to swim with their trainers from an early age in a specially designed pool.
When two white tiger cubs were born during a hurricane they had to be separated from their mother after their sanctuary flooded.
However they have since found an unlikely surrogate mother in chimpanzee Anjana, who has taken on the role of caring for the cubs
The two-year-old chimp has been helping keeper China York care for the 21-day-old cubs at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, T.I.G.E.R.S., in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
These 4 Chihuahua's where born missing their front legs as the result of a birth defect, thought to be due to irresponsible inbreeding. They have each been made a set of wheels to help them get around!
Thien Nhan was abandoned when he was only 72 day's old by his teenage mother who left him to die in the forest after giving birth in a small town in central Vietnam. Nhan was discovered 3 day's later, his body covered in blood after being attacked by wild animals. He was rushed to hospital were doctors managed to save his live but had to amputate his right leg.
Nhan is now 2 years old and has been adopted by a Vietnamese couple from Hanoi. He has just arrived in the USA for surgery on his damaged groin and while in the states will also get a new prosthetic leg.
Check out Thein Nhan's Blog for updates on his progress.
Polar Bears at Memphis Zoo cool down from the 35 degree heat with a 'Fish Ice Lolly'
These young dolphins at SeaWorld have taken bubble-making to the extreme. They create underwater bubble rings with their blowhole, then they use their rostrum to manipulate and play with the bubbles – spinning them, making them smaller and larger, swimming through them and popping them.
