High-five ... bottlenose dolphins jump up to touch a visitor's hand after a show at the Dolphinarium in Dubai Creek Park last year
Electrifying ... a diver clad in Japanese kimono swims with an eel next to a traditional New Year's decoration during a rehearsal for the New Year's attraction at Sunshine International Aquarium in Tokyo. The special fish-feeding performance in kimono outfit was held from January 1 to January 7, 2009
Halloween hippo ... Cuddles, a 43-year-old hippopotamus, eats a pumpkin at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, during a sneak preview for "Boo at the Zoo", an annual Halloween event featuring a haunted nature trail and animal pumpkin feeding
White Belugas wear Santa hat as they pose with a trainer during a Christmas show at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama, in Kanagawa prefecture, in 2007. The aquarium started its Christmas events to attract visitors through the Christmas Day
Cheese ... a girl sits next to a monkey as she poses for a photo at the end of an animal show held as part of the week-long May Day Holiday activities at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park in Shanghai
Killing machine ... a tourist dives in a cage partially immersed in a crocodile pen in Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin.
Swimming face-to-face with a massive saltwater crocodile might not be everyone's idea of fun but thrill-seekers are snapping up northern Australia newest tourist attraction
Ouch! ... a tiger rides a horse in a circus show in Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian province last year. The circus shows were being held during a golden week holiday to mark China's National Day, the 59th anniversary of the founding of communist China
Slithering snakes ... a trainer sits inside a glass house containing boas at a zoo in Jinan, Shandong province. The performance with the snakes is being held to attract visitors during the week-long May Day holiday
Look at moi ... Sara the walrus performs during a show at Dolphinarium in Istanbul
Fierce ... Odin, a five-year-old White Bengal Tiger dives into the water for a piece of meat thrown to him by a trainer during a big cat show at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California
Pretty in pink ... a chihuahua named Peanut dressed as Elle Woods from the Broadway show 'Legally Blonde', poses for photographers in Times Square after winning the fourth annual Times Square Dog Day Masquerade canine costume contest in New York in October last year
The hawk has landed ... trainer Matt Kettle holds an eaglehawk - Australia's largest bird of prey after her first open air flight near Sydnet's Taronga Zoo in December last year. Four-year-old Nonami is being trained to star in Taronga Zoo's daily Free Flight Bird Show
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