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Huge tuna dedicated at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Well-wishers place coins on a huge bluefin tuna, 2.9 meters in length and 280 kilograms in weight, dedicated to Nishinomiya Shrine in the western Japanese city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2011.

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Giraffe at Akita zoo gets artificial leg

AKITA, Japan - A nine-month-old giraffe named Taiyo, who underwent an operation to receive an artificial leg on his front right leg on May 14, looks well in his stall at Omoriyama Zoo in Akita on May 16. Doctors made a 40-centimeter-long incision in order to attach the artificial leg. The giraffe stands about 280 centimeters tall and weighs 200 kilograms.

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Huge tuna dedicated at Nishinomiya Shrine

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Well-wishers place coins on a huge bluefin tuna, 2.9 meters in length and 280 kilograms in weight, dedicated to Nishinomiya Shrine in the western Japanese city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 8, 2011. (Kyodo)