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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka is given an ice block to cool down amid summer heat on July 20, 2024.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka is given an ice block to cool down amid summer heat on July 20, 2024.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka is given an ice block to cool down amid summer heat on July 20, 2024.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka is given an ice block to cool down amid summer heat on July 20, 2024.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka is given an ice block to cool down amid summer heat on July 20, 2024.

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Chimpanzee escapes from Osaka zoo

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a female chimpanzee on a tree in Tennoji Zoo in Osaka after it escaped from its enclosure earlier in the day, leaving the zoo closed throughout the day. The chimpanzee was captured several hours later, after biting a veterinarian in the face.

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Chimpanzee escapes from Osaka zoo

Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, where a female chimpanzee escaped from its enclosure earlier in the day. The chimpanzee was captured several hours later, after biting a veterinarian in the face.

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Chimpanzee escapes from Osaka zoo

Visitors evacuate from Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on Oct. 17, 2023, after a female chimpanzee escaped from its enclosure earlier in the day. The chimpanzee was captured several hours later, after biting a veterinarian in the face. ==Kyodo

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear is given an ice block at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka on July 22, 2023, to beat the summer heat.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear is given an ice block at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka on July 22, 2023, to beat the summer heat.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo cools off with ice

A polar bear holds an ice block with apples in it in the water in its enclosure at Tennoji Zoo in the western Japan city of Osaka on July 22, 2023.

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Giraffe named Harukas introduced at zoo in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Harukas, a giraffe donated to Tennoji Zoo by Kintetsu Corp., is introduced at the zoo in Osaka City on June 21, 2014.

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Hooded crane chick in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A hooded crane chick is seen with its parent at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, western Japan, on July 29, 2014. It was born on July 24.

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Hooded crane chick in Tennoji Zoo, Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A hooded crane chick walks around in the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, western Japan, on July 29, 2014. It was born on July 24.

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Polar bear gets annual summer gift

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo holds a chunk of ice containing apples, an annual midsummer present for the 9-year-old male polar bear from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2014.

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Polar bear gets annual summer gift

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo bites into a chunk of ice containing apples, an annual midsummer present for the 9-year-old male polar bear from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2014.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Miku, Japan's oldest koala, eats eucalyptus leaves from the hand of a zoo attendant at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 5, 2013. The koala turned 22 on July 26, 2014.

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Polar bear presented with ice

OSAKA, Japan - Male polar bear Gogo licks a chunk of ice containing apples, a present for the eight-year-old from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2013.

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Polar bear presented with ice

OSAKA, Japan - Male polar bear Gogo licks a chunk of ice containing apples, a present for the eight-year-old from Russia from his keepers at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2013.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Baffin, a 19-year-old female polar bear, bites into an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to Baffin and her 6-year-old ''husband'' Gogo, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo, a 6-year-old male polar bear, plays with an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to Gogo and his 19-year-old ''wife'' Baffin, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Six-year-old male polar bear Gogo (L) and his 19-year-old ''wife'' Baffin, play with an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to the bears, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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Polar bear 'bride' unveiled at Osaka zoo

OSAKA, Japan - Female polar bear Baffin swims in a pool when she was unveiled for the first time to the public at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on March 25, 2011. The 19-year-old Baffin was transferred from Shizuoka Prefecture to become a ''bride'' of the zoo's popular 6-year-old polar bear Gogo.

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Polar bear 'bride' unveiled at Osaka zoo

OSAKA, Japan - Female polar bear Baffin is pictured when she was unveiled for the first time to the public at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on March 25, 2011. The 19-year-old Baffin was transferred from Shizuoka Prefecture to become a ''bride'' of the zoo's popular 6-year-old polar bear Gogo.

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Cool present for polar bear in sizzling Japan zoo

OSAKA, Japan - Polar bear Gogo tries to get apples from a chunk of ice at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2010. The ice was a special gift from the zoo as the mercury soared above 35 C in many locations in Japan.

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Cool present for polar bear in sizzling Japan zoo

OSAKA, Japan - Polar bear Gogo tries to get apples from a chunk of ice at the Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2010. The ice was a special gift from the zoo as the mercury soared above 35 C in many locations in Japan.

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Polar bear takes an ice break at sizzling Osaka zoo

OSAKA, Japan - Polar bear Gogo plays with a block of apple ice at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23 as the temperatures in Osaka soar to the 30s and zoo keepers try to keep the polar bear pool cool. The 150-kilogram ice block is packed with 25 kg of apples.

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Baby hooded crane makes public debut at Osaka's Tennoji zoo

OSAKA, Japan - A baby hooded crane (L) makes its public debut at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on May 29, hours after hatching in the nest of its foster parents, a pair of Japanese cranes. It is the first time in Japan that the egg of a hooded crane -- an endangered species known as ''nabezuru''(Grus monacha) -- has been incubated by a different kind of bird, in this case a Japanese crane (G. japonensis) known as ''tanchozuru.''

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Calf of endangered rhino born

OSAKA, Japan - A calf of the endangered black rhinoceros was born Nov. 11 at Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoological Gardens in Osaka's Tennoji Ward, zoo officials said Nov. 16. The newborn, whose parents are Tommy, a 16-year-old male, and Satchan, a 27-year-old female, is the first black rhino born this year in Japan. Two baby black rhinos were born last year at zoos in Yokohama and Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Polar bears at Osaka zoo

Polar bears are pictured at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2022.

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Polar bear at Osaka zoo

A polar bear is pictured at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23, 2022.

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Great cormorant at Osaka zoo

Undated photo shows a great cormorant spreading its wings at Osaka Tennoji Zoo.

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Great cormorant at Osaka zoo

Undated photo shows a great cormorant catching fish at Osaka Tennoji Zoo.

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Japanese deer

Undated photo shows a Japanese deer on a scale at Osaka Tennoji Zoo.

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Japanese deer

Undated photo shows a Japanese deer at Osaka Tennoji Zoo.

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Polar bear takes an ice break at sizzling Osaka zoo

OSAKA, Japan - Polar bear Gogo plays with a block of apple ice at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 23 as the temperatures in Osaka soar to the 30s and zoo keepers try to keep the polar bear pool cool. The 150-kilogram ice block is packed with 25 kg of apples. (Kyodo)

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Baby hooded crane makes public debut at Osaka's Tennoji zoo

OSAKA, Japan - A baby hooded crane (L) makes its public debut at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on May 29, hours after hatching in the nest of its foster parents, a pair of Japanese cranes. It is the first time in Japan that the egg of a hooded crane -- an endangered species known as ''nabezuru''(Grus monacha) -- has been incubated by a different kind of bird, in this case a Japanese crane (G. japonensis) known as ''tanchozuru.''

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Polar?bear?cub at Osaka zoo

OSAKA, Japan Kyodo - A?polar?bear?cub and her mother at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka are shown to the media on March 22, 2021, a day before the cub goes on public display about four months after she was born.

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Ice block presented to polar bear at Osaka zoo

A female polar bear receives an ice block containing apples as a summer treat at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 22, 2016. The Russian-born animal is experiencing her second summer in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice block presented to polar bear at Osaka zoo

A female polar bear receives an ice block containing apples as a summer treat at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on July 22, 2016. The Russian-born animal is experiencing her second summer in the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polar bears presented with ice pillar containing apples

Polar bear mother and daughter are presented with an ice pillar containing apples on July 23, 2015, at Tennoji Zoo in the city of Osaka. The daughter, born in November 2014, is experiencing her first summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polar bears presented with ice pillar containing apples

Polar bear mother and daughter are presented with an ice pillar containing apples on July 23, 2015, at Tennoji Zoo in the city of Osaka. The daughter, born in November 2014, is experiencing her first summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oldest koala in Japan dies

Photo taken in July 2013 shows male koala Miku, the oldest koala in Japan. Miku died on April 16, 2015, at the age of 23, according to Tennoji Zoo in Osaka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka zoo to decide on polar bear's name by visitors' vote

A female polar bear cub, born in November 2014, is seen at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, western Japan, on April 10, 2015. The zoo announced the same day that it will have her name decided by a vote among visitors, asking them to choose from five names and cast their votes from April 11 to 26. The result will be announced on April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polar bear cub to be introduced at Osaka zoo

A polar bear cub is shown to reporters at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka on March 9, 2015, the day before the public gets to see her. She was born in November 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Polar bear cub at Osaka zoo

A polar bear cub and her mother at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka are shown to the media on March 22, 2021, a day before the cub goes on public display about four months after she was born.

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Polar bear cub at Osaka zoo

A polar bear cub and her mother at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka are shown to the media on March 22, 2021, a day before the cub goes on public display about four months after she was born.

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Polar bear cub at Osaka zoo

A polar bear cub and her mother at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka are shown to the media on March 22, 2021, a day before the cub goes on public display about four months after she was born.

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Polar bear cub at Osaka zoo

A polar bear cub and her mother at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka are shown to the media on March 22, 2021, a day before the cub goes on public display about four months after she was born.

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"Lucky bird" rooster at Osaka zoo luring visitors

Photo taken Oct. 18, 2016 shows a visitor touching the rooster Masahiro at Tennoji Zoo. Reared to be food for other animals, the bird has won a reputation for being "lucky" after surviving being eaten three times. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo