Most people have an angel at the top of their Christmas tree, but one bear at Chester Zoo decided he wanted to be the star of the show. Climbing right to the top of the tree, the zoo’s spectacled bear Bernardo can often be seen relaxing with his head in the clouds. Four-year-old Bernardo moved to the zoo after travelling from Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. Tim Rowlands, the zoo’s curator of mammals said: “An exchange of animals between the USA and Europe doesn’t happen very often at all, which makes Bernardo even more special to us here at the zoo.
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This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
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A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
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THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
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A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
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