ADORABLE OWLS CUDDLE UP FOR THE CAMERA

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun. The baby owls were photographed in a park in Jakarta, Indonesia by Tanto Yensen. The 36-year-old photographer, of Jakarta, Indonesia, says: "I spotted the owls perched together on a branch in the sunshine.

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WALLABY FEEDS PIGEON

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GLACIER ICE CLIMBING

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PEEKABOO SQUIRRELS EMERGE FROM THEIR NEST

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