Adorable Animals of 2011

Adorable Animals 2011

A cross-eyed opossum, a 26-toed cat, and dogs who got all dressed up for parades and protests. These are just some of the cute, funny and beautiful animals from around the world that captured our imaginations in 2011.

(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)

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Adorable Animals... A cross-eyed opossum, a 26-toed cat, and dogs who got all dressed up for parades and protests. These are just some of the cute, funny and beautiful animals from around the world that captured our imaginations in 2011.

(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
Puss in Boots Eleven-year-old Amsterdam resident Djaro holds one of the asylum cats as he poses with the Booted Cat, commonly known as Puss in Boots, in a setup promoting the Dec. 4 release of the Puss in Boots animation movie in The Netherlands at de Poezenboat, a floating cat asylum on Singel canal in the center of Amsterdam Wednesday Nov. 30, 2011.

(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Grizzly Bear Cub One of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's four 11-month-old grizzly bear cubs enjoys a pumpkin for a snack at the Zoo in Cleveland on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.

(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Panda the Puppy In this photo taken Tuesday, April 5, 2011, Panda, a rescued stray puppy, strolls on the grass during a protest against euthanasia of stray dogs in Bucharest, Romania.

(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Orca Morgan In this photo taken Wednesday Nov. 9 2011, Orca Morgan swims in her tank at the Dolfinarium in Harderwijk, Netherlands.

(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Luciano the Sea ... A nine-month sea lion named Luciano rests at a pool edge at the headquarters of Peru's Organization for Research and Conservation of Aquatic Animals, ORCA, in San Bartolo, Peru, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011.

(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Indian Elephant An Indian family watches as an elephant reaches with its trunk at the Sonepur Fair, in Sonepur, Bihar, near Patna, India, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011.

(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Anchovy the Dog In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 photo, Mike Arms, president of the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., holds Anchovy who is wearing a Tagg GPS pet tracking collar.

(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Antarctica, Empi... In this Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 photo, SeaWorld Orlando executives, from back left, Julie Scardina, animal ambassador, Terry Prather, park president, and Brian Morrow, director of creative development, talk about a new attraction, Antarctica, Empire of the Penguin that will be added to the SeaWorld Orlando theme park in Orlando, Fla. Antarctica is scheduled to open in the spring 2013.

(AP Photo/John Raoux)
Sky the Dalmatio... Sky has his toe nails painted by 13-year-old Kourtney Gottula Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, at her home in Spring, Texas.

(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Dolphin Kiss A dolphin and a seal kiss each other during a show at Aburatsubo Marine Park in Miura, south of Tokyo, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011.

(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Miracle Dog Daniel, who is better known as the "Miracle Dog", sits still while waiting for a treat in the home of Mark and Jill Pavlik, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in Rochelle Park, N.J. The stray beagle mix cheated death in an Alabama dog pound's gas chamber.

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Chihuahua Burro In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 photo, a Chihuahua dressed as a burro gazes at spectators during the Fantasy Fest Pet Masquerade at the Casa Marina in Key West, Fla.

(AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O'Neal)
Gorilla Snack A gorilla eats a pumpkin at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Some of the animals received pumpkins filled with treats to eat during the zoo's annual Smashing Pumpkins event.

(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Halloween Wolf A wolf explores a Halloween pumpkin, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Daniel the Cat In this Nov. 17, 2011, photo is Daniel, a cat with two extra toes on each of his feet, in Milwaukee.

(AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
Cross-Eyed Possu... In this June 9, 2011, picture Germany's beloved cross-eyed opossum (didelphis) called Heidi, investigates her new enclosure in the giant tropical hall 'Gondwanaland' in the Leipzig Zoo, Germany.

(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Bottlenose Dolph... A bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) at Ocean World Interactive Marine Park in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea.

(Kike Calvo via AP Images)
Polar Bear Cub A polar bear cub explores an outdoor area of the Alaska Zoo on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Anchorage, Alaska.

(AP Photo/Dan Joling)
Two Macos Two macaos, to be sold as pets, play with each other at an animal market in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011.

(AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Baby Penguin A two-week-old Little Penguin rests against a stuffed animal in an incubator at the Cincinnati Zoo, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, in Cincinnati.

(AP Photo/Al Behrman)
Hamadryas Baboon A baby Hamadryas Baboon rests in her mother's arms at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2011.

(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
New Orleans Dog A dog dressed in costume parades through the French Quarter during the Krewe of Barkus Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. The parade of dogs and their owners, a twist on the Krewe of Bacchus, benefits animal welfare organizations.

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Zakary the Queen... San Francisco Zoo animal keeper Heather Givner holds Zakary, a Queensland koala and her female joey.

(AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Ring Tailed Lemu... A month-old ring tailed lemur, left, receives a lick from its one-year-old sister "Safina," right, in an exhibit at the Franklin Park Zoo, in Boston, Wednesday, April 27, 2011.

(AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Found Kitten In a May 12, 2011 photo, lost but found kittens wait for owners in a parking lot in the Alberta City community of Tuscaloosa, Ala. More than 350 dogs, cats, birds, snakes, lizards and even a tarantula were found in the shattered neighborhoods of Tuscaloosa after a tornado hit the area.

(AP Photo/Dave Martin)
Seal Point Himal... This Monday, May 16, 2011 photo shows 4-year-old Seal Point Himalayan cat Charlie as he sits on a toilet at the home of animal trainer Dawn Barkan in Green Township, N.J. Barkan trained all the Himalayan cats who have portrayed Mr. Jinx in the films "Meet the Parents," "Meet the Fockers" and "Little Fockers," including two rescued cats, Peanut and Charlie.

(AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Shivanan the Ele... Four-year-old elephant Shivanan moves towards the camera at a state zoological park in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, May 24, 2011.

(AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
Seal Pups Seal pups play at the pool at the common seal station in Friedrichskoog near the North Sea, northern Germany, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

(AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)
Indian Rhinocero... A new born Indian rhinoceros cub and its mother Betty take a bath in a mud hole at the Tierpark (Animal Park) Zoo, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011.

(Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Macaque Snack A macaque reaches a block of frozen fruit to refresh itself, in Rome's zoo, Tuesday, July, 12, 2011. Zoo staff offered animals frozen fruit to refresh them as temperatures reached 104 Farenheit in many Italian cities.

(AP Photo/Rome Bioparco Foundation)
Protest Dog A dog carries a cage with a plastic bird inside during a protest defending animal rights in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.

(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
Protest Dogs Two dogs dressed as police officers look on during a protest defending animal rights in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2011.

(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
Dog on the Pitch... Colombia's Independiente Santa Fe's Omar Perez, left, and a police officer chase a dog that intruded the pitch during a Copa Sudamericana soccer match between Brazil's Botafogo and Colombia's Independiente Santa Fe in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011.

(AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez)
Thai Turtle A Thai customs official holds a turtle during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011.

(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Sleepy Lion In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2011, a lion yawns in a public zoo in Zacango, Mexico.

(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Wolves in Mexico In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2011, two wolves stand in a public zoo in Zacango, Mexico.

(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Bears love Pumpk... One of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's four 11-month-old grizzly bear cubs enjoys a pumpkin for a snack at the Zoo in Cleveland on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.

(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
Raccoon in Barre... A raccoon looks out from a barrel on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at a zoo in Zacango, Mexico.

(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Beaver Splashes A beaver splashes against the glass of its enclosure at the Northern Trek exhibit at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011.

(AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
Hungry Hippos In this photo released by Rome's Bio-Park press office, hippos seem to express appreciation for the carved pumpkins offered them at the "Bioparco" in Rome Friday, Oct. 28, 2011.

(AP Photo/Rome's Bio-park press office, HO)
Monkey in Rome In this photo released by Rome's Bio-Park press office, a monkey reaches out to a carved pumpkin at the "Bioparco" in Rome Friday, Oct. 28, 2011.

(AP Photo/Rome's Bio-park press office, HO)
Meerkat Explores... A meerkat explores a Halloween pumpkin, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Meerkats A group of meerkats sit as a group Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Dwarf Mongoose In this photo released by Wildlife Conservation Society, a dwarf mongoose sits on the rocks at the Prospect Park Zoo in New York, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

(AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)
Doe and Fawn This photo by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows white-tailed deer and its fawn.

(AP Photo/Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Earl Nottingham)
Irene Hope Irene Hope, a Southdown lamb born Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, rests in New York's Central Park Zoo.

(AP Photo/Wildlife Conservation Society, Julie Larsen Maher)
Surprised Macaqu... This is photo from the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shows one of two macaques that were captured by authorities Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011.

(AP Photo/Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Grahm S. Jones)
Lions in Love A male and a female African lion on are seen at a zoo in Zacango, southwest of Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011.

(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Fishing Cat Kitt... Three Fishing Cat kittens are seen at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011.

(AP Photo/S.J. Grahm, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
Grizzly Bear Cub... This Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, photo shows two grizzly bear cubs in Anchorage, Alaska.

(AP Handout Photo/John Gomes, Alaska Zoo) MANDATORY CREDIT
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