Updates from the Animal Kingdom

Dawn.com Published March 29, 2012
A flowerhorn fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or "Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala" at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 29, 2012. The fish festival shows a variety of beautiful fish between March 24 and April 1. ? AFP Photo.
A flowerhorn fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or "Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala" at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 29, 2012. The fish festival shows a variety of beautiful fish between March 24 and April 1. ? AFP Photo.
A flowerhorn fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or "Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala" at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 29, 2012. ? AFP Photo.
A flowerhorn fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or "Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala" at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 29, 2012. ? AFP Photo.
An arowana fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or "Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala" at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 29, 2012. ? AFP Photo.
An arowana fish is displayed at the annual fish festival or "Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala" at a shopping mall in Bangkok on March 29, 2012. ? AFP Photo.
Beyonce, a Dachshund mix female puppy, is seen here being hand fed in this March 10, 2012 handout photo. Beyonce, who weighed just 1 ounce and could fit into a teaspoon when found, could be the world's smallest dog, according to animal rescuers in Northern California who found her abandoned. ? Reuters Photo.
Beyonce, a Dachshund mix female puppy, is seen here being hand fed in this March 10, 2012 handout photo. Beyonce, who weighed just 1 ounce and could fit into a teaspoon when found, could be the world's smallest dog, according to animal rescuers in Northern California who found her abandoned. ? Reuters Photo.
Beyonce, a Dachshund mix female puppy, is seen here being hand fed in this March 10, 2012 handout photo. Beyonce, who weighed just 1 ounce and could fit into a teaspoon when found, could be the world's smallest dog, according to animal rescuers in Northern California who found her abandoned. ? Reuters Photo.
Beyonce, a Dachshund mix female puppy, is seen here being hand fed in this March 10, 2012 handout photo. Beyonce, who weighed just 1 ounce and could fit into a teaspoon when found, could be the world's smallest dog, according to animal rescuers in Northern California who found her abandoned. ? Reuters Photo.
An employee gives a medical-cosmetic massage to a client using an African snail at a beauty salon in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The beauty salon is the only one in the region using the snails' method, which is believed to help in speeding up regeneration of the skin, eliminating wrinkles, scars and traces of burn marks, according to the owner Alyona Zlotnikova. ? Reuters Photo.
An employee gives a medical-cosmetic massage to a client using an African snail at a beauty salon in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The beauty salon is the only one in the region using the snails' method, which is believed to help in speeding up regeneration of the skin, eliminating wrinkles, scars and traces of burn marks, according to the owner Alyona Zlotnikova. ? Reuters Photo.
A National Park officer shows newborn green turtles at a turtle cultivation center in Merubetiri National park before releasing them at the beach in Banyuwangi, East Java. Green turtles are listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. ? Reuters Photo.
A National Park officer shows newborn green turtles at a turtle cultivation center in Merubetiri National park before releasing them at the beach in Banyuwangi, East Java. Green turtles are listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. ? Reuters Photo.
A newborn great green macaw is weighed at a nursery of the ARA Project in Alajuela. The ARA Project is dedicated to the conservation and protection of two native macaw species of Costa Rica, the endangered great green macaw (ara ambiguus) and the scarlet macaw (ara macao). According to a study by the Research and Conservation Project Green Macaw, the two species are endangered due to deforestation. ? Reuters Photo.
A newborn great green macaw is weighed at a nursery of the ARA Project in Alajuela. The ARA Project is dedicated to the conservation and protection of two native macaw species of Costa Rica, the endangered great green macaw (ara ambiguus) and the scarlet macaw (ara macao). According to a study by the Research and Conservation Project Green Macaw, the two species are endangered due to deforestation. ? Reuters Photo.

Snapshots of different events and findings related to animals from all over the world. – Photos by Agencies.

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