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Zookeepers from around the world have shared their funniest and cutest pictures of 2024. The pictures range from amusing to adorable and were shared by keepers from across the globe, with
entries coming from zoos and wildlife centres in the UK, Denmark, the USA and more. The informal competition is run by Facebook page Zoo Keepers Europe, which has amassed nearly 16,000
members since its creation in 2014. One of the top rated pictures by judges this year included a snap of a Gelada monkey grabbing her baby by the tail as he attempts to dive from a rock,
snapped by Chloe Stamper at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Another highly rated shot was the work of Terri-May Cook at the New Forest Wildlife Park in Hampshire, who captured the moment two smooth
coated otters checked out their own reflection in the glass of their exhibit. Across the pond, Bryan Kao of the Bronx Zoo, New York City, caught a snap of a two-toed otter scratching its
chin, while in Denmark, Christina Christensen of Copenhagen Zoo snapped a photo of Chin, the baby Asian elephant, attempting to smash a pumpkin. Some of the UK's best entries include a
photo of Lumi the black rhino, chasing starlings at Yorkshire Zoo, taken by keeper Zoe Brown, and Tracey Twomey's shot of Al Capone, the smiling Brazilian tapir at Newquay Zoo.
