Animals get into the Christmas spirit at zoos around the world
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Christmas selfie! This gentoo penguin at Sealife Aquarium in Sydney, Australia poses for the camera with a bauble in its beak.

Can you spot a tiger hiding in this Christmas tree? The decorations were made by volunteers at Paignton Zoo where this snap was taken.

Father Christmas always goes the extra mile to deliver pressies to everyone on his "good list" - and this ray at an aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, has been on its best behaviour all year.

Lofty the camel is writing his wish list and making sure keeper Sophie checks it twice!

From the look on this keeper's face, this happy walrus at a German zoo must have eaten his fishy selection box! Fish breath - yuck!

These Amur tiger cub siblings are having a lot of fun play-fighting with their Christmas stocking at Whipsnade Zoo.

Meanwhile these rockhopper penguins are all gathered round to open their pressies.

Who doesn't love eating advent calendar treats? Western Lowland Gorilla Kumbuka is getting stuck in at London Zoo.

A shark closely guards his underwater nativity scene at an aquarium in Madrid, Spain.

This giant inflatable Christmas pud is a grrrrr-eat present for Heidi the Asiatic lioness.

More treats! This time it's this squirrel monkey's turn to crack open the Christmas stocking.
- Published31 December 2018
- Published17 December 2012