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Week in wildlife: A wild elephant, a playful dolphin and fighting zebras
He ain't heavy: two grasshoppers on the Shark Valley hiking trail at the Everglades national park near Miami, Florida Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA
What's the game? A playful dolphin joined a family on their morning swim at Lyme Bay in Dorset, UK Photograph: Lynda Macdonald/SWNS
A one-footed white ibis flies over Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images
Four units at the Gravelines nuclear power plant in Nord, France, were shut down on Monday due to the 'massive and unforeseeable presence of jellyfish' in the pumping stations for the water used to cool the reactors Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images
Volunteers walk across a lagoon at dawn to gather flamingo chicks and place them inside a corral before tagging them with identity rings, marking the 40th anniversary of the ringing event at the Fuente de Piedra natural reserve near Malaga, southern Spain Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters
Egrets fly among the blooming lotus flowers in Hongze Lake wetland in Sihong county, China Photograph: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
A migratory bird perches on a dead tree in a deforested patch in Mida Creek, Kenya Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images
A clownfish takes refuge among a sea anemone's venomous tentacles, gaining protection from predators while also benefiting from feeding opportunities around the anemone in Anemone City, one of the most popular diving spots in the Red Sea, Egypt Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
A local fisher holds a crab in a reforested mangrove area where fish and crab stocks are recovering, in Marereni, Kenya Photograph: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images
Banned African catfish are buried after Assam police seize a vehicle. The cultivation of the Thai Magur, a type of catfish, is banned because it poses a threat to other fish in an ecosystem Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
A sea cucumber in Havannah Harbour, off the coast of Efate Island, Vanuatu Photograph: Annika Hammerschlag/AP
A brown bear and her cubs seeking food in a garbage dump in the Sarikamiş district of Kars, Turkey, where the world's only migrating brown bears live Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Lions feast on their prey in the Masai Mara wildlife area, Kenya Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Three white-tailed eagles have successfully fledged from wild nests in Sussex, UK, marking a new high for a reintroduction programme Photograph: Forestry England/PA
A dugong, classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, swimming underwater in the Red Sea, Egypt Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Elephants cross a road at Tsavo East national park, Voi town in Taita-Taveta county, Kenya Photograph: Brian Inganga/AP
Hammerhead sharks at the Daedalus Reef, on the southern route of the Red Sea Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
A white rhino crosses a dirt road in Limpopo province, South Africa Photograph: Per-A keeper rehydrates a common swift with water at the University Veterinary Hospital Center for Wildlife, Faune Alfort, as a heatwave hits France, in Maisons-Alfort near Paris Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters
An alligator rests near the Shark Valley hiking trail in the Everglades national park in Miami, Florida Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA
Two squirrels frolic in St James's Park during a heatwave in London Photograph: Jack Taylor/Reuters
Zebras tussle as they graze in the plains of the Maasai Mara game reserve in Narok county, Kenya Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters
An oriental garden lizard rests in a garden in Nagaon district, Assam, India Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
A pair of wallabies in the English countryside. The small mammal is usually associated with Australia and New Zealand, but sightings have become increasingly common in Britain, with the latest taking place near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Photograph: Brian Montague/SWNS
A woman and a baby watch a three-legged wild elephant walking outside their house in a village near Amchang wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati, India
Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP
