How our furry and feathered friends are staying cool frolicking in ponds and eating frozen fruit...

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How animals beat the summer heat

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A continent away, a chimpanzee in Shenyang, China, has decided that a thirst-quencher is the way to go. (China Daily/Reuters)

Just a few enclosures away, a zookeeper sprays water onto Twiggy, a 42 year-old Asian elephant, to help it cool down. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)

Popsicles aren't just for kids. A chimpanzee slurps on an ice pop in Shenyang, China. (China Daily/Reuters)



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Frozen fruit is this ring-tailed lemur's answer to a sweltering heatwave in Tel Aviv this past May, when temperatures reached near 45 C. (Nir Elias/Reuters)

A gibbon enjoys a sugary soft drink given by a tourist at a zoo in Kunming, China. Ah, sweet relief. (Wong Campion/Reuters)  

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/how-animals-beat-the-summer-heat-1.3166364?cmp=rss