With the summer holiday season on the horizon, here's a gallery of fun images of young animals at play, with or without parental supervision, which might get you in the mood for some summer recreation.
Laurent Geslin / African elephant young playing together{Loxodonta africana} Etosha NP, Namibia
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George Sanker / Two Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing with mother, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, June
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Pete Oxford / Two Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) play fighting, Wolong China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda within Wolong Reserve, Sichuan Province, China 2006
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Anup Shah / Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) juvenile playing in early evening light, Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, November
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Two Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos) cubs fighting, Suomussalmi, Finland, July 2008
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Steven Kazlowski / Pair of Arctic foxes (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) one adult in its winter coat and one pup in its summer coat, play vigorously on the pack ice, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, O...
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Inaki Relanzon / Two Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) play fighting, Churchill, Hudson Bay, Canada. October
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Peter Blackwell / Topi calves play fighting, Masai Mara, Kenya
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Christophe Courteau / Two African lion cubs (Panthera leo) playing on a road in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) chicks playing with a piece of ice as they wait for their next meal. Snow Hill Island, Antarctica, October.
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Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus townsendi) pup playing with kelp stem in coastal waters, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March
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Edwin Giesbers / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) rolling on back playing in water, Tanzania
