Best Animal Pictures Of 2012

From a cheeky sloth gatecrashing a holiday snap to a harmless gannet that transformed itself into a Great White, here is a collection of the most memorable animal pictures of the year.

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    1. This stunning photo shows the moment a herd of elephants disturbed hundreds of red-billed queleas, small birds that weigh just ten grammes each, at a watering hole in East Tsavo, Kenya (Caters)
    2. The seven-week-old German Shepherds are being groomed as the next generation of canine crime-fighters for West Midlands Police. The cute and fluffy dogs are being taught to be "obsessed with toys
    3. This stunning image, called 'Gannet Jacuzzi' was the winner of the 2012 British Wildlife Photography Awards. The image was shot by Dr Matt Doggett at a remote location off the north coast of S
    4. Anzac the joey and Peggy the wombat became best friends after sharing a pouch together at the Wildlife Kilmore Rescue Centre in Victoria, Australia. Worker Lisa Milligan said the unlikely friends are
    5. This incredible photo shows an otter seeking guidance by praying. This rare snap was taken by Hertfordshire based photographer Marac Andrev Kolodzinski. Marac had to wait over two hours in the freezin
    6. This sleepy dormouse has been rehomed in a coconut shell after he was rescued from a tea shop. He was scooped up by a visitor and taken to the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre, near Highbridge in S
    7. Roly Poly, the overweight hedgehog (right) got so fat he could not roll into a ball. He is pictured here with a normal sized hedgehog (left), He has been put on a diet after ballooning to twice his n
    8. Staff at an animal charity have named an abandoned blind cat Stevie Wonder because the pet loves playing the piano. Animal carers believe the six-year-old moggie - who was found in a garden - craves p
    9. A cheeky owl gives a Simon Cowell-style wink to the camera. Wildlife photographer Mark Hancox snapped the Little Owl giving the X Factor judge's trademark gesture last Friday. Patient Mark, 48, wa
    10. A school of dolphins become fascinated by a single penguin at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, in California. Fozzie, the African penguin, was busy minding his own business when his antics suddenly became
    11. "Eyeballs", was captured after residents claimed the wild eagle owl had been terrorising residents, attacking a gardener and a poodle. The wild animal had been welcomed into the home of one
    12. Buggy hell! These ants look like they need a change of career from worker ants to circus ants as they perform a series of daredevil tricks. The incredible stunts range from balancing giant seed pods f
    13. A diver coaxes a high five out of a maneating shark. Eli Martinez, 40, was interacting with the apparently laid-back lemon shark in the balmy waters off the coast of The Bahamas. The normally ferociou