Beautiful photos: Animals against heat

Licking water to freeze, eat ice cream, swim in the water are activities that animals take to combat hot weather.

Chimp licks ice cubes to freeze
in Beekse Bergen zoo, Netherlands. (Photo: EPA)

Zoo staff in Wuhan City, China placed fruit and
Bamboo leaves up ice sheets for panda to refresh. (Photo: Rex Features)

Mud pickers for heat protection in Buren, Netherlands. (Photo: EPA)

Two Amur tigers play in the water in Dudley Zoo, England. (Photo: Rex Features)

Sprinter, the name of a white bear in a zoo in Hanover,
Germany, enjoy frozen fruits and fish. (Photo: AP)

Monkey macaque enjoy carrot ice cream sticks
in Bristol Zoo, England. (Photo: Telegraph)

Monkey macaque con tries to hold his head on the water when his mother swims
in a puddle at Jigokudani, Japan. (Photo: Rex Features)

The newspaper with the cubs enjoy the cool drops of water from the tap
in the Masai Mara sanctuary of Kenya. (Photo: Barcroft Media )