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Egg-citement as animals get Easter treats

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A bearded lizard licks the contents from a painted eggImage source, Paignton Zoo
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These bearded lizards at Paignton Zoo had their usual treats jazzed up with some Easter decorations. We thoroughly approve of this guy's technique - licking out all the good stuff. Yum yum!

Coati gets treats from a fake egg.Image source, ZSL
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This coati is working hard to get its meal out of this pretend egg, which has been hung from a tree at London Zoo.

Penguins crowd around a basket containing their fish, decorated with fake Easter eggs.Image source, ZSL
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Meanwhile elsewhere at the zoo, these penguins had a seasonal surprise too - their fish dinner was presented in an Easter basket. The treat had them SCRAMBLING to get involved!

A penguin picks up fish with its beak from the Easter decorated basketImage source, ZSL
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Here's another snap of that because... penguins.

A squirrel monkey on a rope holds onto a colourful fake Easter eggImage source, ZSL
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This squirrel monkey has found its Easter egg and doesn't look like it's up for sharing.

An armadillo sniffs a shiny golden egg.Image source, Drusillas Park
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Gretel the armadillo was named the winner of the Easter egg hunt at Drusillas Park. Check out the golden egg she found. It was smeared in her favourite - raw egg and mealworms!