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Zoo animals open food-filled Christmas presents

Over the past few days, zoo animals have been given early Christmas presents in the form of edible treats wrapped up in festive packaging.

Here are pictures from zoos in France, Germany, Colombia and New Zealand.

Getty Images A kea parrot rips open its wrapped box of Christmas treatsGetty Images
A kea parrot ripped open its wrapped box of Christmas treats at Orana Wildlife Park on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand
Getty Images A gorilla enjoys a frozen Christmas treatGetty Images
A gorilla at Orana got to enjoy a frozen Christmas treat
Getty Images Cheetahs explored packages filled with treatsGetty Images
Also at Orana, cheetahs explored festive packages filled with treats (above and below)
Getty Images Cheetahs explored packages filled with treatsGetty Images
AFP Squirrel monkeys explore their Christmas packageAFP
Some curious squirrel monkeys explored their food-filled Christmas package at the Zoo de Pescheray in le Breil-sur-Merize, near Le Mans, north-western France (above and below)
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AFP Squirrel monkeys explore their Christmas packageAFP
AFP Elephants with boxes of foodAFP
In Tierpark Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany, elephants were given boxes filled with fruit, straw and nuts
AFP A baboon at Cali ZooAFP
A baboon at Cali Zoo in Colombia got to grips with a festive treat
AFP A black jaguar inspects Christmas stockings at Cali ZooAFP
A black jaguar inspected Christmas stockings at Cali
EPA A lion eats from its gift box in Cali ZooEPA
Also at Cali, a lion ate from its gift box (above) and a capuchin monkey inspected a festive package (below)
AFP A capuchin monkey inspects a festive package at Cali ZooAFP

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