Cool At The Zoo

A chimpanzee at the Zoo of Zurich enjoys an ice pop composed of fruit frozen in ice Thursday, July 27, 2006, in Zurich, Switzerland. The chimp enjoyed the treat as temperatures climbed above 90 degrees.

Csami, a 10-year-old African elephant sucks on a big block of ice candy, composed of a mix of fruit and vegetables frozen in ice, during a heat wave at the zoo in Erfurt, eastern Germany, Tuesday, July 25, 2006. The summer weather remains warm and dry in Germany.

A polar bear enjoys an icy buffet in the zoo of Berlin as he licks a soccer ball-shaped ice snack Friday, July 21, 2006. Ten tons of ice where given to the polar bears in the zoo on Friday as a refreshment during the hot summer weather.

Gohgo the polar bear licks ice cubes encased with apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka, western Japan, on Saturday, July 15, 2006. Some parts of the Japanese archipelago has been gripped by high pressure system in the Pacific Ocean that zoomed the mercury to 38.2 degrees Celsius (100.7 degrees F) at Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Friday.

Bernie Mae, a 25-year-old female Asian elephant at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, Calif., enjoys a refreshing drink inside the parks elephant encounter on Monday, July 17, 2006. As temperatures in the inland Bay Area reached the triple-digit mark, several of the parks African and Asian elephants spent time in the man-made watering hole while keepers sprayed them with hoses.

My-Thi, an Indian elephant, gets a cooling spray from her keeper, Cecil Jackson, Jr., at the Cincinnati Zoo, Monday, July 17, 2006.

A polar bear cub cools himself on an artificial snow as another one looks at him at a zoo in Moscow, where temperatures were on the rise June 23, 2006.

A Hamadryas baboon named Baines keeps cool by eating an ice cube with a slice of orange in it that was given to him by his keepers July 25, 2005, at The Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina's temperatures were in the 90s as the heat index climbed over 100.

Tundra, a polar bear at the Bronx Zoo, escapes the heat of the day by dunking himself under water, leaving only his back foot visible, in his habitat pool July 20, 2005, in New York. Temperatures reached into the low 90s in the New York metropolitan area and were expected to remain the same for the next few days.

And here is Tundra the polar bear as he emerges from a dip in his pool at the zoo July 20, 2005 in New York.

A floating "fishsicle" attracts the attention of LeRoy, a common river otter, July 22, 2005, in his pen at The Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill. Zookeepers are doing special things to help the animals stay cool.

Voda the polar bear holds a frozen fish popsicle in her mouth July 22, 2005, as zookeepers provide the bear with frozen treats to keep the animal cool at the Denver Zoo in Colorado.

Two snow monkeys play in the water at the Central Park Zoo, July 22, 2005 in New York.

Reba, an Asian elephant, is cooled off by elephant keeper Steve Koyle July 21, 2005, at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona.

Orson, a 50-year-old milk eagle owl, sits in the spray from a water hose on a perch in his cage at the Bronx Zoo July 20, 2005 in New York. The owl's caretakers say they turn the spray on about six hours a day for the owl to keep cool in the heat of the day. When Orson has had enough cooling, the keepers say, he either moves to another spot or kicks the hose away.

Yukio the polar bear tries break an ice block to savor a salmon packed in it at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo July 23, 2005. Polar bears, monkeys and bears at the zoo were treated to such icy gifts to beat summer heat as Japan enters the dog days of summer.

A California sea lion stays cool while swimming at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows Park July 20, 2005 in the Queens borough of New York. (Look at the expression on that face.)

Sassy, a 13-year-old North American male black bear, sits in his pool, July 22, 2005, at the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill., and munches on a fruitsicle, fruit frozen in water, in an effort to beat the mid-90 degree heat and humidity.

In an effort to beat the heat, Babe, a female Asian elephant, submerges herself and keeps her trunk out for air, July 22, 2005, in a pool at the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley, Ill.