Zoo animals cool off

An animal caretaker gives a chimp a bath on a sweltering summer's day at a zoo in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, August 11, 2008.

An animal caretaker gives a chimp a bath on a sweltering summer's day at a zoo in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, August 11, 2008.

A Siberian tiger cools itself in a pond to escape the summer heat at a zoo in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, August 11, 2008.

Two hippos get a shower on a sweltering summer's day at a zoo in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, August 11, 2008


A monkey cools itself in a pond to escape the summer heat at a zoo in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, August 11, 2008.