Caption this: Chilly squirrel monkeys warm up by sitting on a radiator

Huddling around a heat source when it's chilly out: It's not just for humans. These squirrel monkeys in Qingdao, China, are no dummies. When a cold snap hit their hometown of Qingdao, China, earlier this month, they hung out in the warmest spot around: On top of a heating radiator!

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-- Lindsay Barnett

Top photo: Wu Hong / European Pressphoto Agency

Caption this: Dog finds a new use for a snowblower

Anyone could use a snowblower to clear snow from a driveway or a sidewalk. But it takes ingenuity, an adventurous spirit and, above all, a deep commitment to eating to stand on top of a snow drift with one's mouth open in order to catch the snow displaced by said snowblower.

We salute this dog -- a resident of Jamestown, N.D., who was caught on camera by a Jamestown Sun photographer a few years back during a two-day blizzard -- for making the best of things and finding a way to enjoy a wintry day. We can only hope that he got a chance to go sledding to make his snow day complete. On second thought, scratch that -- dogs don't need sleds to slide on snow!

If you've got your own great dog photos to share, don't hold out on us! Click on the photo gallery below to submit them to The Times' photo-sharing site, post them on our Facebook page or send them to us via tweet @LATunleashed.

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• Your morning adorable: Pembroke Welsh corgis frolic in deep snow

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-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: John M. Steiner. Credit: Associated Press

Caption this: Ring-tailed lemur goes for his weigh-in at Germany's Hagenbeck Zoo

At the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, keepers recently conducted an "animal census" of sorts. Zoo residents -- including ring-tailed lemurs like this fellow, crocodiles, sharks, rays and even a giant millipede -- were weighed, measured and given a general once-over.

Ring-tailed lemurs and other members of the lemur family, of course, are known more for their jumping ability than for their ability to sit still on a scale -- which means that it was probably a smart plan on this keeper's part to give this little guy a snack to entice him to stay put.

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• Your morning adorable: Baby ring-tailed lemur practices his jumping skills

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-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Angelika Warmuth / AFP/Getty Images

Caption this: Palm cockatoo chick is naked as a jaybird

The sight of a baby bird, to one who's not used to seeing them, can be a bit jarring. Take this little guy, a palm cockatoo chick born in late November at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.

Palm cockatoos are native to parts of Australia and New Guinea and are known for their impressive bills, which are larger than those of most cockatoos and other birds their size. When this featherless little fellow grows up, he'll have beautiful black feathers, a crest atop his head and bright red patches on his cheeks. He'll be quite an impressive sight, though you wouldn't know it to look at him now!

The Jurong Bird Park is the biggest facility of its kind in the world, featuring about 8,000 different birds representing 600 species. (Most of them, we'd wager, are fully feathered, unlike this little guy.)

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-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Roslan Rahman / AFP/Getty Images

Caption this: Baboon snacks on peppers

At the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, you don't have to be human to celebrate St. Nicholas Day! In an event held Friday, the zoo's animals -- like this hamadryas baboon -- received special treats including peppers, apples and nuts and were given stuffed Santa hats to play with. (St. Nicholas Day is actually Dec. 6, but the animals got a head-start on the festivities.)

Hamadryas baboons are native to the Horn of Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, which makes them the species of baboon with the northernmost habitat. Their home turf once included Egypt as well, and they were revered by ancient Egyptians. The Hagenbeck Zoo has long been known for its "monkey rock" exhibit for hamadryas baboons, which was conceived by the zoo's founder is considered the first installation of its kind in any zoo in the world.

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• Caption this: Goat intruder chases German couple out of their own flat

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-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Malte Christians / AFP/Getty Images

Caption this: A whippet's mad dash

If there's one big asset a whippet has going for it, it's got to be speed. No wonder, then, that this whippet is named Dash. He's pictured here running on a Hong Kong beach last month -- we only wish there was slow-motion video set to the theme of "Baywatch."

The American Kennel Club describes the whippet as "an English greyhound in miniature" and notes that the sighthound is the fastest domesticated animal of its size, able to run up to 35 miles per hour. "The whippet is extraordinarily keen when racing or coursing, though in the living room he is quiet, dignified, unobtrusive and above all highly decorative," the AKC's description continues. (The wording of that last phrase -- "above all highly decorative" -- gave us a good chuckle as we imagined a whippet balancing on some misguided owner's mantelpiece.)

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Caption this: Donkey kicks up its heels at UK sanctuary
Caption this: Goat intruder chases German couple out of their own flat

-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Antony Dickson / AFP/Getty Images

Caption this: Donkey kicks up its heels at UK sanctuary

Don't worry -- nothing bad has happened to this donkey. In fact, something very good has happened to it: Once in need of rescue, it now resides at a virtual paradise for equines, England's Donkey Sanctuary, which is one of the largest charities of its kind in the world.

The sanctuary consists of eight farms across Devon and Dorset that have collectively housed more than 14,000 needy donkeys and mules, many of which were rescued from abusive or neglectful situations. Better still: Some of the sanctuary's rescued donkeys participate in a riding program for children with special needs. Others perform different types of outreach work, including visiting hospice facilities.

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Caption this: Goat intruder chases German couple out of their own flat
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-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Matt Cardy / Getty Images

Caption this: Goat intruder chases German couple out of their own flat

Sometimes we see a photo and immediately know it's going to become our desktop wallpaper.

This goat's photo is one of those.

Apparently, he turned up mysteriously in a German couple's flat while it was being renovated.

The couple returned home to check on the place and discovered, much to their surprise, an angry goat that chased them out of what he clearly viewed as his own private bachelor pad.

Police investigated and later said they could neither account for the goat's presence in the apartment or point of origin. No one had reported a missing goat in the area, so a local farmer stepped up and took him home.

Now we know the story -- but we still need a photo caption. (We're sure our clever readers can do better than the U.K.'s Daily Express, which gave their story the unfortunate headline "BILLY GOAT GETS GRUFF.")

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Caption this: Giant pig descends on Michigan town
World Cup fever hits the animal kingdom: Athletic roosters, lions, elephants and lobsters play soccer

-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: European Pressphoto Agency

Caption this: Giant pig descends on Michigan town

Dennis Krafft of Frankenmuth, Mich., got a big -- and we mean big -- birthday surprise when he turned 60 on Jan. 5. Al Weiss, a friend of Krafft's, had unexpectedly found himself in temporary possession of a giant foam pig when his was the winning bid on a "mystery box" at a charity fundraising event.

Apparently "mystery" equaled "one-ton Styrofoam pig" to the event's organizers, and suddenly Weiss had a pig on his hands. And Krafft had a big birthday coming up. One thing led to another, and soon Krafft's frontyard had a festive new lawn ornament.

Krafft told the Saginaw News that he was "absolutely blown away" by the discovery of the big pig, which he described as having "a beautifully spiraled tail." Next year we hope the prop will find its way to a National Pig Day celebration!

The photo above, of course, is glorious in its own right. But we suspect that Unleashed's readership includes some latent comedians, so we invite you to write your own caption in the comment section below. We'll call out our favorites in a later post.

-- Lindsay Barnett

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Photo: The pig is lowered onto Krafft's lawn. Credit: Jeff Schrier / Associated Press