Zoo animals beat the heat: photos

Updated January 14 2014 - 9:19pm, first published 8:00pm
Harari, a 13-year-old male lion enjoys a blood ice-block at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Harari, a 13-year-old male lion enjoys a blood ice-block at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Harari, a 13-year-old male lion enjoys a blood ice-block at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Harari, a 13-year-old male lion enjoys a blood ice-block at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Honey, a 13-year-old female brown Syrian bear, enjoys an ice-block consisting of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables and strawberry topping at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Harari, a 13-year-old male lion,  enjoys a blood ice-block at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as Zuri, right, yawned. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Harari, a 13-year-old male lion, enjoys a blood ice-block at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as Zuri, right, yawned. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Zuri the lion at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Zuri the lion at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Lions Zuri, at front, and Harari, at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
Lions Zuri, at front, and Harari, at Melbourne Zoo, Parkville on Tuesday as temperatures reached more than 42 degrees. Picture: Paul Jeffers
HOT: The temperature inside a Melbourne tram on Tuesday. Picture Paul Jeffers
HOT: The temperature inside a Melbourne tram on Tuesday. Picture Paul Jeffers

Animals were given iced or frozen versions of their usual food. For the lions, that meant a blood ice block set in a 30 litre bucket, while bears enjoyed a frozen fishy, meaty, fruit and vegetable concoction. 

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