World Animal Day Special: Animals Beating the Heat Like a Boss!

A gibbon drinks a soft drink bottle at a zoo to cool off the summer heat. (Image: Reuters)

A tiger cools off by licking a slab of ice provided by staff at the Lahore Zoo during hot weather in Lahore, Pakistan. (Image: AP)

Brown bear cubs beat the heat by jumping into a pool in Rome's Bioparco. (Image: AP)

A chimpanzee eats an ice pop to cool off the summer heat. (Image: Reuters)

A Siberian tiger eats a frozen chicken during a hot summer day. (Image: Reuters)

Monkeys sit together in a window shade to get some respite from the scorching heat.

A dog licks an ice-cream during the heatwave. (Image: Reuters)

An orangutan holds a paper bag over its head under the hot sun. (Image: Reuters)

A giant panda lies on blocks of ice to cool off from the summer heat. (Image: Reuters)

A polar bear beats the heat by eating a watermelon. (Image: Reuters)

Buffaloes sit in a canal to get respite from the scorching heat, in a village, on the outskirts of New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

Monkeys quench their thirst during a spell of a heat wave in a village, on the outskirts of New Delhi. (Image: PTI)

A baby monkey holds on to its mother in a swimming pool to escape the summer heat. (Image: Reuters)

A bird splashes in the water of a fountain to cool off on a hot summer day. (Image: Reuters)

A Staffordshire bull terrier cross after a swim in the sea during the hot summer day. (Image: Reuters)

A white Bengal tiger shakes its head while standing in a moat in its enclosure. (Image: Reuters)

A ring-tailed lemur eats frozen fruit to cool down. (Image: Reuters)

Pigeons drink water as they sit on a rope in a lake on a hot summer morning. (Image: Reuters)

A zookeeper sprays water onto Twiggy, a 42 year-old asian elephant to help it cool down in its enclosure. (Image: Reuters)