Father's Day

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Wolf and fox fathers protect, feed, teach, and play with their children.

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Red fox kit gets a good licking from his father, Lansing, New York, USA
Photo by Melissa Groo
Wildlife in suburbia: Photographer watches fox kits grow up (story and more pics)

2.

An Ethiopian wolf pup chills out with his dad, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
Photo by Rebecca Jackrel
The Ethiopian Wolf Project

A male emu makes the nest and looks after the eggs and chicks all on his own. The chicks stay with him for several months.

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Emu and his chicks out for a stroll, Lincoln National Park, Australia
Rhossie Talk: Around Port Lincoln…

In the frog genus Oreophryne, the father guards his clutch of eggs until they hatch.

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Oreophryne frog guarding his eggs, two of which have just hatched into froglets, Papua New Guinea
Photo by George Grall

Tamarin fathers carry and protect their children; when they are hungry, he takes them to their mother to nurse.

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Golden lion tamarin carrying his twins, Marwell Zoological Park, Winchester, England
Photo by Chris Balcombe

Also posted to randompictures and splodefromcute