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Slideshow: These zoo animals are mad about Halloween

The monkeys don’t know what to do with themselves.
10.45pm, 30 Oct 2014
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IT’S HALLOWEEN TOMORROW and these animals in Edinburgh Zoo, London Zoo and Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent are already getting into the spirit of things.

Little do they know there are people all across the world getting ready to dress up to look just like some of them…

Slideshow: These zoo animals are mad about Halloween
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    Asiatic short-clawed otters enjoying some pumpkins at Edinburgh Zoo.Source: Danny Lawson/PA

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    Source: Gareth Fuller/PA

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    Source: Gareth Fuller/PA

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    A squirrel monkey searches for Halloween treats hidden inside a pumpkin at London Zoo.Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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    We think he found something... Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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    A pumpkin massacre... Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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    A Galapagos tortoise chomping down on a pumpkin in London Zoo.Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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    A Sumatran tiger cub licking a delicious pumpkin... Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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    "This isn't meat..."Source: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Read: Someone in the Aras has insane pumpkin-carving skills>Read: This was the line to get into a Dublin costume shop earlier today>

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