Animal Photos Of The Week: Happy Mother's Day

This week has been an interesting one in the weird, wild world of animal news:

This teeny, tiny dwarf antelope looks like a Disney character come to life.

This is how polar bears can eat so much fat without getting a heart attack.

BAD BERLEBURG, GERMANY - MAY 05: A herd of eight European bison graze in the Rothaargebirge mountain range on May 5, 2014 near Bad Berleburg, Germany. The herd is a project of Wisent Welt Wittgenstein, a government-funded initiative which last year released the herd in an effort to restock the bison in the wild. European bison were once plentiful across Europe and Russia, though their numbers were decimated to near extinction by hunting and habitat encroachment. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

This dog was the poster pup for animal abuse, now he's getting the happy life he deserves.

This is what happens when two bulldogs meet a black bear.

A rescued bear cub returned to a ski resort after being deemed "too domesticated" for the wild.

Take a look at some of this week's most stunning animal photos below, and check back next week for more news about the Animal Kingdom.

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - MAY 08: A Sumatra orang utan poses for a foto at Zoo Frankfurt on May 8, 2014 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The Zoo in Frankfurt is the 2nd oldest in Germany and holds about 4500 individuals from about 500 animals species. (Photo by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images)

A woman presents dachshund dogs, also known as sausage dogs, during a dog show at the 'Hund & Katz' pets fair on May 11, 2014 in Dortmund, western Germany. The international dogs and cats show was running from May 9-11, 2014. (PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A group of wild macaque monkeys eat rice left by people in Kuala Lumpur on May 6, 2014. The monkeys are commonly found living on scraps in the suburbs of the Malaysian capital. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Pigeons take flight at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Bahauddin Zakaria in Multan on May 11, 2014. The Pakistan met office has forecast partly cloudy weather with chances a dust-thunderstorm and light rain for the city and its suburbs as the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded as 37.4 and 23.2 degrees centigrade respectively. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

A European hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus collects nectar on a bud of a cherry tree in Moscow, on May 10, 2014 in Moscow. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)