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Photos: Animals and their pumpkins

Humans who celebrate Halloween aren't the only ones who love a carved pumpkin this time of year. Animals do too.

A dog carries a pumpkin in its mouth at the 13th annual Dog Halloween Parade in Tompkins Square Park in New York City.

A squirrel stands on pumpkins carved into Halloween jack-o'-lanterns October 25, 2004 in Washington, DC.

London Zoo's, Asiatic lion Lucifer, has fun with pumpkins ahead of Halloween in the lion enclosure at London Zoo, Regent's Park on October 27, 2004 in London, England.

Asiatic lion Lucifer, has fun with pumpkins ahead of Halloween in the lion enclosure at London Zoo, Regent's Park on October 27, 2004.

Ring-tailed lemurs at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigate a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in their enclosure on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England.

Ring-tailed lemurs at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigate a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in their enclosure on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England.

Squirrel monkeys at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigate a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in their enclosure on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England.

Amy the owl at Bristol Zoo Gardens sits on a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England.

Meeko the racoon at Bristol Zoo Gardens investigates a special carved pumpkin that has been left as a special Halloween treat in his enclosure on October 28, 2009 in Bristol, England.

A Ring Tailed Lemur prepares to sneak a piece of pumpkin pie from a Thanksgiving spread at the San Francisco Zoo on November 23, 2011 in San Francisco, California.

A diver dressed as a skeleton arrives to feed fish from plastic pumpkins as giant wreckfish swim past in a publicity event at SeaLife on October 28, 2013 in Berlin, Germany.

In this handout photo provided by SeaWorld San Diego, Oh no, Ms. Polar Bear!, Snowflake, a 17-year-old female polar bear at SeaWorld San Diego, gets head start on Halloween with a pumpkin treat today October 30, 2013 at the park's Wild Arctic attraction in San Diego, California.

One of the rats explores one of the 1600 pumpkins that have been installed into the London Dungeon for Halloween.

A zoo keeper climbs inside a 728kg giant pumpkin delivered to the elephants enclosure at Taronga Zoo on April 10, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Taronga Zoo and the Sydney Royal Easter Show partnered together to recycle the giant pumpkins to feed the animals, including Australia's largest ever giant pumpkin weighing in at 728kg.

Tukta, a baby elephant feeds on a giant pumpkin at Taronga Zoo on April 10, 2015 in Sydney, Australia. Taronga Zoo and the Sydney Royal Easter Show partnered together to recycle the giant pumpkins to feed the animals, including Australia's largest ever giant pumpkin weighing in at 728kg given to the elephants.

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A dog carries a pumpkin in its mouth at the 13th annual Dog Halloween Parade in Tompkins Square Park in New York City.

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