Creatures great and small have displayed some unusual talents at the 2006 Animal Olympics in China.
The Shanghai Wild Animal Park has hosted the event, featuring an elephant carrying an "Olympic" torch and animals such as zebras and mountain goats in events including hurdles and races.
Bears and monkeys rode bicycles around a large arena, and a kangaroo boxed with a man in a clown suit.
Animal rights campaigners say the Chinese have an appalling poor record for animal rights protection and have no laws to protect them.
In the fight, the Australian kangaroo appears to reel backwards after receiving a right hook from its garishly attired opponent.
But the 'roo, which was wearing boxing gloves on its front paws, fought back, grappling with the clown who was forced back towards the ropes by its onslaught.
The kangaroo is just one of 300 'athletes' taking part in the annual event, now in its fourth year, at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park.
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