International Day for Biological Diversity A girl feeds a squirrel in the central park of Minsk, capital of Belarus, March 31. [Photo/Xinh...

International Day for Biological Diversity

A girl feeds a squirrel in the central park of Minsk, capital of Belarus, March 31. [Photo/Xinhua/Agencies]

Two Lemur cattas eat leaves in a zoo in Hamburg, Germany, January 14, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua/Agencies]

A two-month old raccoon walks in the yard in a zoo in Russia, June 24, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua/Agencies]

A baby tapir eats leaves in a zoo in Hamburg, Germany, May 15. [Photo/Xinhua/Agencies]

An otter eats fish in a park in Chester, Britain, January 5. [Photo/Xinhua/Agencies]

A red fox is pictured with a magpie in Walla Walla, Washington, United States, May 15. [Photo/Xinhua/Agencies]

May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity.Human activity has caused unprecedented damage to biological diversity in the past five decades. Extinction rate is now 1,000 times the normal rate. Let us get a glimpse of the world through browing a series of animal pictures on this special day.