Links of the day- Koalas, travel photographs and the harm of spanking children

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Today's beautiful creature is this baby koala photographed by Erik Veland at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. You can find more pictures by Erik Veland on his portfolio [here]. The picture above was taken from Wikipedia, where it is listed as having a creative commons 3.0 attribution license. For details of the license, click [here]

 Today's weblinks are to an article reporting research that shows that spanking children is harmful for their long-term development and mental health-

http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/spanking-kids-can-cause-long-term-harm-canada-study

And to the impressive results of National Georgraphic Traveller's annual photography competition-
http://travel.uk.msn.com/exclusives/exclusive-national-geographics-photography-competition#image=1