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Top 5 Android Animal Games

Best ways to shepherd your flock on Android

Though we have managed to engineer our way to the top of the food chain, animals do still affect our lives on a daily basis.

Whether they're filling our homes with love and life, or filling our sandwiches with delicious luncheon meats, there's no escaping the impact our fluffy planetary co-habitants have on us.

Naturally, this animalistic obsession has spilled into the digital realm, resulting in an endless procession of games featuring cute animal protagonists. The question is: what are the Top 5 Android animal games?

Make sure Mr Friskey's got a fresh pouch of catnip, because you're going to be stroking your touchscreen for the immediate future.

	Abduction! World Attack Psym Mobile
	This slightly unhinged platform game invites you to perform hitherto unheard-of feats of bovine bravery, for you must guide an heroic cow up a series of platforms to rescue its herd from alien abductors. Tilt your way into the upper atmosphere and beyond, and save our beef!
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	Tap Fish Gameview Studios
	If you have a soft spot for aquatic creatures but lack the space for a pond or the time for tank maintenance, this aquarium simulator from Gameview is a low cost, stress-free alternative to fish keeping. Build up your ecosystem by breeding new species over 80 levels of tropical tranquility.
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	Farm Frenzy 2 Connect2Media
	Though the sight of yet another farm-management sim might fill you with dread, Farm Frenzy 2's quirky story-based objectives and breakneck pace do a fantastic job of drawing you into the furry (and feathery) fun. It'll definitely keep you tapping till the rooster crows.
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	Cows Vs Aliens XMG Studio
	In the second of our extraterrestrial entries this week, the aliens are taking the fight to the farm. As a digital cattle rustler, it's your job to usher your cows into the barn, and away from the probing devices of their would-be abductors. Bust out the lasso, and tell E.T. to go home.
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	Yumsters! HeroCraft Ltd
	Worming its way into the bottom of our chart comes the colourful fruit-munching antics of HeroCraft's portable puzzler. Though the pace is a little slow, directing the right worm to the correct fruit to clear the screen is a rather engaging challenge. Worth a look if you don't mind the sedate pace.
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