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Olive ridley turtle hatchling predated by stork. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Black vulture sunning {Coragyps atratus} Costa Rica

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Olive ridley turtle hatchlings head for the sea. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Olive ridley turtle swims in sea with head out. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Olive ridley turtle returns to sea at dawn. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Olive ridley turtle emerging from sea at dusk. Costa Rica {Lepidochelys olivacea}

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Vegetation at back of beach Costa Rica pacific coast

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Saltwater crocodile returning to sea {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is Queensland Australia Cape

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Saltwater crocodile on beach {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is Queensland Australia Cape York

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Saltwater crocodile on beach {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is Queensland Australia Cape York

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Imprint of Saltwater crocodile on sand {Crocodylus porosus} Crab Is Queensland Australia

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Hawksbill turtle {Eretmchelys imbricata} laying eggs on beach Crab Is QLD Australia Cape

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Baby Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} predated by Grey gull Crab Is Australia

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea Crab Is QLD Australia Cape York

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea Crab Is QLD Australia Cape York

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} returns to sea Crab Is QLD Australia Cape York

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} digging nest on beach Crab Is QLD Australia Cape

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} climbing up beach to lay eggs Crab Is QLD

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} climbing up beach to lay eggs Crab Is QLD

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Flat backed turtle {Chelonia depressa} coming ashore to lay eggs Crab Is QLD Australia

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Sea ice in early spring Talan island Sea of Okhotsk East Russia

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Stellars sea eagle hunting Kittiwakes along cliff Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake colony on cliffs {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake colony on cliffs {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwakes on offshore rocks {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} Common guillemot {Uria aalge} cliff colony Talan Is Russia

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Kittiwakes mating at nest site {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake flying from cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake flying from cliff {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake with nesting material {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Kittiwake in flight over sea {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia

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Huge flock of Kittiwakes in flight {Rissa tridactyla} Talan Is Okhotsk Sea E Russia birds

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Common guillemots on sea {Uria aalge} Talan Is Sea of Okhotsk East Russia

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Parakeet auklet portrait {Cyclorrhynchus psittacula} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk Russia

21106504
Crested auklets arrive at dusk on Talan Is Okhutsk E Russia {Aethia cristatella}

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Crested auklet flock fly over packice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is Okhutsk Sea E Russia

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Crested auklet flock fly over pack ice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is Okhutsk Sea E Russia

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Crested auklet flock fly over pack ice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is Okhutsk Sea E Russia

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Crested auklet flock fly over pack ice {Aethia cristatella} Talan Is Okhutsk Sea E Russia

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Crested auklet flock return to Talan Is at dusk {Aethia cristatella} Okhutsk E Russia

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Tufted puffins bill-clacking in courtship {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk East Russia

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Tufted puffin pair on rock {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk East Russia

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Tufted puffin portrait {Lunda cirrhata} Talan Is Sea of Okhutsk East Russia

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Sand lizard portrait {Lacerta agilis} Germany

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Hermanns tortoise {Testudo hermanni} France

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Black and white ruffed lemur {Varecia variegata variegata} Nosy Mangabe NP Madagascar

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Black and white ruffed lemur {Varecia variegata variegata} Nosy Mangabe NP Madagascar

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Tiger quoll {Dasyurus maculatus} Papua New Guinea

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Marine iguana resting on beach {Amblyrhynchus cristatus} Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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Swan goose portrait {Anser cygnoides} captive

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Indian white backed vulture in flight {Gyps bengalensis} Ruaha NP, Tanzania, East Africa

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Indian white backed vulture with chick at nest {Gyps bengalensis} Keoladeo NP India

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Indian white backed vultures sunning themselves {Gyps bengalensis} Thar Desert, India

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Indian white backed vulture taking off {Gyps bengalensis} Thar Desert, India

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Robber crab {Birgus latro} Nicobar Islands, India

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Coconut / Robber crabs {Birgus latro} Martins Point Christmas Is Indian Ocean

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Marine iguana eating seaweed {Amblyrhynchus cristatus} James Island, Santiago, Galapagos

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Bristlecone pine cones & new growth - ancient trees {Pinus aristata} White Mountains, USA

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Classic Yellow-eyed penguin breeding habitat {Megadyptes antipodes} Otago Peninsula NZ

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Blue duck above waterfall {Hymendaimus malacorhynchus} Arundel, Hampshire UK captive

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Shatoosh shawls made from endangered Tibetan antelope fur {Pantholops hodgsonni} India

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Andean flamingo preening {Phoenicoparrus andinus} captive

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Andean flamingo bathing {Phoenicoparrus andinus} captive

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Andean flamingo in flight {Phoenicoparrus andinus} Salar de Atacama, Chile South America

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Yellow-eyed penguin in forest {Megadyptes antipodes} Enderby Island, Auckland Is, New Zealand

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Yellow-eyed penguin feeding chick above ground {Megadyptes antipodes} Enderby Island, NZ

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Yellow-eyed penguin chick in nest {Megadyptes antipodes} New Zealand

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Tourists on elephant back tracking tiger {Panthera tigris} Bandhavgarh NP India

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Yellow-eyed penguins with chicks in nest {Megadyptes antipodes} New Zealand

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Radiated tortoise on forest floor {Geochelone radiata} Berentry PR, Magascar

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Radiated tortoise {Geochelone radiata} Buschhaus, Madagascar

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Manta ray swimming over reef {Manta birostris} Indo Pacific

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Common zebra crossing River Mara {Equus burchelli} with wildebeest MMNR Kenya Africa

21106356
Plums and custard fungus {Tricholoma rutilans} UK

21106355
St Georges mushroom {Tricholoma gambosum} UK

21106333
Wood blewit toadstools {Lepiota nuda} England

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False chantrelle fungi in coniferous woodland {Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca}

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Shaggy ink cap / Lawyers wig fungus {Coprinus comatus} UK

21106272
Male Adders fighting in pre-nuptial display {Vipera berus} Surrey UK

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Adder {Vipera berus} Surrey UK

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Adder {Vipera berus} Sussex UK

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Male Adder recently emerged from hibernation {Vipera berus} Surrey UK

21106268
Juvenile Adder coiled {Vipera berus} Surrey UK

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Juvenile Adder on hand {Vipera berus} Surrey UK

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Brimstone butterfly pupating {Goneopterys rhamni} Surrey UK

21106171
Egyptian plover / rail {Pluvianus aegyptius} native to West Africa

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Roboshark amongst Grey reef sharks at surface {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus} Bikini Atoll

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Roboshark amongst Grey reef sharks {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchus} Bikini Atoll

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Velvet worm {Peripatus sp.} Lowland rainforest Yasuni NP Ecuador

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Velvet worm {Peripatus sp} Lowland rainforest Yasuni NP Ecuador

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Dhole (Indian wild dog) {Cuon alpinus} Bandhavgarh NP Madhya Pradesh India

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Snorkeler over coral reef Sharm el Sheik Red Sea Egypt

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African elephants dust bath {Loxodonta africana} Kenya

21105896
Jonny Keeling peering out of tent. Assistant Producer Life of Mammals. India. 2002

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Lioness amongst flowers {Panthera leo} Tanzania

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Greater Kudu portrait {Tragelaphus strepsiceros} Kenya

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African elephant portrait {Loxodonta africana} Kenya

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African elephant dust bath {Loxodonta africana} Kenya

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African buffalo herd {Syncerus caffer} Ngorongoro crater Tanzania

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Grand Teton Mountains Wyoming USA

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Bottle nosed dolphins catching fish by stranding {Tursiops truncatus} South Carolina USA

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Bottlenosed dolphins catching fish by stranding {Tursiops truncatus} South Carolina USA

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Brown hairstreak butterfly female ovipositing {Thecla betulae} Hampshire UK

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Dog stinkhorn fungus in various stages of maturity {Mutinus caninus} UK

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African elephant herd at water {Loxodonta africana} Chobe NP Botswana

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Chamois on rocky cliff {Rupicapra rupicapra} Ordesa NP Pyrenees Spain

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Aerial view of Camargue area managed for hunting France

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Leuate cliffs Roussillon Languedoc France

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Reeds used for thatch roofing Camargue France

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Large mixed flock of sheep and goats Istres Crau France

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Horseback riding through the sand dunes Camargue France

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Information sign Camargue Nature Reserve France

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Cassis cliffs Calanques nr Marseilles Provence France

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Black marl deposits Baronnies Provence France

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Field of Melons ready for harvest Toulouse France.

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Wild flowers on edge of cultivated field Provence France

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Loading harvested reeds onto lorry Camargue France

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Bazacle dam Toulouse Haute- Garonne Languedoc France. Obstacle to Shad migration

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Water released from dam across Rhone river Villabregues Provence France

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Close-up of head of Smooth newt {Triturus vulgaris} showing sensory pores,captive

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Indian white backed vulture juveniles feed on cattle {Gyps bengalensis} Thar desert, India

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Badger {Meles meles} England

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Steller's jay portrait {Cyanocitta stelleri} Yosemite, California USA

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Simon King portrait on location for Blue Planet Crab Is Queensland Australia

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Simon King lying beside sand imprint of Saltwater crocodile while on location filming for BBC Blue Planet series, 2002, Crab Is. Queensland, Australia

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Ben Osborne sound recording Flat back turtle returning to sea. Crab Is QLD Australia

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Simon King filming Flat back turtle laying eggs on beach. Crab Is Queensland Australia

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Simon King filming Flat back turtle laying eggs on beach. Crab Is Queensland Australia

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Producer Alastair Fothergill and camerman Simon King on location for BBC Blue Planet series, Talan, Sea of Okutsk, Eastern Russia 2002

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Ben Osborn photographing seabirds. Talan Sea of Okutsk Eastern Russia

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African elephant eye close-up {Loxodonta africana} Botswana

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African clawless otter {Aonyx capensis} Senekal South Africa

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Sacred ibis feeding at night {Threskiornis aethiopicus} Botswana

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Sacred ibis feeding in Okavango delta {Threskiornis aethiopicus} Botswana

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Red crossbill drinking {Loxia curvirostra} Wiltshire England UK

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Male Red crossbill feeding female at nest {Loxia curvirostra} England UK

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African elephant testing Kitum cave wall for minerals {Loxodonta africana} Mt Elgon

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African elephants in Kitum cave mineral source {Loxodonta africana} Mt Elgon NP Kenya NB

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Little egrets {Egretta garzetta} Squacco herons {Ardeola ralloides} Zambia

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Mountain hare track in snow {Lepus timidus} Peak District NP, UK

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Niagara falls Ontario Canada. Fish-eye image

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Niagara falls Ontario Canada. Fish-eye image

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Niagara falls Ontario Canada. Fish-eye image

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Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} with Husky dog. Canada

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Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} with Husky dog. Canada

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Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} with Husky dog. Canada

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Callanish stone circle Isle of Lewis Inner Hebrides Scotland UK. c.5000 yrs old. thought to

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Callanish stone circle Isle of Lewis Inner Hebrides Scotland UK. c.5000 yrs old. thought to

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Callanish stone circle Isle of Lewis Inner Hebrides Scotland UK. c.5000 yrs old. thought to

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Bill Oddie being hoisted up to heronry Somerset UK. 2003

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Madagascar hissing cockroaches {Gromphadorhina portentosa} captive

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Female Ruddy duck on water {Oxyura jamaicensis} Sussex UK

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Immature African harrier hawk {Polyboroides typus} Moremi WR Botswana

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Female Nilgai sparring {Boselaphus tragocamelus} Keoladeo Ghana NP Rajasthan Indi

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Lake Tanganyika at sunset with boat and papaya tree Zambia Southern Africa

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Mugger Crocodile jaw open {Crocodylus palustris} Cauvery River Karnataka India

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North Island Weka {Gallirallus australis greyi} New Zealand 1991 endangered

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Dingo portrait {Canis dingo} Sturt National Park New South Wales Australia

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Dingo feeding on kangaroo {Canis dingo} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Female red kangaroo backlit in evening sun {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Female red kangaroo with joey at sunset {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Female red kangaroo backlit in evening sun {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Female red kangaroo with evening sun {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Joey with female Red kangaroo {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Female Red kangaroo backlit in evening {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Red kangaroos drinking at water hole {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Red kangaroo family group {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Red kangaroo pair mating {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Female Red kangaroo backlit at sunset {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Male Red kangaroo grazing {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Male Red kangaroo behind female with joey {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Male Red kangaroo testing to see if female is in oestrus {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW

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Male Red kangaroo testing to see if female is in oestrus {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW

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Young joey out of pouch next to female Red kangaroo {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Young joey out of pouch next to female Red kangaroo {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Female Red kangaroo ting to joey in pouch {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Female Red kangaroo ting to joey in pouch {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

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Female Red kangaroo with joey in pouch {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

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Northern Mockingbird feeding chicks at nest {Mimus polyglottus} New York USA

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Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) thought to be connected to SARS virus. Sichuan Province, China.

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Masked palm civet (Paguma larvata) thought to be connected to SARS virus. Sichuan Province, China.

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Black necked cranes {Grus nigricollis} Guizhou China

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Spider crab {Xenocarcinus tuberculatus} on Black coral Sulawesi Indonesia

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Hanuman langurs drinking {Presbytis entellus} Sariska NP Rajasthan India

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Reef basselets {Apogon sp} and fan coral, Phillippines

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Upside down jellyfish {Cassiopeia frondosa} Dominica West Indies Symbiotic algae in

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Closed sea anemone, tentacles retracted {Tealia lofotensis} Canadian Pacific. Sequence

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Tentacles of Magnificent anemone {Heteractis magnifica} Indo Pacific

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Sea anemone feeding {Tealia lofotensis} Canadian Pacific. Tentacles out. Sequence

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Anemone {Tealia lofotensis} Canadian Pacific

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Alicia anemone {Alicia mirabilis} Mediterranean

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Atlantic flying fish {Cypselurus heterurus} Caribbean

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Fire worm on sponge {Hermodice carunculata} Caribbean Sea

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Coral reef landscape with mainly {Acropora} corals Great Barrier Reef Australia

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Fan worms (non calcareous} {Sabellidae family} Caribbean Se

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Flatworms on Bubble coral {Platyhelminthes, Waminoa species} Indo Pacific

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Bobbit worm head, approx 1 inch wide and 15-30 feet long living in mud, Indo-Pacific

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Immature Pike head profile {Esoz lucius} England

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Close up of Tube coral {Tubastraea faulkneri} Indo-Pacific

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Pygmy seahorse camouflaged on coral {Hippocampus bargibanti} Sulawesi

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Common opossum with babies clinging to back {Didelphis marsupialis} Minnesota USA

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Common opossum with babies clinging to back {Didelphis marsupialis} Minnesota USA

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Stargazer {Uranoscopus} half hidden on seabed Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Adult female Steepheaded parrotfish {Scarus gibbus} coral reef, Red Sea

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Whooper swan juvenile flying over water {Cygnus cygnus} UK

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Maned wolf portrait captive {Chrysocyon brachyurus} South America

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Moonset at dawn over Carpathian Mountains Romania 08/99

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Aerial looking down onto mixed Beech forest Carpathian Mountains Romania 10/99

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Aerial looking down onto mixed Beech forest Carpathian Mountains Romania 10/99

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Black flycatcher {Melaenornis edoliodes} Masai mara Kenya

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Mushroom corals {Fungia genus} Similan Islands Andaman Sea Thailand Indian Ocean

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Brown fish owl {Bubo zeylonensis} Bandhavgarh NP Madhya Pradesh India

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Brown fish owl {Bubo zeylonensis} Bandhavgarh NP Madhya Pradesh India

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Barasingha / Swamp deer family {Cervus duvauceli} Kanha NP, India

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Whooping crane female calling {Grus americana} captive Wisconsin, USA

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Broad nosed gentle / Greater bamboo lemur {Hapalemur simus} eating bamboo, Madagascar

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Broad nosed gentle / Greater bamboo lemur {Hapalemur simus} eating bamboo, Madagascar

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Broad nosed gentle/ Greater bamboo lemur {Hapalemur simus} Ranomafana NP, Madagascar

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Broad nosed gentle / Greater bamboo lemur {Hapalemur simus} eating, Madagascar Ranomafana NP

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Pink river dolphins / Bouto at river surface {Inia geoffrensis} Mamiraua, Brazil

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Wild gaur {Bos gaurus} Kanha NP, India

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Wild gaur feeding {Bos gaurus} Kanha NP, India

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Spectacled bear feeding {Tremarctos ornatus} captive Ecuador

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Whooping crane male feeding in water {Grus americana} captive Wisconsin, USA

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Arabian oryx mating {Oryx leucoryx} Jaaluni Oman

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Steller's sealions swimming {Eumetopias jubata} Alaska

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Steller's sealions diving into sea {Eumetopias jubata} Commander Is, Russia

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Golden langur feeding in tree {Presbytis geei} Assam, India

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Fossas mating in tree {Cryptoprocta ferox} Western dry forest, Madagascar

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Fossa male feeding {Cryptoprocta ferox} Kirindy forest, Madagascar

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Florida panther amongst Palmetto {Felis concolor} Florida, USA

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Sarus cranes displaying {Grus antigone} Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

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Sarus crane chick in nest {Grus antigone} Bangwelu, Zambia

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Nilgiri tahr young resting {Hemitragus hylocrius} Eravikulam NP, Kerala, India

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Nilgiri tahr male {Hemitragus hylocrius} South India

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Humphead / Napoleon wrasse {Cheilinus undulatus} Red Sea, Egypt

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Close up of Nassau grouper eye {Epinephelus striatus} Caribbean

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Tomato frog {Dyscophus antongilii} Madagascar

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Aldabra giant tortoise swimming {Geochelone gigantea} Mahe, Seychelles

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Aldabra giant tortoise laying eggs {Geochelone gigantea} Mahe, Seychelles

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4 month old Aldabra giant tortoise beside adult {Geochelone gigantea} Seychelles

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Wandering albatross juvenile {Diomedea exulans} Kerguelen Is, South Indian Ocean

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Giant tortoise digging nest burrow {Geochelone elephantopus} Isabella Is, Galapagos

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Golden langur resting on branch {Presbytis geei} Manas National Park Assam NE India

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Leopard drinking at waterhole {Panthera pardus} Okavango Delta Botswana Southern Africa

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Giant anteater feeding from termite mound {Myrmecophaga tridactyla} captive occurs

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Gemsbok in long grass {Oryx gazella gazella} Kruger NP South Africa semi desert habitat

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White bellied sea eagles on tree {Haliaeetus leucogaster} Australia

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Rose breasted grosbeak male {Pheucticus ludovicianus} New York USA

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Mockingbird {Mimus polyglottus} Everglades Florida USA

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Hooded warbler {Wilsonia citrina} New York USA

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Arctic wolves running in snow {Canis lupus arctos} captive USA

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Arctic wolf running in snow {Canis lupus arctos} captive USA

$Emperor penguins landing on ice {Aptenodytes forsteri} Cape Washington Antarctica BLUE_PLANE$
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Emperor penguins landing on ice {Aptenodytes forsteri} Cape Washington Antarctica BLUE_PLANE

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Two young male Cheetahs {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara NR Kenya E