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Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.
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Chien Lee / Minden / Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps) swallowing alive Harlequin Flying Tree Frog (Rhacophorus pardalis) prey, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia, sequence 1 of 4
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Charlie Hamilton-James / Lion (Panthera leo) male, guarding its Eland prey in rain, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.
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Orsolya Haarberg / Three Eurasian elk (Alces alces) resting in deep snow surrounded by animal tracks, Tjamotis, Lapland, Sweden. March.
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Pal Hermansen / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) sitting in snow covered landscape. Akershus, Norway. November.
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Lucas Bustamante / Andean bear / Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) looking down from a branch in the cloudforest, Maquipucuna, Pichincha, Ecuador.
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Markus Varesvuo / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) female, in flight, Canada. January.
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Andy Trowbridge / Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) in flight, diving for prey. Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand.
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Andy Sands / Focus Stacked image of a Cuckoo Bee (Nomada goodeniana) roosting by clamping onto vegetation with its mandibles and hanging on for the night. Photographed just after dawn. Hertfordshire, England, UK,...
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Markus Varesvuo / Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) in flight, portrait, Parainen Uto, Finland. September.
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Eric Baccega / Lioness (Panthera leo) lying in long grass on the savannah, portrait, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa.
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Vishal Jadhav / Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) female hopping down onto the nest hollow with a fish tail palm fruit before feeding it to her chick, Maharashtra, India, May.