Ole Jorgen Liodden / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) attacking an Arctic Fox (Vulpes / Alopex lagopus) protecting its nest site, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Highly commended, MAMMALS, GDT 2011 competition
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Niall Benvie / Indian flying fox {Pteropus giganteus} captive USA
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) defacating by hanging from thumbs the 'right way up', Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) aggressive mating behaviour (wrestling, biting) male eventually moves away, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) male involved in courtship / mating behaviour including licking female's genitalia; male grooming his own penis, bickering and female climbing away, Yar...
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) feeding on pink Eucalyptus blossom, Olinda, Australia, February. Rescued animal in controlled conditions.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) feeding on red Eucalyptus blossom, Olinda, Australia, February. Rescued animal in controlled conditions.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), orphaned female pup sucking on a dummy, cradled on "mamma roll"; and in hand of wildlife carer. Black Rock Animal Shelter, Beaumaris, Melbourne, Victor...
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Doug Gimesy / Wildlife carer Julie Malherbe looking after three recently orphaned Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) in her home whilst simultaneously taking phone calls to manage the next wildlife r...
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Doug Gimesy / During an extreme heat-stress event at Melbourne's Yarra Bend Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) colony, where temperatures exceeded 43 degreesC, in a desperate search for somewhere coole...
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Fred Olivier / Two Black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto) venting in a tree, Ord river, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia.
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Bernard Castelein / Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganticus) male roosting in tree, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying from roosting tree at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) catching a Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnsoni) trying to catch Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying to drink from a watering hole, Kimberley, Western Australia
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Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Large group of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) flying at dusk, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) leaving roost site, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Wildlife carer wrapping a Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby in blankets, Tolga Bat Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) roosting with baby, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Image...
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) feeding on nectar from flowers of the Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. June. Second Place in the Man...
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Juergen Freund / Little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) flying around and roosting in trees, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. December. Second Place in the Man and Nature portfolio category of the Terr...
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Juergen Freund / Paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) with engorged body on human hand, this species affects many species, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) among them and infects them with a toxin that ca...
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Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer handing Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) baby as it flaps her wings, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. May 2015. Second Place in t...
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Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital director Jenny Maclean rescuing, Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) caught in barbed wire fence. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. April 2015. Second Place i...
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Juergen Freund / Tolga Bat Hospital volunteer with Little red flying fox (Pteropus scapulatus) crawling over shoulder. Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia. August 2014. Second Place in the M...
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Axel Gomille,Axel Gomille / Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus), flying, India
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies or bubs wrapped in cloth and teats in mouths ready for feeding in the nursery at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) casualty of paralytic tick (Ixodes holocyclus) bite being cared for on site of colony by Jenny Mclean, North Queensland, Australia, November 2012
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled up in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.
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Juergen Freund / Crate of Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies just arrived by plane from Brisbane after months of care, ready to be returned to the Tolga Bat Hospital for release back to the wild, A...
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying foxes (Pteropus conspicillatus) inside enclosure, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.
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Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) babies swaddled in cloth ready to sleep, Tolga Bat Hospital, Atherton, North Queensland, Australia. January 2008.
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Barry Mansell / Neotropical Fruit Bat (Aritbeus hartii) in flight at night, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Edwin Giesbers / Madagascar fruit bat / flying fox (Pteropus rufus) Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
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Edwin Giesbers / Madagascar fruit bat / flying fox (Pteropus rufus) Berenty Reserve, Madagascar (Digital composite)
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Indian flying fox {Pteropus gigantea} in flight, chased by House Crow {Corvus splendens}, Tamil Nadu, India
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Anup Shah / Flying fox {Pteropus genus} hanging from branch in tree, occurs in Malaysia, South East Asia
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Anup Shah / Flying fox with baby {Pteropus genus} hanging upside down from branch. Occurs in Malaysia
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Sergey Gorshkov / Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) chasing Snow Goose (Chen caerulesens) off its nest, Wrangel Island, Russia
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) male licking a female's genitalia, with female extending wings, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) male licking female's genitalia as part of mating courtship. Another female defacating on edge of frame, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, April.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) male courtship / mating behaviour with female including licking her genitalia, then bickering, before male grooms his own penis, Yarra Bend Park, Victor...
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) group roosting on a hot day, fanning to cool down, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, March.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) individual hanging from branch fanning, Yarra Bend Park, Victoria, Australia, March.
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Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) flying over Melbourne city skyline at dusk, Kew, Victoria, Australia, February.