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David Pattyn / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) carrying grass and other nesting material across snow to its nest while another one is on the lookout, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, April
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Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) spreading its hood, retreats into hole, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.
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Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) emerging from a Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra) burrow, hunting and smelling with its tongue, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, January.
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Tony Phelps / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hunting, chasing a Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra), De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa, December.
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Hougaard Malan / Green desert valley in morning light after plentiful rains. Namib Rand, Namibia. April 2011.
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Benjamin Barthelemy / Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), Vallee de l'Eure (Eure Valley), Eure-et-Loir, France, August
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Pascal Tordeux / A small valley in Alsace seen from a high angle. France.
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Roger Powell / Clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) singing in a reed bed whilst perched on a stick, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz fishponds, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.