Cyril Ruoso / Minden / Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) pair grooming, Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand
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Lukas Schaefer / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) close up preening, Val Venosta, Italy, October.
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Vishal Jadhav / Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus) female grooming male's head, Maharashtra, India, September.
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Richard Hopkins / Field vole (Microtus agrestis) cleaning itself in nest before leaving, Gloucestershire, UK, April.
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John Chan / Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) grooming its fledgling, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Southern California, USA, March.
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Simon Littlejohn / Adult female European otter (Lutra lutra) guarding and grooming its pup on riverbank as it eats a fish, River Stour, Dorset, UK, September.
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Konrad Wothe / Male Lawes' parotia bird of paradise (Parotia lawesii) displaying in a rainforest, Papua New Guinea.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) grooming a suckling cub in an allotment, London, England, UK, May.
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Matthew Maran / Close up of a Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) grooming her five cubs at den entrance in an allotment, cubs begin to suckle, London, England, UK, April.
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Matthew Maran / Male Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) interacting with cub in allotment, London, England, UK, June.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) grooming and playing with her cubs in an allotment, London, England, UK, June.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) feeding her cubs at entrance to den in an allotment, London, England, UK, April.
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Ben Gillett / Slow motion clip of a female Appaloosa horse grooming a male, Bristol, England, UK, May.
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Staffan Widstrand / African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) preening, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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John Shaw / Black-browed albatross pair (Thalassarche melanophris) mutual grooming during copulation. New Island, Falkland Islands, November.
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Marie Read / Roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) adult in breeding plumage preening tail feathers, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, January.
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David Gallan / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) grooming itself in a tree, East Gippsland, Australia, December.
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John Chan / Male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) cleaning its beak on a twig, Southern California, USA, January.
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David Pattyn / Great white egret (Egretta Alba) preening its feathers, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, July
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball, showing a mass of males clustered around a female recently emerged from her burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Houdin and Palanque / Decken's sifaka (Propithecus deckenii) grooming each other, Tsimembo area, Madagascar.
Lenses for Conservation project.
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Houdin and Palanque / Decken's sifaka (Propithecus deckenii) grooming each other, Tsimembo area, Madagascar.
Lenses for Conservation project.
Ann & Steve Toon / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) allo-grooming, iMfolozi game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, August
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Philippe Clement / Pair of Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) resting and grazing in forest in summer, France, September.
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Philippe Clement / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) preening, sitting on nests made with plastic, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May.
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Dave Bevan / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) grooming, sitting on a wheat seedhead, UK, July. Captive.
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Pedro Narra / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) vixen grooming cub, Sado Estuary, Portugal. May
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Cyril Ruoso / Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) grooming, Koram island Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand.
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Dave Bevan / Welsh mountain sheep cleaning afterbirth from a lamb before a second lamb is born, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, March.
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Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) preening chick in the breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June Finalist in the Portfolio Category of the Terre Sauvage...
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Andrew Parkinson / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) grooming itself, with back foot raised, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February. Highly Commended in the Animal Behaviour category of the British Wildlife Photo...
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John Waters / Slow motion clip of a Wigeon (Anas penelope) preening, Catcott Lows Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, December.
Ann & Steve Toon / Impala (Aepyceros melampus) with redbilled oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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David Tipling / King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) pair interacting, part of courtship, Gold Harbour South Georgia, January
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Nick Hawkins / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) grooming paw. camera trap image, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.
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Eric Baccega / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) looking around and grooming, with four cubs playing nearby, Naknek Lake, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, July.
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Eric Baccega / Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) grooming, with two cubs playing nearby, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada, February.
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Neil Aldridge / Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) preening itself after a summer rainstorm in the central district, Kruger National Park. South Africa. Vulnerable species.
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Neil Aldridge / Two Impalas (Aepyceros melampus) ewes grooming each other in evening light on South Africa's Kruger National Park.
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Neil Aldridge / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing on floodplains, Chobe River, Botswana. Vulnerable species.
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Neil Aldridge / African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) preening themselves on rocks at the Boulders Beach colony near Cape Town, South Africa.
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Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) male bathing at sunset. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014
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Alex Hyde / RF - Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) pair preening, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Jim Manthorpe / Close-up of a Common otter (Lutra lutra) grooming and rolling in seaweed, Western Scotland. March.
