Michael Pitts / Hawaiian monk seal caught in fishing tackle off Kure Atoll, Pacific Ocean. The seal was subsequently freed and released by the photographer.
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Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Winner of Nature category in World Press Photo awar...
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Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals / Rattlesnake skins pinned to a wall, with bloody handprints and signatures of those who have skinned snakes at at the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, Sweetwater, Texas, USA. Highly commended in the Wildlif...
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Bence Mate / Dying Common frogs (Rana temporaria) with their legs removed for food, left to die in their breeding pool surrounded by frogspawn. Covasna, Romania. Highly commended in the Wildlife Photojournalism Ca...
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Sven Zacek / Pink algae in fresh snow on the coast of the Baltic Sea, Lahemaa National Park, Northern Estonia. December 2012.
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Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) specimen from the North Atlantic near the North West of Spain, at a depth of 560-580m.
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Solvin Zankl / Illuminated netdevil (Linophryne arboritera), female specimen, from deepsea Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde at a depth of 1900m.
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Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Isopod (Glyptonotus antarcticus) from Antarctic Ocean at a depth of 231m.
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Solvin Zankl / Sargassum fish (Histrio histrio) in Broad-toothed gulfweed (Sargassum fluitans) Sargassum Community. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda
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Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) silverback yawning with mouth wide open. Rwanda.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding on Brydes whale carcass (Balaenoptera brydei), Seal Island, False Bay South Africa.
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Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) male playing with a newborn topi before killing it (Damaliscus korrigum) Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.
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Jabruson / Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) severed and smoked hands and feet. Smoking is the usual method used for preserving forest meat, allowing suppliers enough time to get produce to market for sale as 'b...
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Alex Mustard / Female Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) tangled in a discarded fishing net, Lundy Island, Devon, England, UK, July 2010.
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Philip Dalton / Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) grabbing Common Zebra (Equus burchellii) as it swims across Mara river during migration, Masai Mara GR, Kenya
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Andy Rouse / Striated / Forster's caracara (Phalcoboenus australis)
group surrounding penguin chick, Falkland Islands (non-ex)
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Tony Heald / Bengal tiger [Panthera tigris tigris] crossing road in front of watching tourists, Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India, March
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Anup Shah / Golden jackals {Canis aureus} killing young Gazelle, Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
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Christophe Courteau / Fighting between a pack of 21 African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus} and the dominant female of a clan of Spotted Hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) Northern Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Anup Shah / Spotted hyaena predating newborn Thomson's gazelle, Serengeti NP, Tanzania {Crocuta crocuta}