Yukihiro Fukuda / Feral domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) standing on hind legs on coast, Okunojima Island, also known as Rabbit Island, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Nature Production / Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus jessoensis) protecting itself by ejecting a boiling, noxious chemical spray, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) depositing eggs on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) preparing to lay another egg on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) gliding through snowy forest, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Andy Murch / Red stingray (Hemitrygon akajei) with Banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium) group and smaller fish in background. Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. September.
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Andy Murch / Banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium) group above sea floor. Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. October.
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Tony Wu / Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) male sitting in tree, portrait. Hokkaido, Japan. March
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Tony Wu / Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
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Danny Green / Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in snow. Japan, February.
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Guy Edwardes / Red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis) courtship dance in snow, Hokkaido, Japan
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John Shaw / Snow monkey or Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) female with baby clinging to her back. Jigokudani, Japan, February.
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Aflo / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in snow at sunset, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fringed blenny (Chirolophis japonicus) guarding its eggs. Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
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Tony Wu / View down the throat of a male Zoarchias major eelpout (Zoarchias major) that has opened its mouth during a confrontation with another male. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Pacific Ocean.
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Tony Wu / Two male Zoarchias major eelpouts (Zoarchias major) engaged in a mouth-to-mouth confrontation. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Pacific Ocean.
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Tony Wu / Zoarchias major eelpouts. (Zoarchias major) The orange individual is female, the one in the hole is male. The female has approached the male, curled around him, attempting to dislodge the male from th...
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Tony Wu / Zoarchias major eelpout (Zoarchias major) with her mouth wide open. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Pacific Ocean.
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Tony Wu / Plastic bottles and other rubbish, found on a beach in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
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Karine Aigner / Japanese man playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.
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Karine Aigner / Person with lure playing with cats at the Kawaramati Cat Cafe, Kyoto, Japan
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Karine Aigner / Tabby cat playing with fish toy at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan.
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Karine Aigner / Woman with cats at Kawaramati Cat Cafe Kyoto, Japan
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Karine Aigner / Cats sitting in window at Kawaramati Cat Cafe,
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Tony Wu / Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus), male in white breeding colouration. Niigata Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. June.
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Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot at sunrise tracking over Lake Shoji, with Mount Fuji in the background, Fuji Hazone Izu National Park, Japan, November 2017. Hellier
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Gavin Hellier / View towards Mount Fuji over Fujiyoshida City, Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier
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Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot tracking towards Nachisan Seiganto-ji pagoda and Nachi Falls, Kumano Nachi Shrine, Wakayama, Japan, November 2017. Hellier
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Gavin Hellier / Panning shot of a Shinkansen bullet train passing through harvested rice fields, with Mount Fuji in the background, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier
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Gavin Hellier / Aerial view tracking over Lake Ashinoko and Hakpne Shrine, with Mount Fuji in the distance, passes a galleon sailing on the lake, Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Hakone, Shizuoka, Honshu, JapanNovember...
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Solvin Zankl / Bioluminescent Sea-fireflies (Vargula hilgendorfii) producing a bright blue light. The light is produced by mixing two chemicals together in the presence of oxygen and is for mating displays or defenc...
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadult with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tui De Roy / Short tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) subadults courting, one with fish-hook and monofilament line embedded in throat. Tsubamezaki, Torishima Island, Japan. December.
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Tony Wu / Fireflies (Luciola parvula himebotaru) flashing at night for courtship and reproduction. Gifu, Japan. Composite image
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Markus Varesvuo / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) three coming into land, Hokkaido, Japan, February
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Markus Varesvuo / Japanese / Red-crowned crane (Grus japonicus) two calling and dancing, part of bonding and courtship display, Hokkaido Japan February
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Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) female at the ocean surface with her mouth open. This whale has just surfaced from foraging in deep water. Ogasawara or Bonin Islands, Japan.
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Wim van den Heever / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) caught in a fight. Hokkaido Japan, March.
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Wim van den Heever / Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) in courtship dance, Hokkaido Japan, March.
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Wim van den Heever / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) group of three fighting, Hokkaido Japan, March.
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Wim van den Heever / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying looking over shoulder, Hokkaido Japan.
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Wim van den Heever / Japanese crane (Grus japonensis) jumping in the air, Hokkaido, Japan, March.
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Wim van den Heever / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) mid flight over the frozen lake, Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Wim van den Heever / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) portrait, on frozen lake Kussharo, Hokkaido Japan, February.
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Wim van den Heever / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) juvenile with adults behind, on frozen Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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Wim van den Heever / Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) youngster jumping over small stream, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan. February.
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Aflo / Horse walking through heavy snowfall, Shimokita Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Aflo / High angle view of cat and its shadow, Hiroshima, Japan.
