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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 / Two moray eels (Gymnothorax meleagris) fighting, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
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Tony Wu / Female limpet (Lottia emydia) spawning, releasing a stream of eggs into the water. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Female Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) feasting on branch cut from nearby Sakhalin fir tree (Abies sachalinensis). Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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Tony Wu / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) gliding through forest in early morning. Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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Tony Wu / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii), usually nocturnal, gliding through forest. Diurnal activity like this is not common, probably adaptation to presence of pair of Ural owls. Hokkaido, Ja...
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Tony Wu / Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) carrying sticks of Japanese elm (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica) back to nest; enjoying eating one before entering nest. Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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Tony Wu / Two Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii), just emerged from nest, taking moment prior to foraging. Hokkaido, Japan. February.
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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.