Terry Whittaker / Two Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cubs playing together near den, Hornvik, Hornstrandir Nature reserve, Iceland, July.
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Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cubs playing with feather, playfighting and chasing each other near den, Hornvik, Hornstrandir Nature reserve, Iceland, July.
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Klein & Hubert / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf playing in savanna, Kenya, Africa.
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Richard Hopkins / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) looking directly at camera as her male cub suckles before she turns away from him; he pesters her to feed him again. Shetland, UK, September.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) young playing with a feather next to one of the parents. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) yearling pup playing with own air bubbles in shallows, Gardner Islet, Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing at sunrise, Puerto Egas, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) pups playing in shallows, Sombrero Chino, Santiago Island, Galapagos, Ecuador
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Andy Murch / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) playing with Dark shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus) carcass, seal diving in background. False Bay, South Africa. May.
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Bence Mate / Wild dog (Lycaon pictus) two pups playing in dust, Mkuze, South Africa. August. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2020.
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Philippe Clement / Three Hudson Bay wolf pups (Canis lupus hudsonicus) playing near den, Bavarian Wildlife Forest Park, Germany, June. Captive, native to Canada.
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Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) babies playing . Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. July 2017.
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Simon Littlejohn / Family of European otters (Lutra lutra) feeding and playing amongst Whitewater crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis) flowers, River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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Simon Littlejohn / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) and two large pups playing and feeding in mid river, River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.
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Tui De Roy / Black rhino (Diceros bicornis) and White rhino (Ceratotherium simum), being harrassed by playfighting White rhino bull, Solio Game Reserve, Laikipia, Kenya. September.
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Danny Green / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) cubs playing. Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, July.
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Danny Green / Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) female and pup playing. Alaska, USA, February.
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Tui De Roy / Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) sub adult males playing with starfish, Mosquera Islet, Galapagos.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Northern muriqui monkey (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) juvenile aged one year, in tree playing with its mother's tail, RPPN Feliciano Miguel Abdala, Atlantic Forest, Brazil. June.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox vixen (Vulpes vulpes) with four suckling cubs in an allotment, cubs start to play, London, England, UK, May.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) plays with a dead common garden frog (Rana temporaria) on allotment, North London, England, during coronavirus lockdown, March 2020.
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Matthew Maran / Red fox cubs (Vulpes vulpes) play fighting in an allotment, London, England, UK, June.
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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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David Hall / Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), three playing underwater, Inian Island, Alaska, USA. August.
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David Hall / Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) playing underwater, Inian Island, Alaska, USA. August.
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Karine Aigner / Portrait of a wild female Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kitten playing, Texas, USA. September.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Three juvenile Golden jackal (Canis aureus) pups running across a path, Danube Delta, Romania, July.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / White rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) with calf playing with adult, Solio Game Reserve, Solio Ranch, Kenya. Taken with remote camera buggy / BeetleCam. EDITORIAL USE ONLY. All other uses require cl...
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Danny Green / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), two play fighting in snow. Svalbard, Norway, April.
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Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female and cubs play fighting. Svalbard, Norway, March 2018.
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Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), two cubs playing, leaping across sea ice, reflected in water. Svalbard, Norway, July.
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Alex Mustard / Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) pod socialising close to surface. Fury Shoal, Sataya Reef, Marsa Alam, Egypt.
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Ann & Steve Toon / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) herd silhouetted at sunset. Chobe National Park, Botswana.
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Ingo Arndt / Female Puma (Puma concolor) with two cubs aged around four months, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, July.
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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) male calf playing at ocean surface after coming up to breathe. Vava'u Islands, Tonga.
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Felis Images / Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), female and cubs in morning light, cub biting mother's leg. Gir National Park, Gujarat, India. Photo?hillip Ross/Felis Images
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Staffan Widstrand / African bush elephant, (Loxodonta africana) two head to head playing, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
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Jordi Chias / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) with mouth open, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
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Shane Gross / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) underwater playing in the shallows off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Fallow deer (Dama dama) walking across frost-covered playing fields at dawn, with tower blocks of London in the background. Richmond Park, London, UK. December
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Bernard Castelein / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), juveniles playing in tree, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India
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Suzi Eszterhas / Hyacinth Macaw (Anadorhynchus hyacinthinus) two playing whilst hanging upside down, Pantanal, Brazil
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) swimming showing belly, Troms, Norway, January.
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) showing belly and blowing, Troms, Norway, January.
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Tony Heald / Elephant (Loxodonta africana) babies playing, Etosha National Park,Namibia.
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David Gallan / Two Southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) playing in shallows, taken with drone, Tathra Beach, New South Wales, Australia, August.
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Matthew Maran / Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes) cubs play fighting
North London, England, UK, June.
