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Figure 4; Hippocampus whitei in situ, adult female, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia at 5 m depth

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Figure 3; Hippocampus whitei in situ, adult female, Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia at 5 m depth

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African bush elephant at Chobe River Botswana

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The CFexpress Type B and SD card slots on a Nikon Z8 camera

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Rare event where a Tiger approaches the water hole to drink alongwith its cub while being utmost alert of human tourists

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These horses became extinct in the wild in Mongolia, and were re-introduced to their natural habitat in Hustai National Park.

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Seekor Rangkong Badak dapat terbang dalam radius 100 km persegi. Artinya, burung yang termasuk dalam keluarga Bucerotidae ini dapat menebar biji hingga 100 km j

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Calidris alpina, moulting from juvenile to winter plumage. Baltic Sea near Peenemünder Haken, Isle of Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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Adam Greig tsogskor (ཚོགས་འཁོར་) homestay, Rumbak

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Adam Greig Rumbak Village

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comparision between little cormorant and intermediate egret.

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The front and back of the Sony 128GB SF-G Tough Series UHS-II SDXC Memory Card.

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Vernissage des Sonderausstellungs «Wildlife Photographer of the Year» im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel, 7. November 2024 - Vor dem Eingangspforte in der August

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Vernissage des Sonderausstellungs «Wildlife Photographer of the Year» im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel, 7. November 2024 - Der Co-Museumsdirektor Basil Thüring

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Vernissage des Sonderausstellungs «Wildlife Photographer of the Year» im Naturhistorischen Museum Basel, 7. November 2024 - Die Projektleiterin Anna Pevzner häl

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Seal - Donna Nook December 2010

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Washington, DC

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People have asked me about my focus stacking setup. It tends to vary, but here's a quick snap of what I used for the previous two shots: Velbon tripod and focus

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Sometimes tricky beggers to get to sit still. Larus argentatus, Bridlington, Yorkshire.

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A Red-crowned Crane (also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane) flying in Hokkaido, Japan.

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Several Red-crowned Cranes (also called the Japanese Crane or Manchurian Crane) in Hokkaido, Japan.

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grey reef shark

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A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) at Gran Paradiso National Park

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Panthera tigris altaica – Zoo Zürich

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Siberian Tiger

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Siberian Tiger

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Siberian Tiger

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Male Huemul allowing himself to be photographed in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

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Monarch butterflies along the bank of a stream at the Cerro Prieto Sanctuary in the Sierra Chincua, Michoacan

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Sunset shot of some Bighorn sheep ewes with the West Spanish Peak in the background

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Close-up of the eye and wrinkled skin of an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), Elephant Nature Park, Thailand

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Upupa epops with an insect in its beak in Central Mongolia

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A dunlin (Calidris alpina) on a rock in Trouville-sur-Mer, France.

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A male Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing in Franconville, France.

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A northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in flight over the beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts, France.

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A great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) swimming.

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A female common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in flight.

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A common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) on a branch opening its wings in Gennevilliers, France.

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A red capped hummingbird at a feeder on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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The image shows sea turtle hatchlings emerging from their nest in the sand. These are likely Olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings, which are known to nest in larg

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A coyote briefly looks up at the camera before continuing the gopher hunt!

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White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) while catching fish. Location: Nabadwip, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

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Dung beetle rolling a ball of dung

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Kruger National Park: Entrance

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Anna’s Hummingbird (nest) clicked in Woodland, California-IMG 35

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This Great Blue Heron just swallowed an Armored Catfish (Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge)

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Pisaura mirabilis, female. Taken in Mannheim, Kirschgartshäuser Schläge by the Bruchgraben, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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An Atlantic Puffin.

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Kittiwakes hunting fish in front of the Monaco glacier, Liefdefjord, Spitsbergen (Norway). In summer, water from the melting ice is flowing underneath the glaci

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A female polar bear with her cub on the ice in Svalbard

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A polar bear walking across drift ice north of Svalbard

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This male polar bear is cautiously protecting his prey, raising his nostrils to assess the surroundings for potential competitors for his catch.

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From original: In summer, some polar bears do not make the transition from their winter residence on the Svalbard islands to the dense drift ice and pack ice of

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A snowy owl on a rooftop edge, Ohio

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Scalesia forest inside the Cerro Pajas crater, on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. Photographed on January 26, 2020.

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Three male Bighorn Sheep discover a natural salt lick along Guanella Pass, a few miles south of Georgetown.

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Galapagos penguin at Isabela

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Mohol bushbaby (Galago moholi) at Thamalakane River, Botswana

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A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) leaps toward a vole it has flung into the air while hunting, Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia

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Gdańsk - beach on the Sobieszewo Island - dunlin

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Gdańsk - beach on the Sobieszewo Island - dunlin

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A male bee eater passes a small token of his affection to his mate.

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A kingfisher enters the water

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Leopard in Zimanga, South Africa.

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bald eagle. Photo taken in Kachemak Bay, Alaska.

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The kingfisher emerges from the water with a fish.

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This kingfisher has left the water with a fish to take back to his tunnel.

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A kingfisher comes up without a fish. Last of my kingfisher shots for a while (unless I take one I have to share).

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A kingfisher dives for a fish!

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Taken at Zimanga.

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Another shot of the leopard drinking in front of the overnight hide at Zimanga.

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This is the time of year when the adult pairs meet up for the nesting season. Suddenly we find we have 7 or 8 ospreys flying around Tigertail Beach. Some are ge

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Coming in to land. Taken at Stick Marsh, Florida.

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Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) in flight, Ecuador.

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An aerial view of the Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia.

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A Wildlife Alliance Ministry of Environment ranger on patrol in the Cardamom Mountains Rainforest.

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) feeding in the Mewia Łacha Reserve, November 2024

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the true solution to Nikon versus Canon

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"Save Tiger is the theme of this Century for this rare species which needs to be protected at any cost in India", the efforts of Rajasthan State Government are

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Tawny owl in the urban forest of Neuss, Germany

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Кудрявый пеликан (КК РФ) в небе над Аграханским заказником.

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Wild movements of pelicans' wings in lake Kerkini, Greece.

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Polar bear napping, West Hudson Bay Population

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Polar Bear at Cape Churchill (Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada)

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Yawning lazy polar bear near Cape Churchill (Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada)

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Polar bear mother & cub (Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada)

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Polar bear visiting Tundra Buggy (Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada)

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The beautiful iridescent plumage of the kingfisher (Alcedo Aatthis) makes it one of our most colourful and instantly recognisable birds; despite this it is rare

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This is an image with the theme "Home + Habitat in Africa" from:

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This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Bangladesh identified by the ID:

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Westward view on US 101 in Agoura Hills towards the Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in April, 2025.

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Immature of celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra) at Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, North Sulawesi

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Spotted Deer Clicked at- Rani Durgawati sanctuary, Damoh, MP Canon 1200D, 55-250 mm

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A South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset, in the Okavango, in Botswana.

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Front of a giant manta ray (Manta birostris) filter feeding. These huge animals (with a wingspan of up to 7 meters) swim in the strong current slowly flapping t

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Leopard (Panthera pardus) Female leopard descending from its favourite tree, where it spent the warmest hours of the day. Londolozi, Sabi Sand, South Africa

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A Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) feeds on a dead wildebeest, during the Great Migration, in the Masai Mara, in Kenya

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A Canon Extender EF 1.4x II.

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A snow monkey sitting by the hot springs at Jigokudani Monkey Park in Nagano, Japan.

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This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Bangladesh identified by the ID:

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Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)

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Melanistic leopard at Tadoba

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New Zealand Fur Seal pup (Arctocephalus forsteri), near Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.

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In spring the polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of Svalbard try to reach the northern pack ice zone in due time before the ice melts around the archipelago. Some do

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A female polar bear Ursus maritimus and its cub on dense drift ice in Hinlopen strait, Svalbard. Both, mother and cub look well-fed and healthy since they obvio

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This Walrus Odobenus rosmarus rests together in a pack with others on the beach of the Wahlberg island, Svalbard. A walrus usually feeds on scallops at an amoun

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Two baby African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking at Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park Namibia. Their mothers keep them close at all times

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Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) catching salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

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Island in the Zambezi River from Mana Pools National Park

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Female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeds two nestlings.

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South Island takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri)

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Three-quarter view of an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), female, walking in Tad Lo river at golden hour, Bolaven Plateau, Salavan Province, Laos.

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Cicadidae Dundubia (cicada) standing next to its exuvia, immediately after moulting, side view. Seen on the island of Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos. Focus stacking

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Apis dorsata (giant honey bee) nest, on a green tree at golden hour in Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos.

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Ardea cinerea (Grey heron) diving into the water to catch a fish in the park of Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan.

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Carrhotus viduus 6 mm (0.24 in)-long species of the family Jumping spider (Salticidae), front view, in Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos. Focus stacking obtained from

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A male jumping spider on a human fingertip at golden hour, Don Det, Laos

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Multi-coloured Saint Andrew's cross spider (Argiope versicolor) female adult on her web, dorsal view on black background, seen in Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos. A

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Image title: Bull elk bugling in the gibbon meadow in the yellowstone national park Image from Public domain images website, http://www.public-domain-image.com/

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Sony alpha 7IV memory card slots

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Watching a pair of lions, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

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8230 Dalmatian Pelican over Kerkini Lake

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Gannet colony in Napier, New Zealand, February 2019

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El búho mas grande que habita en Chile, Con una distribución desde Arica hasta Tierra del fuego

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A planespotter with a Sony α7 IV camera and Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens, at Narita International Airport.

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Tangkoko NP, Sulawesi INDONESIA

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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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S121 Road East of Berg-en-Dal, Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

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H1-1 Road East of Pretoriuskop, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Bush elephants, yellow-billed kite and hamerkop at Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Mphafa Hide, iMfolozi Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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H10 Road South of Tshokwane, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA

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Cuiabá River, Porto Jofre, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

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Cuiabá River, Porto Jofre, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

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Cuiaba River, Porto Jofre, Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

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H3 Road South of Skukuza, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA

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H4-1 Road West of Lower Sabie, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA

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N'watindlopfu Waterhole, S84 Road East of Skukuza, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA

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Male lion walking along a tar road beside a safari vehicle in Kruger National Park

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H10 Road South of Tshokwane, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA

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Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, MALAYSIA

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Porto Cercado Road (MT370), Poconé, Mato Grosso, BRAZIL

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House Reef, Pulau Kapalai, Sabah, MALAYSIA

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S63 Road, Pafuri Area, Kruger NP, Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA

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Kruger NP, SOUTH AFRICA

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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Two white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) grazing on the Hluhluwe riverbed (below Nzimane confluence) in Hluhluwe Game Reserve, the northern section of Hluhl

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Hluhluwe Game Reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA

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Grootkolk Wilderness Camp, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA

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Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in Seymour Norte island, Galápagos National Park, Ecuador

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Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

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Hippopotamus in the Zambezi River (Hippopotamus amphibius), Zimbabwe

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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in Bandhavgarh National Park, India

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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) eating a wild boar in Pench National Park, India

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White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park, South Africa

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Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) in Kruger National Park, South Africa

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The northern royal albatross is a huge white albatross with black upperwings. It usually mates for life and breeds only in New Zealand. Biennial breeding takes

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This file shows the National Park Hohe Tauern in Austria.

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Snowy Owl landing

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Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

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everyone is somewhere else; everyone is looking down

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Bean bag als Fotostativ

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Tourists photographing from a Land Rover as two lionesses feed on a kill, Maasai Mara

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Take off of a Might steepe eagle from Salmi Deserts during raptor migration

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One elephant walking closer to our car.

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A large elephant asseses the car.

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An oryx/gemsbok posing in the dunes early in the morning in the Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia.

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A road sign just outside Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen, Norway, warning of danger of meeting polar bears. "Gjelder hele Svalbard" means that the warning goes for th

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United States Post Office and Court House (James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals), San Francisco

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A person uses a camo-colored camera during the 28th annual California condor release event at the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument on National Public Lands Da

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Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) spreading its wings, Iceland

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Dung Beetle

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Sony a1 II with Sony FE 28-70mm f/2 lens

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Black Grouse at a lek in Hedmark in early sping - Norway

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Hop (Upupa epops) in Extremadura - Spain

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A photographer in a wool hat and fleece shooting with a long telephoto lens in a snowy landscape

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Here is the unpacked photo - this is what I brought (and acquired) on a 32 day trip to Australia. One challenge is that I had to pack for weather ranging form t

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Tail of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Disko Bay, Greenland

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Wyoming has an unbelievable variety of world class wildlife. From grizzly bears to marmots, golden eagles to cutthroat trout, Wyoming offers something for every

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Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), Pléneau Island, Antarctic Peninsula

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Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) - Lemaire Channel - Antarctica

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Herd of African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) running through red dust and water, Tsavo National Park, Kenya

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European otter Lutra lutra in Seretsky hydrological reserve, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

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Leopard on mount in Tsavo East National Park

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Zebra portrait in Masai Mara National Park

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Animal displays in La Specola, Florence

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A leopard standing on the branches of an acacia tree in the central Serengeti, Tanzania

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This photograph was taken off the Graham Coast, Antarctica from aboard the National Geographic Explorer on January 3, 2018. It captures one moment during a two-

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The mother polar bear and her two cubs are walking in the the Arctic tundra, close to Churchill, Manitoba (Canada). It is early November and the temperature is

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View over the king penguin colony in Gold Harbour, South Georgia, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Photo taken on 28

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To learn more about Alaska, visit my Alaskan website.

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Eschrichtius robustus, in Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Gray whale calf, Puerto Adolfo López Mateos, Baja California, México

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Eschrichtius robustus, female Gray whale with calf, Puerto Adolfo López Mateos, Baja California, México

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Puma en un invierno nevado en Torres del Paine

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Title: Darkroom enlargement camera from Edgerton's Photography Studio at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, Beaumont, Texas Physical description: 1 photo

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Scotland - Osprey

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Osprey - Aviemore, Scotland

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Starling murmuration forming a face-like shape over fields at Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in flight, Lummenfelsen, Heligoland, Germany

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Two red-crowned cranes flying overhead against a blue sky, Hokkaido, Japan

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A photo of a hummingbird (Calypte anna). It sits on a layer of snow atop a red, glass hummingbird feeder.

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Plains bison (B. b. bison), Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Great Grey Owl, Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada.

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A resplendent quetzal in the cloud forest canopy, Monteverde, Costa Rica

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Ellwood Ridge Road Photo by Sue Cook

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African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe

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Head study of an African wild dog in warm light, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

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African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus pictus), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

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Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) male, Campbell River, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) hovering with food over nest, Flatey Island, Western Iceland

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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis),Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis) mobbed by crow(s), Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Etosha National Park, Namibia

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European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) on silverberry (Eleagnus angustifolia), Vadu, Dobruja, Romania

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Bee hummingbird (Melisuga helenae) adult male, Cuba

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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female, Kanha National Park, India.

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Olympic black bear (Ursus americanus altifrontalis) male, near Olympic Park, Whistler, BC, Canada

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Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) male nest building, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

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Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus), Moorea, French Polynesia

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Blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum) male, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

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A female Eurasian brown bear standing in a boreal forest clearing

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African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) male with red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus), Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the Pantanal, Brazil

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Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus ruacana), Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe

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A female cheetah panting after a chase, lying in short grass

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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Cheetah cubs are hidden in long grass when mother goes hunting.

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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female, Phinda Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

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South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus), Etosha National Park, Namibia

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Two citrus swallowtails (Papilio demodocus) nectaring on Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) flower, Príncipe island, São Tomé and Príncipe

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Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus sanguinolentus) male, Jardin de Rocas, Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia

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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in flight over the Danube delta, Romania

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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in flight over Lake Kerkini, Greece

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Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) roost on an island in Lake Kerkini, Greece

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Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana) of 3 years charging, Damaraland, Namibia

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Dunlin (Calidris alpina) in non breeding plumage, Marken, Netherlands

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African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana) spraying sand on herself while guarding her sleeping baby. She has covered the baby with a branch. Damaraland, Namibia

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An Ethiopian wolf resting among Helichrysum shrubs on the Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia

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Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis citernii) with Helichrysum citrispinum, Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia

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European bison (Bison bonasus) male, Białowieża Forest, Poland

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Polynesian flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) in flight, Taveuni, Fiji

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Golden-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis annae), Heredia, Costa Rica. I of a set of 3

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Golden monkey (Cercopithecus kandti) eating bamboo, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

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Golden monkey (Cercopithecus kandti), Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), Moorea, French Polynesia

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Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), Rio Napo, Ecuador

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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) a.k.a. "hoactzin" or "Canje pheasant" above Napo River in Ecuador and Peru.

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Common hoopoe (Upupa epops epops) Udaipur, India

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Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight, the Pantanal, Brazil

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Hyacinth macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), the Pantanal, Brazil

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Red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on female impala (Aepyceros melampus), Chobe National Park, Botswana

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Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), near Narayani River, Chitwan Community Forest buffer zone, Nepal

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Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) female, Piquiri River, the Pantanal, Brazil

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Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) female, Piquiri River, Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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A male jaguar on the riverbank of the Three Brothers River, Pantanal, Brazil

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Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis bengalensis) female with fish, Salai, UP, India

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Common kingfishers (Alcedo atthis ispida) male (on the left) passing fish to female. Fish caught in the River Stour in Blandford St Mary, Dorset. This is a spri

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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) female with joey, Mount Lofty, South Australia

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Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis), males fighting on Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) stalking in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), young female, Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus), Kruger National Park, South Africa. Identified as Tatiana, female, six years old.

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Kalahari lion (Panthera leo) male cub 4 months, after feeding, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa.

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Lion (Panthera leo) male and cub, Etosha National Park, Namibia. Lioness, right front, and other cubs in the background.

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Masked trogon (Trogon personatus temperatus) male, San Isidro Lodge, Cosanga, Ecuador

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Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) with 3 young, Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa

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Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa.

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Monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam

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Mountain Gorilla female eating the root, Mubare Group, Buhoma sector, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.

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Close crop of a mountain gorilla's eyes and brow in Rwanda

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A female mountain gorilla sitting among dense vegetation

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) female, Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

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Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) , Mubare Group, Uganda. Three two-year-olds playing.

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) female yawning, Titus Group, Rwanda.

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Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) male, Dovrefjell National Park, Norway

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis), Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

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Osprey (Pandion Haliaetus carolinensis) on Macal River, Cayo Department, Belize

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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) male, Lokobe Strict Reserve, Nosy Be, Madagascar

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Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) jumping, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in burrow on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica arctica), Flatey Island, Western Iceland

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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) off Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) off Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Puffin (Fratercula arctica) above The Wick (Y Wig) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Outside its burrow with lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus)

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Puffin (Fratercula arctica grabae) on the cliff above The Wick (Y Wig) on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Approaching its burrow with a mouth full of lesse

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female hunting, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Puma (Puma concolor concolor) female, Leona Amarga, Torres del Paine, Chile

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Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male, Mount Totumas Cloud Forest, Panama

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Sri Lankan sloth bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus) male, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

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Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis), Tikal, Peten, Guatemala

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Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), Etosha National Park, Namibia

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Striated heron (Butorides striata) with fish from Rio Napo, Ecuador

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Tawny-bellied hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus), San Isidro Lodge, Ecuador

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Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female, Kanha National Park, India

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Transparent burnets (Zygaena purpuralis) on thistle, Babadağ, Denizli, Turkey

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White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with calf, Kruger National Park, South Africa

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White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight , Sound of Mull, Highlands, Scotland

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Western white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) crossing the Mara River, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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Western white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi), Mara River crossing to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. 2dː the herd splits into two group

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Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus taurinus) female and calf, Etosha National Park, Namibia

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A family of three wild otters that I photographed on the Scottish coast near Ardfern with a lot of help and guidance from Phillip at Loch Visions

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Orang utan hanging on the tree at Tanjung Puting National Park, Teluk Pulai, Kumai, West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan

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Celebes Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra) in Indonesia

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Celebes Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra) in Indonesia

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A freediver in a wetsuit and long fins swims below a sperm whale near the surface, Mauritius

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Group of Takhi (Equus Przewalski) at Hustai, 2011

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A en:Takhi at en:Hustai National Park

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Leopard seal, in the background some chinstrap penguins, Wedell Sea Antactic Peninsula

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On safari

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Plains zebras splashing through a waterhole at Nxai Pan, Botswana

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A Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) in the Curio Bay, New Zealand.

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Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), Jaén Province, Andalusia, Spain.

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Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), Jaén, Andalusia, Spain

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Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) in Japan

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Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) in Japan

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White-tailed eagle grabbing a fish near Raftsund, Lofoten/Norway

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Desert Fox at night

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Loxodonta africana

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Giraffa camelopardalis

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Iceberg in the Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

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Bears at Brooks Camp

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Bear at Brooks Camp

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Bears at Brooks Camp

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Cheetah with cubs

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A cheetah standing on a termite mound and looking across the grass plains of the Serengeti, Tanzania

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A scattered pile of British twenty and five pound banknotes

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A baby humpback whale comes by for closer look. Dominican Republic.

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Humpback whale

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A penguin leaps out of the water onto the ice in Antarctica

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A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with its tongue sticking out at Franz Josef Land

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NORTH POLE North Pole Keep

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NORTH POLE Desktop

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An Osprey perched near its nest, at Heislerville, NJ.

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An Osprey takes an American Shad, its talons piercing the fish's eye.

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Eastern meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) emerging from a burrow or runway in the snow in Kennebunk, Maine, USA.

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A Snowy Owl carries its kill, an American Black Duck, in "the pool" in Biddeford Pool, Maine. (Low Tide)

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500px provided description: This native bumblebee had a very late start this morning. Sleeping in on fireweed is hard work! [#close-up ,#closeup ,#bee ,#close u

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A Northern Gannet in the Shetland Islands, UK.

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Close portrait of a red fox in the old-growth forest of Rautas, Sweden

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Sampling gentoo penguins in Antarctica

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Elephant mother and calf at Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve, South Africa (March 2019)

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A 256GB CFexpress Type B card by Transcend Information

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Canon EOS R5 Mark II (front, no body cap)

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Tanjung Puting National Park is a national park in Indonesia located in the southeast part of West Kotawaringin Regency in the Indonesian province of Central Ka

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Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) juvenile yawning at the Jigokudani Monkey Park, Nagano, Japan.

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Macaca fuscata in Jigokudani Monkey Park - Nagano, Japan

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Flightless Cormorant (Nannopterum harrisi) on Fernandina Island

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An adult Southern Cassowary with a chick near Emmagen Creek, Queensland, Australia.

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Bush breakfast on the savanna, Maasai Mara

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Per filename. Bright spot on Fred's body is the sunlight reflecting from the safari vehicle's windshield

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Heading off into denser nearby bush perhaps to stalk some impalas

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Safari vehicle with guests photographing a lioness sitting in long grass, Maasai Mara

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Photographer kneeling beside a safari vehicle under a lone acacia tree, Maasai Mara

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Group of safari vehicles gathered on the grassland of the Maasai Mara under a cloudy sky

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Tourists watching a nearby leopard as a rainstorm approaches

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Wildebeest Migration in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Each year, enormous herds of wildebeest and zebra move thousands of kilometres across the Serengeti-M

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Birdwatchers in Central Park, New York City

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Captured in Camera Trap from Manas National Park

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Camera Trap installation at Datai Bay

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The trees come right down to (and indeed into) the whisky-coloured water, north of the Visitor Centre Loch Garten (Scots Gaelic: Loch a' Ghartain) is a large Hi

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Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) at the Buffalo Zoo. One of the cubs Thyme and Warner, with its mother Sungari. The cubs were born at the zoo to Sungari, an

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Libellula croceipennis (Neon skimmer) head of newly emerged female. The three simple eyes (ocelli) are clearly visible in this image. One is in the center of th

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Visiting Cape Town - by David Berkowitz

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Visiting Cape Town - by David Berkowitz

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A stay at Djuma Vuyatela Lodge in South Africa for a safari in the Sabi Sand area of Kruger National Park with Big Five animals (lions, cheetahs, leopards, wate

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Proboscis Monkey in Borneo

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Zebras and wildebeests in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

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Helicopter flight over Kwara Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana with Sam Brady of <a href="https://www.helicopterhorizons.com/" rel="nofollow">www.helicopt

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Tiger at tadoba TR

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Black panther

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Black Panther, melanistic Panthera pardus, at Nagarhole National Park, India

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A mule deer doe (Odocoileus hemionus), backlit by sunlight, foraging in winter Pinyon/Jeffrey pine habitat at about 7000ft. Swall Meadows, Mono County, Californ

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This image captures a close-up of a Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) at Tiger Beach, a renowned diving spot in the Bahamas known for its clear waters

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Extreme close-up of an Amur tiger's eye and striped fur

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Photos were taken only using the spotlight of the game drive vehicle, no flash was used. It is nocturnal, and can jump from tree to tree as we saw with this one

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Backlit cormorant coming in to land

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Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis, at Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

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Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima Linnaeus, 1758) – portrait

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African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa

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Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii), Las Bachas, Baltra Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal. The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, that inh

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Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Faial-Pico Channel, Azores Islands, Portugal. The blue shark is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, that inh

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15 cm (5.9 in) long bluecheek butterflyfishes (Chaetodon semilarvatus), Temple, Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt. This species is found in the northwestern India

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Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

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Clark's anemonefish​ (Amphiprion clarkii) in a magnificent sea anemone (Radianthus magnifica), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman. Note: there are no FPs on Commons of

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Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Anilao, Philippines

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Close-up of a Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) in Punta Pitt, San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

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Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Ad Dimaniyat Islands, Oman

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Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Ras Muhammad National Park, Egypt

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Wild female Iberian lynx, Almuradiel

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Wild female Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) walking toward the camera, Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain

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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.

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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.

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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.

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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.

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Wild female Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain. The Iberian lynx is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat ge

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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), Almuradiel, Ciudad Real, Spain.

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Exemplar of Leopard (Panthera pardus) devouring an impala (Aepyceros melampus), Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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A flock of lesser flamingos feeding in the shallows of Amboseli National Park, Kenya

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Lion (Panthera leo), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

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Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Las Bachas, Baltra island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador

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Moose (Alces alces), Potter marsh, Alaska, United States

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei), Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

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Gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus), Lokobe National Park, Nosy Be, Madagascar

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Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. This mollusc is the most studied of all octopus species. It is cosmopolitan, that is, a glob

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Sea slug (Phyllidia ocellata), Zanzibar, Tanzania. It lives in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean and like many nudibranchs, Phyllidia ocellata feeds on sponges. This

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Red Sea clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) in a magnificent sea anemone (Heteractis magnifica), Red Sea, Egypt. This clownfish species is found in the Western Ind

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A close portrait of a snowy owl

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Potrait of a starry grouper (Epinephelus labriformis), Los Cabos, Baja California, Mexico. This species is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the east

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Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), Resurrection Bay, Seward, Alaska, United States

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Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana

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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii), Chobe National Park, Botswana

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Plains zebras (Equus quagga), Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

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Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain

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Elephant in Savuti - Botswana

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Family of elephants in Savuti - Botswana

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Elephants in Savuti - Botswana

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Big family of elephants under the tree - Savuti - Botswana

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Polysticta stelleri (Steller's Eider), Kiberg, Vardø, Varanger Peninsula, Norway.

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Grazing bison between grandstands and Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USAYellowstone National Park was founded on March 1, 1872, and

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Lions on the road in Makalali Game Reserve (Greater Makalali Private Game Reserve), Maruleng, Limpopo, South AfricaThe Makalali Game Reserve is a private game r

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Zebra, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South AfricaPlanning for the national park began in the 1890s, when South African bishop Jacob Louis Grobler and other

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The Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a massive member of the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe to India and China in swamps and shallow

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SONY TOUGH SERIES CFEXPRESS TYPE B MEMORY CARD 512 GB FRONT

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Boto (Inia geoffrensis)

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Kingfisher holding a small fish in its beak, National Botanical Garden of Bangladesh, Mirpur Thana, Dhaka District, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

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Red fox cubs (Vulpes vulpes) in their den, Carska bara, Vojvodina, Serbia

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U. S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kathleen Gorby conducts underwater photography training off the coast of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on April 19, 2013. The Underwa

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Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus)

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Bird photographer aiming at avocets at Palo Alto Baylands, California, USA.

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Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), Quokka, Rottnest Island, WA, Australia, 12 January 2018

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This is a new (2016) advanced quadcopter with a high definition 4k stabilized video and still camera, GPS stabilization, automatic obstacle avoidance, and many

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Zebra takes a drink at a waterhole. Taken while on safari in Kenya

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PANTHERA TIGRIS Linn. (1758) Ssp. CORBETTI Mazak (1968);Kingdom – Animalia, Phylum – Chordata, Class – Mammalia, Order - Carnivora, Family - Felidae, Sub Fam. –

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PANTHERA TIGRIS Linn. (1758) Ssp. CORBETTI Mazak (1968);Kingdom – Animalia, Phylum – Chordata, Class – Mammalia, Order - Carnivora, Family - Felidae, Sub Fam. –

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The Chadar Trek serves as a historic trade route and the sole connection for remote villages in the Zanskar valley to the outside world during winter. This trek

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The sub adult royal Bengal tiger was relaxing in waters of Ranthambore

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European Bee-eaters, (Merops apiaster), in Diyarbakır, Northern Kurdistan, Turkey.

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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis). Ram along Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

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Tourists gather around while amateur photographers photograph a black bear on Malign Lake Road near Medicine Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Park

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Photographers waiting with long lenses, Jasper

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A photographer takes photographs of a black bear in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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Photographers take pictures of black bear cubs in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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A photographer positions himself to photograph a grizzly bear in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. The park is a popular destination for wildlife photogr

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Photographers take photographs of a black bear along a trail in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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Photographers take pictures of a mother black bear and her cubs in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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Photographers with telephoto lenses take photos of wildlife in Jasper National Park.

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Photographers with telephoto lenses take photos of wildlife in Jasper National Park.

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Photographers with high powered telephoto lenses take photographs of the wildlife in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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Photographers take pictures of black bears in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada.

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Tourists photograph a black bear in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

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Galápagos sea lion pup (Zalophus wollebaeki)

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Waved albatross

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Waved Albatross, walking, Española island, Galápagos, Ecuador

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See-Elefanten, Valdes, Argentinien

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dunlins (Calidris alpina) in flight

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Arribada de tortugas golfinas, Oaxaca Mexico

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A laptop screen showing a photograph of an eagle open in photo-editing software, with colour and tone correction panels beside it

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European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) at Ichkeul NP

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Bird photographer in El Guenine dam (Tunisia)

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Eurasian hoopoe in the south lake of Tunis

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Balbuzard pêcheur (Pandion haliaetus) au lac sud de Tunis

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SZ 深圳 Shenzhen 福田 Futian 華強北路 Huaqiang North Road night in February 2024

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Solenostomus paradoxus

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Friendly mountain hare in the Cairngorms SAC

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Wildlife photographer waiting beside a telephoto lens on a tripod by a forest stream in British Columbia

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Cooinda in Kakadu National Park, a natural heritage site in the Northern Territory

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Dungarees

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Closeup view of a taxidermied giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, England.

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Aardvark in the Dark

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Grand Teton National Park

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All watching a juvenile leopard walking between two trees.

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Wildebeest were kicking up dust in the light of the setting sun.

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Six lionesses walking down the dry and dusty road.

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The storm rolled over us as we returned to our camp in the northern Serengeti. A few minutes later, we'd be embroiled in a violent thunderstorm. But for now, it

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Bee with dew drops on the flower of a zinnia. Focus stack of 14 frames.

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Earth bumblebee on a cosmea flower in a garden in Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Focus stack of 28 pictures.

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Crab spider with a prey hoverfly on a lily flower in a garden in Bamberg. Focus stack of 16 shots.

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Crab spider (Misumena vatia) in the centre of a sunflower. Focus stack of 8 frames

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Polar scientific diver at French scientific base in Antarctica. In an ice tube.

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Oryctolagus cuniculus, Burgos, ES-CL, ES, 2021-09-11 (iNaturalist). (Sub)species O. c. cuniculus is native in this region.

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Bharal / Himalayan blue sheep / Pseudois nayaur Hemis National Park Ladakh (India)

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Camera gear, cards and batteries laid out

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Torres del Paine y un Puma Concolor olfateando su camino.

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Right whale resting with its back submerged in Argentine Patagonia. This behavior was acquired in the region as a result of the seagull attacks.

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A lone Elephant at Amboseli national park. Mount Kilimanjaro at the background

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Iberian lynx on a sandy track, Doñana

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Hippocampus guttulatus (caballito de mar mediterráneo o caballito hocicoalargado), en la Sala Maremagnum del Aquarium Finisterrae, en A Coruña, Galicia, España.

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Camera trap for lynx in a wooden housing, Lusen, Germany

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Gorilla Tracking - 20

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A camouflaged camera trap at an undisclosed location.

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Cheetah stalking through grass

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Madikwe Game Reserve, North West Province, South Africa

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Game vehicle and elephant, Madikwe

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Leopard at night, Madikwe

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Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Uganda

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Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), Uganda

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Spotted hyena

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Her body produces excess melanin, making her coat look almost completely black, with faint rosettes which you can see

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Yawning leopard

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Sockeye Salmon spawning, Kenai Peninsula, Chugach National Forest, Alaska.

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Tree Climbing Course - Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area on 25 April 2024

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Mountain Lion Winter Forest Snow

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Crabeater seal on the sea ice in Antarctica

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Female Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States

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An American bison in winter steam in Yellowstone National Park

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A western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) near a ditch along Road Z amongst rice fields in Glenn County, California.

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American Raven (Corvus corax clarionensis) calling at Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California

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Coyote (Canis latrans) in Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California.

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