Concepts - Animaux en couple (74) Images supplémentaires...
This month we're celebrating love in the animal kingdom, whether between pairs, siblings or friends. Sometimes the feelings we place onto these animals are our own, however there is no doubt that real bonds of affection can also exist between animals. We've put together a gallery of some our favourite images of pairs of animals showing closeness, friendship and love in wildlife.
African lion (Panthera leo) pair, male nuzzling female, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / African lion (Panthera leo) pair, male nuzzling female, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. September.
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship display at dawn, backlit with surrounding by mist, Cheshire, UK, March
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Ben Hall / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing courtship display at dawn, backlit with surrounding by mist, Cheshire, UK, March
Wild Chincoteague (Equus caballus) two breeding stallions greeting one another, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA, June
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Kristel Richard / Wild Chincoteague (Equus caballus) two breeding stallions greeting one another, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague Island, Virginia, USA, June
Two Great egrets (Ardea alba) face to face against white sky, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.
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Bence Mate / Two Great egrets (Ardea alba) face to face against white sky, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.
Woodcock orchid (Ophrys cornuta/scolopax) with mating Black veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi), Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Woodcock orchid (Ophrys cornuta/scolopax) with mating Black veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi), Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) greeting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, non-ex. Non-ex.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) greeting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, non-ex. Non-ex.
Two Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) flying, captive
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Edwin Giesbers / Two Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) flying, captive
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair with crest erect during courtship dance, The Netherlands. March.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair with crest erect during courtship dance, The Netherlands. March.
Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) adolescent female 'Flirt aged 13 years greeting juvenile male 'Tarzan' aged 11 years. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
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Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) adolescent female 'Flirt aged 13 years greeting juvenile male 'Tarzan' aged 11 years. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male and female huddle together during a light snowfall in Jigokudani Japan, January
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Diane McAllister,Diane McAllister / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) male and female huddle together during a light snowfall in Jigokudani Japan, January
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) two leaning close together, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Sergey Gorshkov / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) two leaning close together, Okavango Delta, Botswana
Two Dyeing dart frogs (Dendrobates tinctorius) against background, captive occurs in Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and  French Guiana. Available for on-line use only.
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Michael D. Kern / Two Dyeing dart frogs (Dendrobates tinctorius) against background, captive occurs in Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and French Guiana. Available for on-line use only.