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David Allemand / Lappet-faced vultures (Torgos tracheliotu) looking like one double-headed bird, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa
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Jussi Murtosaari / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), young bird feeding on water, looking like a rock in the water, Finland. Sequence 1 of 2.
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Jussi Murtosaari / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), young bird on water, head raised, Finland. Sequence 2 of 2.
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Franco Banfi / Wild Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) juvenile reflected on the water surface, Lago Nero, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.
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Alex Mustard / Snorkeller swimming with Stingless golden jellyfish (Mastigias sp.) in a landlocked marine lake in the middle of an island. Their golden colour comes from endosymbiotic algae, which provide nutrition...
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David Fleetham / California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) playing in a kelp forest off Santa Barbara Island, California, USA.
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Orsolya Haarberg,Orsolya Haarberg / Stoat (Mustela erminea) feeding on fish hanging from wire. In white winter coat. Vauldalen, Sor-Trondelag, Norway. April
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Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) pair in courtship. Atka Bay, Antarctica. May.
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Eric Dragesco / Two Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in snow, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.
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Claudio Contreras / Blue footed booby (Sula nebouxii) watching chick, Isabel Island National Park, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) Mexico.
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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Taiwan blue magpie, (Urocissa caerulea), in Taipei, Taiwan, endemic species
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Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru
