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2016 - Best-of mars 2016 (188) Images supplémentaires...

Lots of rare and unusual material has been added to our site in the last month. Highlights included Edwin Giesbers' rare gorilla twins, Lauren Geslin's coverage on wild European lynx and their release, dramatic coverage from Mexican sinkholes, the world's most poisonous frog, leopards hunting, The Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, and colourful hummingbirds, toucans and macaws. We also feature images of the critically endangered Volcano rabbit and Golden lion tamarin.

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Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days, resting on mother's chest, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days, resting on mother's chest, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Doug Perrine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lone female playing, blowing bubble stream, Kona, Hawaii, USA.

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) baby resting on mother's back, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) baby resting on mother's back, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Gerrit Vyn / Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) in breeding plumage. St. Paul Island, Alaska. July.

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days resting side by side in mother's arms, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days resting side by side in mother's arms, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Wim van den Heever / Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) in flight, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby with keeper at David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Inaki Relanzon / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby with keeper at David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia, Finalist in the Mammals Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015.

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Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia, Finalist in the Mammals Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015.

Keeper examining African elephant calf's (Loxodonta africana) trunk, David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Inaki Relanzon / Keeper examining African elephant calf's (Loxodonta africana) trunk, David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Edwin Giesbers / Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) fighting.

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Laurent Geslin / European lynx (Lynx lynx) emerging from crate during translocation from Switerland to Kalkalpen National Park, Austria. May 2011

Young female Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) playing with oil drum, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. May. These bears can develop addiction to sniffing the aviatio...

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Igor Shpilenok / Young female Kamchatka brown bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) playing with oil drum, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. May. These bears can develop addiction to sniffing the aviatio...

Photographer Laurent Geslin putting back wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) kittens in den after a veterinary check up. Switerland, June 2014.

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Laurent Geslin / Photographer Laurent Geslin putting back wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) kittens in den after a veterinary check up. Switerland, June 2014.

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Edwin Giesbers / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in autumnal woodland leaflitter, the Netherlands, November.

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Wim van den Heever / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching during annual sardine run, Port St Johns, South Africa.

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days resting on mother's chest, one suckling. captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days resting on mother's chest, one suckling. captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) babies hand holding onto adults fur. Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar

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Claudio Contreras / Morelet's crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) in sinkhole, Cenote Carwash, near Tulum, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, January

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Edwin Giesbers / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) flock camouflaged on winter snow.

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Ben Hall / Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) mother and young touching noses, Galapagos Islands, May

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Gerrit Vyn / Pair of adult Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) in flight. Skagit County, Washington. January.

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Wim van den Heever / Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) landing on pack ice, Hokkaido, Japan, February.

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Gerrit Vyn / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) with two newly hatched chicks on a nest in a flooded pasture. Sublette County, Wyoming, USA. May.

American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) perform elaborate marchlike courtship displays, Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucutan, Mexico. February.

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Gerrit Vyn / American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) perform elaborate marchlike courtship displays, Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucutan, Mexico. February.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) baby sitting with mother, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar, June.

Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva) male performing distraction display pretending to have broken wing, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

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Gerrit Vyn / Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva) male performing distraction display pretending to have broken wing, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

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Edwin Giesbers / Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) captive, occurs in the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil. Critically endangered.

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Melvin Grey / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) hummingbird adult male, approaching flower to feed, Tandayapa, Ecuador

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days sleeping on mother's chest, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days sleeping on mother's chest, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) in flight. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, Siskiyou County, California, USA. December.

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Gerrit Vyn / Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) in flight. Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, Siskiyou County, California, USA. December.

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Edwin Giesbers / Lion (Panthera leo) close up portrait of male, captive occurs in Africa.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on Sea Holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, England, August.

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Gary K. Smith / Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on Sea Holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, England, August.

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Claudio Contreras / Grey fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) licking nose, captive, Mexico City

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Claudio Contreras / Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) feeding view of tail, Isla Mujeres, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, August. Vulnerable species.

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Claudio Contreras / Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) Mexico City, September. Captive, critically endangered species.

Red hot lava from Kilauea Volcano flowing into ocean at West Kailiili, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA.

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Doug Perrine / Red hot lava from Kilauea Volcano flowing into ocean at West Kailiili, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island, Hawaiian Islands, USA.

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Wim van den Heever / Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) portrait, Pantanal Brazil.

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Claudio Contreras / Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) flowers at twilight, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

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Melvin Grey / Purple-throated woodstar hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird male flying to garden flower, Mindo Loma, Ecuador

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Melvin Grey / Pinocchio lizard (Anolis proboscis) male, Mindo, Ecuador. Controlled conditions.

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of trunk, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

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Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull dust-bathing, Chyulu Hills, Kenya.

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) baby trying to grab the tail of adult, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd with calves, walking in procession to a waterhole in sand storm, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

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Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd with calves, walking in procession to a waterhole in sand storm, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

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Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) two bulls, Chyulu Hills, Kenya.

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Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) drinking from water, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf covered in mud, Engong Narok swamp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

Keeper interacting with young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) after feeding it, David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Inaki Relanzon / Keeper interacting with young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) after feeding it, David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

Photographer Inaki Relanzon with African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf at David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Inaki Relanzon / Photographer Inaki Relanzon with African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf at David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

Keeper with young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf at David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Inaki Relanzon / Keeper with young African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf at David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

Tourists watching and petting African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf. David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Inaki Relanzon / Tourists watching and petting African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf. David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Common or plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) grazing in bushTarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania.

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Claudio Contreras / Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

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Wim van den Heever / Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in darkness, Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Wim van den Heever / Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) viewed from above, Namib Desert, Namibia.

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Wim van den Heever / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) leaping into Mara River, Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Wim van den Heever / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) running, Masai Mara, Kenya.

African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) bathing at waterhole at night with moon, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa. Taken with infrared camera.

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Eric Baccega / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) bathing at waterhole at night with moon, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa. Taken with infrared camera.

Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) reflecting in waterhole at sunset, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

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Eric Baccega / Angolan giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) reflecting in waterhole at sunset, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

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Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) female stalking in grass, Etosha Namibia

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Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia, Sequence 4 of 5

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Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Etosha, Namibia,

African lioness (Panthera leo) sitting patiently in the long grass, watching herd of Common eland (Tragelaphus oryx). Focus on lion. Grumeti Reserve, Northern Tanzania.

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African lioness (Panthera leo) sitting patiently in the long grass, watching herd of Common eland (Tragelaphus oryx). Focus on lion. Grumeti Reserve, Northern Tanzania.

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Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) in heavy rain, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) male in darkness, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) crossing water, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Wim van den Heever / Lion (Panthera leo) swimming, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Gabriel Rojo / Puma (Puma concolor) in high altitude habitat, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

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Gabriel Rojo / Puma (Puma concolor) in high altitude habitat, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.

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Gabriel Rojo / Puma (Puma concolor) rolling on back, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, June.

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Charlie Summers / Black Jaguar (Panthera onca) kitten, captive.

Vet and KORA team putting a radio collar on wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) for translocation to Kalkalpen National Park, Austria from Switzerland. May 2011.

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Laurent Geslin / Vet and KORA team putting a radio collar on wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) for translocation to Kalkalpen National Park, Austria from Switzerland. May 2011.

Conservationists releasing radio collared wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) from Switzerland into Kalkalpen National Park, Austria, March 2013.

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Laurent Geslin / Conservationists releasing radio collared wild European lynx (Lynx lynx) from Switzerland into Kalkalpen National Park, Austria, March 2013.

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Laurent Geslin / Young male European lynx (Lynx lynx) running after release in Jura Mountaiins, Geneva canton, Switzerland, May 2013.

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Wim van den Heever / African wilddog (Lycaon pictus) portrait, with another dog in the background. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Ben Hall / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) peering from behind tree with bluebells in foreground, Cheshire, June.

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Edwin Giesbers / RF- North American river otter (Lutra canadensis) captive, occurs in North America.

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Colin Varndell / Harvest mice (Micromys minutus) on teasel seed head. Dorset, UK, August. Captive.

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Southern tree hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) on a termite mound, Tarangire National Park, Northern Tanzania.

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Claudio Contreras / Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) Mexico City, September. Captive, critically endangered species.

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Claudio Contreras / Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) portrait, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

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Claudio Contreras / Volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) captive endemic to Mexico. Critically endangered species.

European bison (Bison bonasus) close up portrait showing horns, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the Netherlands. January. Reintroduced species.

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Edwin Giesbers / European bison (Bison bonasus) close up portrait showing horns, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the Netherlands. January. Reintroduced species.

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days sleeping in mother's arms, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) twin babies age 45 days sleeping in mother's arms, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) baby riding on mother's back, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) baby riding on mother's back, captive, occurs in Central Africa. Critically endangered.

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Edwin Giesbers / Brown headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) mother and baby, captive occurs in Central and South America.

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Edwin Giesbers / Brown headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) group resting together, captive occurs in Central and South America.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) portrait, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar, June.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) two sitting close together, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar, June.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) baring teeth as a sign of submission, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar,

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) profile, portrait, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar, June.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) portrait, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar, June.

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Edwin Giesbers / Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) youngster climbing, Gibraltar Nature Reserve, Gibraltar,

European bison (Bison bonasus) with town in the background, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the Netherlands. January. Reintroduced species.

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Edwin Giesbers / European bison (Bison bonasus) with town in the background, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the Netherlands. January. Reintroduced species.

European bison (Bison bonasus) standing in shadow, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the Netherlands. January. Reintroduced species.

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Edwin Giesbers / European bison (Bison bonasus) standing in shadow, Zuid-Kennemerland National Park, the Netherlands. January. Reintroduced species.