Alex Mustard / Thorny seahorse (Hippocampus histrix) gripping onto a sponge. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
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Alex Hyde / Close up of Parson's chameleon {Calumma parsonii} foot gripping branch. The 5 toes of each foot are fused into opposing groups in a 2:3 arrangement. Madagascar.
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Stephen Dalton / Gecko (Tarentola sp) close up of feet gripping glass, controlled conditions
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Anup Shah / Juvenile Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} chokes young Warthog by gripping its windpipe. Masai Mara GR, Kenya
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Alex Mustard / Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) female gripping onto a piece of waterlogged wood with her prehensile tail. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
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Heather Angel / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) nectaring on Camellia 'St Ewe' (Camellia x williamsii) in garden, Claw marks from gripping bird visible on adjacent flower. Surrey, England, UK. February.
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Ashley Cooper / Boggy Moorland above Wet Sleddale. This area has drainage ditches dug into the peat, known as gripping, to try and make the ground more suitable for sheep grazing. Cumbria, England, UK. August 2010
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Ashley Cooper / Boggy Moorland above Wet Sleddale. This area has drainage ditches dug into the peat, known as gripping, to try and make the ground more suitable for sheep grazing. Cumbria, England, UK. August 2010
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) gripping female with tail claspers as she prepares to mate in wheel position, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France,June.
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) gripping female with tail claspers as she prepares to mate in wheel position, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France, June.
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Lorraine Bennery / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) gripping female with tail claspers as she prepares to mate in wheel position, Haut-Rhone Francais National Natural Reserve, France, June.
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Christophe Courteau / Lion (Panthera leo) close up of paw and claws gripping on to prey, at night, South Africa