Mark Taylor / RF- Tabby male kitten, Fosset, aged 3 months, rolling playfully on his back. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Daniel Heuclin / Regal Horned lizard (Phrynosoma solare) man holding lizard, playing dead behaviour, Catalina mountains foothills, Arizona, USA, controlled conditions
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Orca (Orcinus orca) playing with almost dead Green Sea-turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi) as sea birds fly above. Galapagos
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) female with cubs playing on dead tree. Bieszczady, Carpathian Mountains, Poland, July.
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Tim Laman / Boy (five years) sitting on a pile of dead trees (driftwood) in Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. August 2005, Model released
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Jeff Rotman / Marine Biologist observing juvenile Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) in tonic immobility / playing dead. Kane'ohe Bay, Hawaii.
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Chien Lee / Roraima Bush Toad (Oreophrynella quelchii) playing dead, Mount Roraima, Venezuela
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Phil Savoie / Common opossum {Didelphis marsupialis} playing dead as defence strategy
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Jane Burton / Domestic Cat {Felis catus} Tabby 'Popocat' playing with dead fledgling Blue tit {Parus caeruleus}
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PREMAPHOTOS / Weevil {Curculionoidae} 'playing' dead in defence, South Africa
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Mark Moffett / Weevils playing dead, Mt Makil, Papua New Guinea
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John Downer Productions / Doves in a death-mimicking trance prompted by simply tucking heads under wings. Defensive tactic. (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)
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Tui De Roy / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs playing with rabbit carcass, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya
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Thomas Mangelsen / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) mother watching two cubs playing with Elk (Cervus elaphus) hide, Miller Butte, National Elk Refuge, Wyoming