Stephen Dalton / Close-up of holly leaf (Ilex aquifolium).
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Edwin Giesbers / Female Jaguar (Panthera onca), captive, occurs in Southern and Central America.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Split level shot of Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) fin above the water and leisure boat in the background, with Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa.
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Mark MacEwen / Broad snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) baby carried in mother's mouth from the nest, Sante Fe, Argentina, February
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Laurent Geslin / Black rat (Rattus rattus) shadows in Karni Mata temple, Deshnoke, near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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Franco Banfi / Fish farm net of sea cage with thousands of Gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata) Ponza Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
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Russell Cooper / Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) head and compound eyes, South London, UK, September
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Edwin Giesbers / Asian giant forest scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus) with tail raised, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
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LYNN M. STONE / Portrait of Abyssinian Cat, Connecticut, USA
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Andrew Parkinson / Coot (Fulica atra) portrait, revealing the size of its enormous feet as it crosses a frozen lake. Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex) Highly commended in the Portfolio category of the BWPA Competition 20...
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Daniel Heuclin / Arizona mountain kingsnakes (Lampropeltis pyromelana) Found in Chiricahua mountains, SE Arirona. Controlled conditions
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Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree (Pinus longaeva) at sunset. White Mountains, California, USA, June 2009
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Alex Mustard / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) over sand ripples, Walkers Cay, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean. Taken with natural light.
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Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Alex Hyde / Madagascar tree boa {Sanzinia madagascariensis} tropical rainforest. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Alex Hyde / Ogre faced / Net-casting spider {Deinopis sp} with web held between legs that it will stretch over prey that walks below it. Masoala Peninsula National Park, north east Madagascar.
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Onne van der Wal / Shoal of fish beneath nets and small fishing boats in the Grenadines, Caribbean, February 2010.
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Toby Roxburgh / Cleaning and processing of King scallops (Pecten genus) prior to auction at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.
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Edwin Giesbers / Grass snake {Natrix natrix} coiled, the Netherlands
Edwin Giesbers / Western diamondback rattlesnake {Crotalus atrox} captive, from Texas, USA
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Doug Perrine / Salmon shark {Lamna ditropis} captive, with salmon in mouth (eyes are rolled back for protection), Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, (digitally modified)
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Stephen Dalton / House spider (Tegenaria sp) lurking at entrance of funnel web, UK, Agelenidae
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Michael Pitts / Oceanic whitetip shark {Carcharhinus longimanus} and Pilotfish {Naucrates ductor} Red Sea.
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Erlend Haarberg / Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) female barking. Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park, Norway, April.
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Mark Taylor / Border Terrier puppy, age 8 weeks.
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Sandra Bartocha / Tongue Orchids (Serapias lingua) in Pollino National Park, Italy. June.
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Kirkendall-Spring / Winter with Cottonwood trees (Populus deltoides) Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. Januray 2016.
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David Tipling / RF - Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) silhouetted against Southern Ocean, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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David Tipling / RF - Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) silhouetted above Southern Ocean, South Georgia. January. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Alex Hyde / RF - Trashline Orb Weaver Spider (Cyclosa sp.) camouflaged on attached vertical line of debris in web, San Jose, Costa Rica. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Jussi Murtosaari / Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) two in flight over a small river, Muurame, Keski-Suomi, Lansi- ja Sisa-Suomi / Central and Western Finland, Finland. June
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Eric Medard / Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri) flying low over water, taken at night with infra-red remote camera trap, France, July.
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Andy Rouse / Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) in snow, UK, January. Captive.
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carchardon carcharias) Gansbaai, South Africa
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Bruno D'Amicis / Clouds above mountain forest. Western Tatras, Slovakia, June 2009.
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Edwin Giesbers / RF- Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) partially submerged with ripples on water from raindrops. Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Alex Mustard / Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) portrait at night. Little Bahama Bank. Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
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Michael D. Kern / Temple pit viper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus) captive, showing forked tongue, from se Asia
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Aflo / N-16304 Waterfall crashing though rocks, Switzerland.
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Edwin Giesbers / RF- Horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) camouflaged in sand, captive, from North Africa. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Crab Spider (Misumena sp) adult on Lace cactus flower (Echinocereus reichenbachii). Texas, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Pat De La Harpe / Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) submerged with head in view, Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
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Michael Pitts / Oceanic whitetip shark {Carcharhinus longimanus} and Pilotfish {Naucrates ductor} Red Sea.
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Roger Powell / Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) submerged. Queensland, Australia
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Pete Oxford / Cucurucho parade on Good Friday commemorating the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, Easter Weekend Catholic Parade, Quito, Ecuador. People wearing hoods and robes
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Dan Burton / Open mouth and dorsal fin of Basking shark seen from surface {Cetorhinus maximus} UK.
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Richard Du Toit / Nile crocodile head profile portrait {Crocodylus niloticus} Chobe NP, Botswana
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Aflo / Y-6602 Sun rays and clouds over North Alps, Tsurugidake, Japan.
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Tony Phelps / Oman Saw-scaled Viper (Echis omanensis) face portrait, Wadi helo, UAE
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Doug Gimesy / When over 400 'protected' Wedge-tailed Eagles (Aquila audax) were discovered killed on a Victorian farm, conservationists and animal welfare advocates were devastated. Nearly as shocking, was...
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Doug Gimesy / Leah Tsang, ornithological expert from the Australian Museum, examines evidence skulls to determine whether they are wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) as part on an ongoing investigation around the p...
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Doug Gimesy / Leah Tsang, ornithological expert from the Australian Museum, examines evidence skulls to determine whether they are Wedge-tailed Eagles (Aquila audax) as part on an ongoing investigation around the p...
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Doug Gimesy / When over 400 'protected' Wedge-tailed Eagles were discovered killed on a Victorian farm, conservationists and animal welfare advocates were devastated. Nearly as shocking, was the penalty app...
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Doug Gimesy / Glenn Lineham, a Victoria Wildlife Officer from the Department of Land, Water and Planning (DEWLP), sorts through and documents evidence bags from 406 poisoned Wedge-tailed eagles (Aquila audax) as pa...