Marie Read / Eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis), pair, one adult carrying food (damselfly) for two chicks riding on the other adult's back, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA
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Marie Read / Eared grebes (Podiceps nigricollis), pair, one adult feeding chick riding on the other adult's back, Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA
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Anup Shah / Silvered Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus) female holding week old baby after it was handled roughly by another female, Bako National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
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Eric Baccega / Male Ostrich (Struthio camelus) protecting chicks from the sun with its wings, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.
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Anup Shah / Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) female 'Fanle' aged 13 years and protecting her infant son 'Flanle' aged 3 years from an aggressive male, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011.
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Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) worker protecting the nest by jetting formic acid from its tail. Endemic to Europe and Asia. Surrey, UK.
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) protecting his eggs inside his nest, Japan, October
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) protecting his eggs inside his nest, Japan, September
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Andrew Parkinson / Redwing (Turdus iliacus) protecting a windfall apple from another bird. Derbyshire, UK, February. (Non-ex)
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Wood ants (Formica rufa), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, September. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Wood ants are ecologically important, protecting trees from parasites and recycling nu...
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Piotr Naskrecki / Cross Frog (Oreophryne sp) male protecting his clutch of eggs, Papua New Guinea
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Piotr Naskrecki / Ground Frog (Platymantis boulengeri) female protecting her clutch of eggs, Papua New Guinea