Tony Wu / Two male Zoarchias major eelpouts (Zoarchias major) engaged in a mouth-to-mouth confrontation. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Pacific Ocean.
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Tony Wu / Zoarchias major eelpouts. (Zoarchias major) The orange individual is female, the one in the hole is male. The female has approached the male, curled around him, attempting to dislodge the male from th...
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Tony Wu / Zoarchias major eelpout (Zoarchias major) with her mouth wide open. Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, Pacific Ocean.
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Nick Upton / Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a clump of Greater knapweed flowers (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, England, UK, June.
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Nick Hawkins / European green crab (Carcinus maenas), an invasive species in North America, Kejimkujik Seaside National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.
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John Chan / Two male Southern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri) fighting during mating season. This behaviour is known as a "combat dance", and is used to determine dominance and the right to mate...
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), two males fighting on lek , Scotland, UK.April (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Terry Whittaker / RF - Two Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on hind legs play fighting, Netherlands. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Marie Read / Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa), females behave aggressively toward a male (second from right) that is trying to join them on a floating log, autumn, New York, USA, October.
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Marie Read / Canada geese (Branta canadensis) two during territorial fight in early spring, Ithaca. New York, USA
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Marie Read / American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) two during aggressive (territorial) encounter, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA, May.
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David Pattyn / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) adult males fighting in alpine landscape, Valsavarenche, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, May