Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years feeding on rotting wood, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Decem...
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Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years reaching into a hole in a tree for rotting wood to feed on, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve...
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Juergen Freund / Umbrella and other human waste thrown out into the coastal waters, settling on the ground becoming marine life habitat, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia, December 2009
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Tim Laman / Strangler Fig (Ficus sp.) that has killed its host tree long ago. The host has rotted away, leaving a hollow center. Lowland rainforest in Borneo. Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia.
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Adrian Davies / Wrinkled peach fungus (Rhodotus palmatus) slightly fallen, exposing gills, on rotting Elm log. Surrey, November
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Andy Sands / Redwing {Turdus iliacus} feeding on rotting apples. UK.
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Neil Lucas / Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) Summatra. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.
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Anup Shah / Eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii) juvenile male 'Gimli' aged 10 years using stick to try and get at insects he can hear inside rotting log. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
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Nigel Cattlin / English redworm (Eisenia fetida) group on muddy surface of rotting organic material. Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / English redworm (Eisenia fetida) retreating into burrow in muddy rotting organic material. Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / English redworm (Eisenia fetida) group on muddy surface of rotting organic material. Berkshire, England, UK. April.
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Nigel Cattlin / Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus) at base of diseased Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) tree. Berkshire, England, UK. August.