Will Burrard-Lucas / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) at night, taken with remote camera. Liuwa Plain National Park, Zambia. December
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Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) split level view, New Zealand, March.
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Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait against sky at sunset, Bernard Spit, off the 1002 Area, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North Slope, Alaska, USA, September. Vulnerable species.
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Jan Hamrsky / Diving beetle (Colymbetes fuscus) close up head portrait. Europe, June. Controlled conditions.
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Alex Hyde / Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) roosting in cave. Croatia. November.
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Nick Garbutt / Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) showing extraordinarily long coiled tongue. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.
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Alex Hyde / House spider female (Tegenaria sp.) in garden shed. Derbyshire, UK, March. Highly Commended in the Urban Wildlife category of the 2015 British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition.
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Jiri Lochman / Bolas spider (Dicrostichus furcatus / Ordgarius furcatus) female with bolas, a blob of silk at end of line used to swing at prey, only used by females. Bolas spiders also produce pheromones of specifi...
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Solvin Zankl / Ribbon sawtail fish (Idiacanthus fasciola) from Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 800-1000m.
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Solvin Zankl / Frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) specimen with mouth open, from Atlantic Ocean, at a depth of 729m.
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Nick Upton / Adult Herring gull (Larus argentatus) scavenging left over food, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK, June. Editorial use only.
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Andy Rouse / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) silverback yawning with mouth wide open. Rwanda.
