Ashley Cooper / Seal skins hanging up to dry in Ilulissat, Greenland, July 2008.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Black and white image of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) close up of skin of adult and calf, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya. Editorial use only.
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Jen Guyton / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) pick at an elephant carcass (Loxodonta africana) while a spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) looks on, Laikipia Plateau, Kenya. The hyena is tinted a reddish-brown f...
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David Fleetham / Tasselled wobbegong (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon) close up of dermal denticles on skin. Indonesia.
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Ernie Janes / Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) close up of skin, captive. Occurs in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.
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Olga Kamenskaya / Reindeer skins on sled in Nenet camp, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Arctic, Russia, July 2017.
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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) resting head down in water with fluke above the water. Peeling sking on the fluke likely due to normal sloughing off of skin but it may be sunburn fro...
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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) close up of skin shed from fluke, possibly due to normal sloughing of skin or sunburn. Vava'u, Tonga. Pacific Ocean.
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Franco Banfi / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) transparent chunk of skin in diver's hand, skin gets rubbed off when they socialise and groom each other by rubbing their massive bodies together, Dominica, Caribb...
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Franco Banfi / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) transparent chunk of skin floating, skin gets rubbed off when they socialise and groom each other by rubbing their massive bodies together, Dominica, Caribbean Sea...
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Nick Hawkins / Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) close up of skin / scales, Miramichi River, New Brunswick, Canada, June.
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Lucas Bustamante / Giant Ground Gecko (Chondrodactylus angulifer), close-up of eye, Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia.