Sam Hobson / Blood samples collected by scientists working with urban goshawks (Accipiter gentilis). Berlin, Germany, May 2014. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
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Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...
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Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) blood taken from an anaesthetised platypus captured in field. It will be put into a test tube for later analysis. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.
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Doug Gimesy / Scientist taking blood sample from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model release supplied.
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Doug Gimesy / Scientist taking blood sample from Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018. Model release supplied.
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Doug Gimesy / A platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a radio transponder surgically implanted by Dr Gilad Bino whilst anaesthetised in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge. This transponder will allow resea...
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Doug Gimesy / A platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a radio transponder surgically implanted by Dr Gilad Bino whilst anaesthetised in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge. This transponder will allow resea...
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Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examine an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Body measurements, blood, urine and DNA samples will be taken, and a temporary radio transponder could be glued to its t...
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Doug Gimesy / Volunteer field assistant recording data from an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) as it starts to recover from the anesthetic. It was anaesthetised so a temporary radio transponder co...
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Francisco Marquez / Researcher collecting a blood sample from a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile's leg during the ringing process, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.
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Karine Aigner / Blood sample collecting from Kirkland's warblers (Setophaga kirtlandii) Cat Island, Bahamas. April 2017.
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David Perpinan / Field workers collecting blood from Blue-fronted amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva) chicks, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
