Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Piotr Naskrecki / Cross Frog (Oreophryne sp) male protecting his clutch of eggs, Papua New Guinea
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Piotr Naskrecki / Eastern Fairy Shrimp (Eubranchipus vernalis) in vernal pond, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts
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Christian Ziegler / Bumblebee Orchid (Ophrys bombyliflora) flower and its male Longhorn Bee (Eucera sp) pollinator, Sardinia, Italy
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Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) group returning from the sea, Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands
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Donald M. Jones / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck in velvet, western Montana
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Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), northwestern Montana
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Donald M. Jones / Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), northwestern Montana. Sequence 1 of 2
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Tui De Roy / Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht) male, Borana Ranch, Kenya
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Alaska Moose (Alces alces gigas) sub-adult bull with antlers shedding velvet feeding in tundra pond, Denali National Park, Alaska
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Chien Lee / Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier), Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Konrad Wothe / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) presents prey item to potential mate, Bulgaria
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Matthias Breiter / Kermode Bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), white morph called spirit bear, northern British Columbia, Canada