Fabio Pupin / Meadow viper, (Vipera ursinii), basking in alpine meadow, Apennines, Italy, September . Non-ex.
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Nick Garbutt / Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) foraging in palm savannah grasslands. Southern Pantanal, Moto Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. September.
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Clay Bolt / Central bumble bee (Bombus centralis) pollinating wildflowers in the Bridger Range, Bozeman, Montana. August.
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Anup Shah / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) approaching camera with curiosity, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) male approaching, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) feeding on loose soil for its minerals, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) family herd feeding on loose soil for its minerals, with dramatic stormy skies behind, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.
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Wim van den Heever / African Wild dogs or Cape hunting dogs (Lycaon pictus) at close range taken from ground level, Zimanga Private Game Reserve, South Africa.
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David Pattyn / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in grassland, The Netherlands, July.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Orchid (Orchis langei) in sunset light, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Heart shaped lip dactylorhiza orchid (Orchis cordigera) in flower, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, May.
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Cyril Ruoso / Queen of the Andes (Puya raymondii) Cordillera Blanca Massif, Andes, Peru, November.