Staffan Widstrand / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) with bloody antlers shedding velvet, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September
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Staffan Widstrand / Two Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) fighting; antlers shedding velvet; Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, September
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John Cancalosi / Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) shedding skin from head. Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rican tropical rainforest.
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John Cancalosi / Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor) shedding skin from head. Guanacaste National Park, Costa Rican tropical rainforest.
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Alex Hyde / Spiny flower mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii) shedding skin. Captive, originating from Africa.
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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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Stephen Dalton / Common horsetail (Equisetum arvense) shedding spores, UK
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Solvin Zankl / Male Long-tailed / Tisza mayfly (Palingania longicauda) concludes its last moult. By starting to fly hard towards the river the mayfly pulls its long caudal tails out of the old skin which will be lef...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Montpellier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus) shortly before shedding its skin, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Ziegler / Montpellier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus) shortly before shedding its skin, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009