Bruno D'Amicis / Common mulleins (Verbascum thapsus), Poppies (Papaver rhoeas), and Daisies flowering in mountain pasture. Gran Sasso National Park, Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy, June.
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Uri Golman / Forest reindeer, (Rangifer tarandus fennicus) in velvet, Viiksimo, Kuhmo region. Finland, July. Rare subspecies which were nearly extinct in the 19th Century.
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Uri Golman / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) in velvet, resting, Svalbard, Norway, August.
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Angelo Gandolfi / Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus) buck in velvet standing by flowering tree, Pantanal, Brazil
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Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Morley Read / Peripatus (Velvet Worm) feeding on a cricket, Amazon rainforest, Pastaza Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)
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Oscar Dewhurst / Velvet-fronted nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) on tree trunk. Goa, India.
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Nigel Cattlin / Broad bean (Vicia faba) seed in velvet lined pod, ripe and ready for harvest. Berkshire, England, UK. July.