Espen Bergersen / Killer whale / orca (Orcinus orca). Spyhopping very close, showing eye. Kvanangen, Troms, Norway. November
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Alex Mustard / Sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster rostrata) portrait with the eyes standing out against a dark background, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Island, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.
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Tim Laman / Head portrait of a Wild Western / Sunda tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) on tree trunk at night. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia
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Edwin Giesbers / Shed skin of grass snake {Natrix natrix} on lilypad, Netherlands.
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Claudio Contreras / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) eye, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, February. Winner in the Ocean Views category of the 2018 Nature's Best Winland Smith Rice Awards.
Tony Wu / Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) group of females moving slowly. Closed eye of the whale in the foreground, and the relaxed body language of all the animals indicates they are relaxing. Sri Lan...