Ingo Arndt / Fan Coral (Echinogorgia sp) from Indo-Pacific, in collection at Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Claudio Contreras / Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) portrait, Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April
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Alex Mustard / Backlit detail of branching fire coral (Millepora alcicornis) showing the hair like polyps, filled with stinging nematocysts. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Caribbean Sea.
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Cyril Ruoso / Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) in Madagascar ocotillo (Alluaudia procera) trees Berenty, Madagascar.
Jack Dykinga / Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chicks nesting in saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea), near Oracle, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA, May.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) plants in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum), . Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Giant lobelia (Lobelia rhynchopetalum) flower spikes in mist, Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park. Ethiopia, November 2014
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Jack Dykinga / Sunset light on twisted Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Sonoran Desert National Monument, Arizona, USA, April.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) curled up sleeping in autumn leaves, UK, June, captive.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma) Kokerboom Forest, Nieuwoudtville, Namaqualand, Northern Cape province, South Africa, September 2012.