naturepl.fr 2012 September & October 2012

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This is our editor's choice of the best images added to our collection in September and October 2012. There was some great new material: rare wild Amur tigers from Vladimir Medvedev; dramatic sharks from new contributor Cheryl-Samantha Owen; great new dolphins from Brandon Cole, Tui de Roy's comprehensive Galapagos coverage; Sandra Bartocha's creative flower and landscape work; Solvin Zankl's innovative insect portraits using digital focus stacking; Anup Shah's new Kenyan material including a lion/waterbuck confrontation; British wildlife from Andy Rouse, including brown hares in action; unusual reptile and amphibian portraits from Michael Kern;

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Steven Kazlowski / Moose (Alces alces) newborn calves playing in spring vegetation. Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, south-central Alaska.

Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Pine marten (Martes martes) two playing on fallen pine log in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK

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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) two playing on fallen pine log in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK

Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) breaking the surface and leaping from the water. Off Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

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Brent Stephenson / Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) breaking the surface and leaping from the water. Off Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Rear view of a Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), Cairns of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

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Andy Rouse / Agile wallabies (Macropus agilis) sparring and fighting, Bamarru Plains, Northern Territories, Australia

Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food on a colourful reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Alex Mustard / Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) hunts for food on a colourful reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Hood island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) used for breeding program since 1960s, Tortoise Breeding Centre, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Critically endang...

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Tui De Roy / Hood island giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra hoodensis) used for breeding program since 1960s, Tortoise Breeding Centre, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Critically endang...

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Alex Mustard / The eye of a Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini). Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Michael D. Kern / Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) captive, from Central and South America

Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

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Michael D. Kern / Madagascar Ground Gecko / Big headed gecko(Paroedura Pictus) captive, from Madagascar