naturepl.fr 2017 Highlight July 2017

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During the last month, we've uploaded a great range of animal, plant and landscape coverage from many parts of the globe. Highlights include marine material from, Linda Pitkin and Franco Banfi, dramatic images from Svalbard by Ole Jorgen Liodden, new landscapes from David Noton, wild red pandas, and images from Mozambique and Namibia by new contributor Jen Guyton, featuring endearing meerkats and the weird Welwitschia mirabilis, one of the world's oldest and most primitive plants.

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Close up of a Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) being hand-fed by a scuba diver on the seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean. Model released.

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Franco Banfi / Close up of a Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) being hand-fed by a scuba diver on the seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean. Model released.

Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) throwing up sand as it hunts in the sandy seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean.

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Franco Banfi / Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) throwing up sand as it hunts in the sandy seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean.

Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over sandy seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean.

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Franco Banfi / Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over sandy seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean.

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Dave Watts / Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah) captive in enclosure of Souss Massa National Park, Morocco. Extinct in the Wild.

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Dave Watts / Colombian spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) group. Captive, Critically endangered species.

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Ben Cranke / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the canopy of the cloud forest habitat of Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

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Ben Cranke / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) moving about a tree in the typical cloud forest habitat of Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

Redpanda (Ailurus fulgens) walking along branch of tree in the typical cloud forest habitat of Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

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Ben Cranke / Redpanda (Ailurus fulgens) walking along branch of tree in the typical cloud forest habitat of Singalila National Park, West Bengal, India.

Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) curling up to rest on a termite mound in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Taken shortly after it was released back into the wild.

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Jen Guyton / Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) curling up to rest on a termite mound in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Taken shortly after it was released back into the wild.

Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) walking in front of a seasonal pond in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Taken shortly after it was released back into the wild.

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Jen Guyton / Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) walking in front of a seasonal pond in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. Taken shortly after it was released back into the wild.

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Jen Guyton / Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus) male on log, near Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica.

Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000 years...

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Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000 years...