Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) collecting pollen and nectar from a Blue-eye flower. New South Wales, Australia
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Cairns Birdwing Butterflies (Ornithoptera priamus) - male and female mating. Cairns, North Queensland, Australia
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Wanderer Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - having just emerged from its pupa. Also known as Monarch Butterfly. New South Wales, Australia
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Large Grass-yellow Butterfly (Eurema hecabe) - male having just emerged from its pupa. Also known as Common Grass-yellow Butterfly. Northern Australia
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Red-back Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) - female with egg case. Highly venomous and deadly spider. New South Wales, Australia
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Wolf Spider (Lycosa godeffroyi) in it's burrow, with young Wolf Spiders clinging to mother. Bite can cause infection and skin lesions. New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney Funnel-web Spider (Atrax robustus) - female in defence posture. One of the most venomous and deadly spiders in the world. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Green Grocer Cicada (Cyclochila australasiae) emerging from nymph 'shell'. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard (Tiliqua scincoides). Found in a wide variety of habitats from south-eastern SA, Vic, eastern NSW, Qld and NT. Photo was taken at Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
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Leaf-tailed Gecko (Saltuarius swaini) -feeding on a captured Grasshopper insect. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
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Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis). World's largest lizard found on Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang Islands, Indonesia. Photo taken on Komodo Island. Listed as Vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.
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Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) - defensive display. Also known as Frilled-neck Lizard. North Queensland, Australia
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Water Python (Liasis fuscus) emerging from egg. Northern Australia. Non-venomous snake.
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Water Python (Liasis fuscus) feeding on a rat. Northern Australia. Non-venomous snake.
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Green Python (Morelia viridis). Rainforests of North Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Non-venomous snake.
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Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) - two rivalling males. Eastern Australia. Venomous snake.
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Common Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) - buried in leaf litter. Note grub-like tail tip used to lure prey. Northern New South Wales, Australia. Extremely venomous and dangerous snake capable of making multiple strikes at lightening speed.
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Diamond Python (Morelia spilota spilota) resting in a Birds Nest Fern. Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. Non-venomous snake.
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Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata). An unusual blue colour phase. Also known as Common Tree Snake. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Non-venomous snake.
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Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Mother with newborn calf. Indo-Pacific. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) - breaching. Southern Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) - tail fluke. Southern Australia. Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) - expelling air from blowhole. Southern Australia. Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
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Giant Dung Beetle (Heliocopris andersoni) rolling dung. South Africa
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