Lion (Panthera leo) adult male running. Found in sub-Saharan Africa
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Lion Cubs (Panthera leo). Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana.
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Lion (Panthera leo). Kagalagadi National Park, South Africa.
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Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus), living in a desert environment. Kunene River, Namibia.
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Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). Also known as Hook-lipped Rhinoceros. Etosha National Park, Namibia. Critically Endangered.
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Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus). Kagalagadi National Park, South Africa.
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Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus). Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans). Kaikoura, New Zealand.
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Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), mating courtship display. South Georgia.
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Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), mating courtship display. South Georgia.
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Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans). Southern ocean.
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Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus), scavenging on a seal carcass. Also known as Antarctic Giant Petrel, Giant Fulmar, Stinker, and Stinkpot. Found throughout the southern Oceans. Photo taken at South Georgia.
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Sloane's Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani). Deep sea fish found off New South Wales, Australia
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Humpback Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) showing luminescent lure. Deep sea fish found off Victoria, Australia
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Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri). Also known as Queensland Lungfish, Djellah and Ceratodus. Burnett and Mary River systems, Queensland, Australia. Listed as Endangered Species in CITES. A Protected Species.
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Whitespotted Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum). Found in Indo-West Pacific region.
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Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus). Also known as Mako Shark, Blue Pointer, Mackeral Shark and Snapper Shark. Found in both tropical and temperate seas of the world. Photo taken San Diego, California, USA.
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School of Diagonal-banded Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) and Oriental Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus). Found throughout Indo Pacific. This photo was taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, where over 1,000 types of fish occur.
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Underwater Photographer with a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), surrounded by schooling Sardines. This Grouper is protected and listed as a threatened species. Photo taken at Jupiter, Florida, USA
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Whitefin Remora (Echeneis neucratoides), cleaning the inside of the mouth of a Atlantic Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara), in Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Endangered species.
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Sand Perch (Diplectrum formosum) eating a Crab near the Blue Heron Bridge in Singer Island, Florida, USA.
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Red Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus), resting on a bed of marine invertebrates. Photo taken at Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Wolf Eel (Anarrhuchthys ocellatus). Photo taken at Browning Passage, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata). Also known as Hair Jelly and Snotty. Stings can cause minor skin burn. Photo taken off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Also known as Sea Cow. Crystal River Florida, USA. Classified Endangered Species on the IUCN Red list.
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North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis), resting on a log in God's Pocket Provincial Park. Situated offshore Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Also known as Northern River Otter and Common Otter.
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis). Photo taken in the White Sand Ridge, Northern Bahamas, USA.
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Tropical reef scene comprising a rich variety of fish and invertebrate marine life. Photo taken on the Breakers Coral Reef, offshore Palm Beach, Florida, United States.
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Scuba diver exploring the shipwreck HMS Saskatchewan encrusted in inverebrate marine life. Situated near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Scuba diver exploring the shipwreck HMS Saskatchewan encrusted in inverebrate marine life. Situated near Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), basking in the sun in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA.
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), feeding on sponges on the shipwreck of the Mispah offshore Singer Island, Florida, USA. Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus rufus), turtles picking up leftovers. Critically Endangered species on IUCN Red List.
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Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), male. The Leatherback is one of the world's largest reptiles, reaching close to 2,000 lbs. and nearly 10 ft. in length. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered and threatened by coastal development.
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Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei). Also known as Ghost Shark and Chimaera. Photo taken in a shallow bay in God's Pocket Provincial Park offshore Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Diver hand feeding a Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Galeocerdo cuvier, in Federal waters offshore Jupiter, Florida, United States.
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Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). Found in the tropical western Atlantic from New Jersey to southern Brazil, and in the north eastern Atlantic off west Africa. Photo taken on a coral reef offshore Juno Beach, Florida, United States.
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Black Bear (Ursus americanus vancouveri), searching for food at low tide along the beach in Clayoquot Sound, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve located near Tofino in the western coast of Vancouver Island, Bristish Columbia, Canada.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), in flight. Photo taken at Blue Cypress Lake, located in Indian River County, Florida, United States.
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), in flight. Photo taken at Blue Cypress Lake, located in Indian River County, Florida, United States.
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
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Diver exploring a sea cave. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.
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Blue Maomao (Scorpis violacea) and a single Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus). Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.
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Portuguese Man of War (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble, Man o'War and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous - capable of producing a very painful, powerful sting. Eastern Australia
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Split scene showing a tropical coral reef and a live-aboard dive vessel. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
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Gorgonian Crab (Xenocarcinus depressus), on a gorgonian coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
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Gammaridean Amphipod (Cyproidea sp.), resting on a tunicate. Komodo, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Sea Anemone living on a Gorgonia Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific.
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A commercial hard hat diver (MR) welding underwater off Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
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