2018 October Highlights Gallery

Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) female feeding on a Spotted African lungfish (Protopterus

Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) female feeding on a Spotted African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda.. Sequence 2/13

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Absurd, Africa, African Lungfish, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Aves, Balaeniceps, Balaeniceps Rex, Balaenicipitidae, Behaviour, Behavioural, Bird, Birds, Bizarre, Bog Bird, East Africa, Endangered Species, Feeding, Female Animal, Gluttony, Greed, Interesting, Lake Victoria, Lepidosireniformes Lungfish, Lobe Finned Fish, Lungfishes, Pelecaniformes, Predation, Protopteridae, Protopterus, Protopterus Dolloi, Sarcopterygii, Shoe Billed Stork, Shoebill, Shoebill Stork, Slender Lungfish, Spotted Lungfish, Swamp, Threatened, Uganda, Vertebrate, Vulnerable, Weird, Wetland, Whale Headed Stork, Whalehead, Wildlife

Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna

Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) hunting tuna. A group of the sea lion bulls have learnt to herd Pelagic yellowfin tuna into a small cove, trapping them. The fish often leap ashore in an effort to escape. Punta Albemarle, Isabela Island, Galapagos

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Animal, Animalia, Biodiversity Hotspot, Carnivora, Carnivore, Catalogue11, Eared Seal, Endangered, Endangered Species, Fish, Galapagos, Galapagos Islands, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos Sealion, Isabela Island, Latin America, Mammal, Mammalia, Marine, Otarid, Otaridae, Otary, Pinniped, Pinnipedia, Saltwater, Sealion, South America, Threatened, Tropical, Underwater, Unesco World Heritage Site, Vertebrate, Water, Wildlife, Zalophus, Zalophus Wollebaeki

The Painted Cliffs at Maria Island National Park, east coast of Tasmania, Australia

The Painted Cliffs at Maria Island National Park, east coast of Tasmania, Australia. January 2018. The iron oxides in the rock were left behind by ground water percolating through the cliffs. This created the red staining on the rock

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Australasia, Australia, Cliff, Coast, Coastal, Erosion, Geology, Pattern, Tasmania