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Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) two breaching in evening light, Moray Firth, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, August, sequence 2/2. Photographer quote: A day of overcast cloud cleared in the last ten minutes of sunset spilling golden light through a small gap between the cloud base and hill top. A group of dolphins seized the moment and performed a perfect synchronized leap in the low warm sunlight. And I smiled, sighed with relief, and went home happy! Did you know? The bottle nose dolphins in the Moray Firth are said to be worth more than £4m to the Inverness economy through tourism revenue

European grey wolf (Canis lupus) interacting with a European brown bear (Ursus arctos) Kuhmo

European grey wolf (Canis lupus) interacting with a European brown bear (Ursus arctos) Kuhmo, Finland, July 2009. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

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Bears, Behaviour, Canids, Carnivores, Europe, Finland, Interaction, Mammals, Mist, Scandinavia, Staffan Widstrand, Ursus Arctos, Vertebrates, Wolves, Wwe

Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) [Sandy, born 29.04.82] sitting, holding two young

Female Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) [Sandy, born 29.04.82] sitting, holding two young. One [Samboja, born 09.06.05] is her own offspring, the other [Dayang, born 01.12.05] was rejected by its birth mother, and so this female has adopted it. Captive, Netherlands

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Affectionate, Babies, Behaviour, Cute, Endangered, Families, Females, Great Apes, Holding, Juvenile, Mammals, Orangutan, Pongo Pygmaeus, Primates, Sleeping, Young