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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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Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)

Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) spy-hopping to observe Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) in preparation to knock it from the ice by creating a wave. Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, summer. Freeze Frame book plate page 122-123. Taken on location for BBC series Frozen Planet

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