Images Dated 2013

Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima). Portrait

Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima). Portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July

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Alcidae, Animal, Animalia, Armeria, Armeria Maritima, Atlantic Puffin, Auk, Aves, Bird, Caryophyllales, Charadriiformes, Dicot, Europe, Flower, Flowering Plant, Fratercula, Fratercula Arctica, Great Britain, Leadwort, Magnoliopsida, Plant, Plantae, Plumbaginaceae, Puffin, Scotland, Shetland, Thrift Seapink, Tracheophyta, Uk, Vascular Plant, Vertebrate, Vertical, Western Europe, Wildlife

Backlit photo of a Robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) reveals a small

Backlit photo of a Robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) reveals a small fish that it has just eaten in its stomach. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Molluca Sea

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Actinopterygii, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Asia, Biodiversity Hotspot, Bony Fish, Camouflage, East Asia, False Pipefish, Feeding, Fish, Ghost Pipefish, Horizontal, Indonesia, Marine, Molucca Sea, Ocean, Osteichthyes, Pacific Ocean, Predation, Profile, Ray Finned Fish, Saltwater, Solenostoma Cyanopterus, Solenostomidae, Solenostomus, Solenostomus Bleekeri, Solenostomus Bleekerii, Solenostomus Cyanopterus, South East Asia, Syngnathiformes, Tropical, Tubemouth Fish, Uncatalogued, Underwater, Vertebrate, Wildlife

Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to

Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting it's own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa

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Africa, Animal, Animal Behaviour, Animalia, Armadillo Girdled Lizard, Captivity, Catalogue6, Close Up, Coiled, Cordylidae, Cordylus Cataphractus, Cordylus Nebulosus, Curled Up, Day, Defensive, Futile, Futility, Girdle Tail Lizard, Girdled Lizard, Humorous, Lizard, Ouroborus, Ouroborus Cataphractus, Outdoors, Reptile, Reptilia, South Africa, South African, Southern Africa, Spinytail Lizard, Squamata, Squamate, Tail, Useless, Uselessness, Vertebrate, Wildlife, Zonurus Cataphractus