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Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) with parasitic copepod (Ommatokoita elongata)

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) with parasitic copepod (Ommatokoita elongata), under ice, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, northern Baffin Island, Canada, Arctic

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Buttress roots of rainforest tree, Loango National Park, Gabon

Buttress roots of rainforest tree, Loango National Park, Gabon.
Photograph taken on location for BBC Africa series, January 2011

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Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on Sweetgum trees

Jersey tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) large numbers resting on Sweetgum trees (Liquidambar orientalis) in the Petaloudes Valley, Rhodes island, Greece, August 2011

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