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Veined octopus, Octopus marginatus, or Amphioctopus marginatus, hiding in an empty bivalve Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Veined octopus, Octopus marginatus, or Amphioctopus marginatus, hiding in an empty bivalve Lembeh Strait Sulawesi Indonesia

Klein's butterflyfishes, Chaetodon kleinii, feeding on sergeant major eggs Sulawesi Indonesia

European bee eater with a butterfly catch Izmir Turkey

European bee eater with a butterfly catch Izmir Turkey

Gelada monkeys, Theropithecus gelada, male territorial behavior Simien mountains Ethiopia

An elephant scratching his back on a tree Serengeti Tanzania

Gelada monkeys, Theropithecus gelada, preening Simien mountains Ethiopia

Boat-billed Heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, eating fish prey Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

An undescribed flasher wrasse, Paracheilinus sp., Nusa Kode, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Bluelined snapper school, Lujanus casmira, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Spotnape cardinalfishes, Apogon notatus, sheltering inside the blackcoral brranches, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful reef fishes and magnificient sea anemone, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Reef scenic with colorful reef fishes and magnificient sea anemone, Rincha Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Emperor angelfishes, Pomacanthus imperator, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Yellowmask surgeonfish school, Acanthurus mata, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Giant frogfish, Antennarius commersoni, camouflaging around sponges, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

Golden sweepers in a massive school sheltering between corals, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Golden sweepers in a massive school sheltering between corals, Parapriacanthus ransonetti, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of ribbon sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of ribbon sweetlips, Plectorhinchus polytaenia, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning parasites of pearly monocle bream, Scolopsis margaritifer, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Scalefin anthiases, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, feeding with planktons brought by strong currents, Komodo National Park Indonesia.

Clark anemonefish , Amphiprion clarkii, in a bleached anemone , Sipadan Borneo, Malaysia.

Horse eye trevallies, Caranx latus, circling over Fore Reef Middle Caye, Belize.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, with amazing behavior of juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia.

Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, defending its nest and cluster of eggs on the rock face, Channel Islands California, USA.

Blacklip butterflyfish, Chaetodon keinii, feeding on damsel fish eggs, Komodo Indonesia.

Juvenile red emperor snappers, Lutjanus sebae, hiding between venomous spines of sea urchins, Astropyga radiata, Busuanga Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Male dendriric jawfish, Opistognathus dendriticus, incubating eggs in his mouth, Coron Philippines.

Nudibranch Phyllodesmium longicirrum has symbiotic algea in polyp like tissues Sulawesi Indonesia

Mimic octupus, undescribed, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem catching a live octopus in her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem catching a live octopus in her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem catching a live fish in her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing with fender, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing with fender, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem in her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem catching a live octopus in her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing in a pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing in a pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing in a pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Mediterranean Monk Seal, Monachus monachus, with an octopus catch, Foca Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing in a pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing with fender, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Richard Dijkema from Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre taking orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem to her pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem in Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing in a pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem playing in a pool, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem in Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem in her first day in Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Richard Dijkema from Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre drying orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Richard Dijkema from Seal Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre weighting orphan Mediterranean Monk Seal Badem, Foca Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center, Izmir Turkey.

Seal Reasarch Group member Harun Guclusoy examiniing exhausted orphan seal pup in Foca, Izmir.

Snow monkey climbiing on a tree for feeding, Nagano japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkey crossing a stream, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Female snow monkey with her baby, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Hida mountains in the Nagano region of Honshu is the land of Japanese macaque (snow monkey). © Tim Laman

Park attandent feeding snow monkeys in winter, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkeys feeding on evergreens, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkeys feeding on evergreens, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Young snow monkeys playing, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkey, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Juvenile Snow monkey, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkeys grooming each other, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Traditional carnival costume Venice Italy

Traditional carnival costume at San Marco Square Venice Italy

Clark anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii, juveniles displaying unique behavior in a breeding tank never seen in nature.

Anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, feeding with her filters to catch nutrients brought by tidal current, Busuanga Philippines.

Anemone shrimp, Periclimenes tosaensis, Apo Island Philippines.

Adult and juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, together in Bali Indonesia.

Adult emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and a juvenile emperor angelfish swimming close by, Bali Indonesia.

Adult emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and a juvenile emperor angelfish swimming close by, Bali Indonesia.

Pygmy sweepers, Parapriacanthus ransonneti, in a cavern, Bali Indonesia.

Largenose boxfish, Rhynchostracion rhinorhynchus, and suckerfish, Echeneis naucrates, Bali Indonesia.

Striped pufferfish, Arothron manilensis, sucked by bobbit worm, Eunicid polychaete, puffed up her body resisting this scary predator. Bali Indonesia.

Spotted lionfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, at night, Bali Indonesia.

Spotted lionfish, Dendrochirus biocellatus, at night, Bali Indonesia.

Calamari squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana, hunting at night, Bali Indonesia.

Tomato grouper, Cephalopholis sonnerati, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia

Tomato grouper, Cephalopholis sonnerati, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, face details, Bali Indonesia.

Razorfishes, Aeoliscus strigatus, Bali Indonesia.

Three spot damselfishes, Dascyllus trimaculatus, in an anemone, Heteractis crispa, Bali Indonesia.

Cuttlefish, Sepia latimanus, sleeping on a sand, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, and juvenile emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, Bali Indonesia

Maiden goby, Valenciennea strigata, feeding on the sand bottom. Canary wrasse, Halichoeres chrysus, watching closely for escaping invertebrates.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus, being cleaned by cleaner shrimps, Lysmata amboinensis, Bali Indonesia.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Convict surgeonfishes, Acanthurus triostegus, massive school feeding behavior. Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Kribati.

Secretive yellowspotted scorpionfish, Sebastapistes cyanostigma, hiding between hardcoral branches, Kritimati Island Kribati.

Cleaner shrimp cleaning an anthias, Pseudanthias cooperi, Kritimati Island, Kribati.

School of smooth tail trevallies safely swim under protected waters of Dimakya Island, Busuanga Philippines.

Triggerfish school in spawning aggregation, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Black&White snappers, Macolor niger, schooling on a coral reef, Borneo Malaysia.

Bumphead parrot fishes, Bolbometopon muricatum, feeding on coral reef, Borneo Malaysia.

Colugo or Flying Lemur, Galeopterus variegatus, gliding. Bako National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Plant hopper nymph, Fulgoroidea. The long fibers that appear to form a tail are the waxy residue of sugar dicharged. Danum Valley, Sabah Borneo Malaysia.

Flying Paradise Tree Snake, Chrysopelea paradisi, zipping through canopy. Borneo, Sabah Malaysia.

Flying Dragon Lizard, Draco cornutus, gliding between trees. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Cleaning shrimp, Periclimenes longicarpus, cleaning a rusted parrotfish, Scarus ferrigineus, both endemic to Red Sea.

Cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning a goldie anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Red Sea Egypt.

Painted frogfish , Antennarius pictus , hiding inside a sponge, Sulawesi Indonesia

Sargassum frogfish, Histrio histrio, on a drfiting log between barnacles, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hawkfish eating sergeant damsel fish eggs on the rocks, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Cleaner wrasses, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning yellowsaddle goatfish, Parupeneus cyclostomus, Bali Indonesia.

Spawning aggregation of Indo-pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Indo-pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis, laying eggs on a rock, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Sargassum frogfish, Histrio histrio, on a drfiting log between barnacles, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Juvenile golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus, and lined pufferfish, Arothron manilensis, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, camouflaging Sulawesi Indonesia.

Succerfish on a green turtle head , Borneo Malaysia

Thorny devil lizard , Moloch horridus , Australia

Kangaroo Island kangaroos playing , Macropus giganteus , Flinders Chase National Park South Australia

33. Great Pied Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) female and chick inside nest cavity. Khao Yai National Park Thailand.

Diver in coral reef with a cleaner shrimp in his open mouth, Sulawesi Indonesia.

Hokkaido sika deers in deep snow, Japan.

Red crowned crane, Hokkaido Japan

Red crowned cranes, Hokkaido Japan

Whooper swans in Hokkaido, Japan.

Whooper swans in Hokkaido, Japan.

Whooper swans in Hokkaido, Japan.

Whooper swans in Hokkaido, Japan.

Whooper swans in Kussharo Lake, Hokkaido, Japan.

Frogfish waiting for prey with a lure attached to his forehead Sulawesi Indonesia

School of big-eye trevallies, Caranx sexfasciatus, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Snow monkeys hugging each other, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkey climbiing on a tree for feeding, Nagano japan. � Tim Laman

Snow monkeys in a hot spring pool, Nagano Japan. � Tim Laman

Young snow monkey playing, Nagano Japan. � Tim Laman

Female snow monkey with her baby, Nagano Japan. � Tim Laman

Female snow monkey with her youngsters, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Snow monkeys grooming each other in a hot spring pool, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Young snow monkeys playing, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Mother snow monkey nursing her baby, Nagano Japan.

Female Japanese macaques carrying her youngster, Nagano Japan. © Tim Laman

Blue streak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, is cleaning lyretail anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Red Sea Egypt.

Jawfish, Opistognathus sp., Sulawesi Indonesia.

Princess anthiases, Pseudanthias smithvanizi, females, Kosrae Micronesia.

Flame angelfish, Centropyge loricula, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Comical blenny, Ecsenius opsifrontalis, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Orangefin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysepterus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Redfin anthiases, Pseudanthias dispar, Kosrae Micronesia

Pink anemonefish, Ampriprion perideraion, Kosrae Micronesia.

Purple quen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Kosrae Micronesia.

Freckled Hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri, Kosrae Micronesia.

Orangefin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysepterus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Network pipefish, Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Spot banded butterflyfishes, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus, feeding on coral polyps, Kosrae Micronesia.

Juvenile brushtail tangfish, Zebrasoma scopas, being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, Kosrae Micronesia.

Blue damsel, Pomacentrus pavo, Kosrae Micronesia.

Purple quen anthias, Pseudanthias pascalus, Kosrae Micronesia.

Jawfish incubating eggs in his mouth Dimakya Island Philippines

Bigeye trevally school , Caranx sexfasciatus , Malaysia Borneo