Rare images from wildlife photography

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Rare images from Wildlife Photography

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Life in the wild isn’t as easy going though, as

this python in Sabi Sands, South Africa,

found out when a leopard

pulled it out of a tree and

ate it…by Villiers

Steyn/Caters

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Life in the wild really is red in tooth and tusk.. as this buffalo discovered when it unwisely butted an elephant. The killer

elephant, in Masai Mara, Kenya, impaled the

unfortunate beast on its tusks, lifting the 500kg

buffalo high into the air, before dropping its lifeless body again.

Picture: Kim Murer/Caters

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Just hanging out in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, famed for its tree climbing lions. by Mary Lynn Campbell

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A dramatic standoff between a jackal and a vulture who brazenly attempted to steal his snack, a wildebeest bone. The jackal thought he had lunch sorted when, out of nowhere, a vulture descended from the sky and attempted to snatch the bone from him. The vulture tried its best to intimidate the jackal

with its towering wings, but ultimately failed as the jackal clung onto the bone. by Ingo Gerlach Photography Website

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Acrobatic Elephants of

Mana Pools in Zimbabwe, Botswana

by Ken Watkins Photography

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A leopard cub plays with its mom’s tail at Londolozi Private Game Reserve in South Africa. by Sergey Gorshkov Photography

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Elephant calf standing tall in Kariega Game Reserve in South Africa by specialist photography guide Jacques Matthysen.

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Three Headed Giraffe, Kenya by Tony Murtagh

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Homer Eagle Take Off… Homer Alaskaby Buck Shreck/Bucks Wildlife Photography

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Happy Dancing Giraffesby Matt West Photography

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Lion cub waltz danceby Wim Van Den Heever

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A Steller’s sea eagle steals a golden eagle’s prey in Kamchatka, RussiaPicture: Igor Shpilenok / Barcroft Media

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A family of Japanese macaques huddle together for warmth in the mountains of Jigokudani, Nagano, JapanPicture: Ade Photography/Solent News & Photo Agency

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Monkey Synchronised Jump by wildlife photographer Marina Cano.

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Laughing LionsBig Cats always look so funny when you catch a pic of them mid-yawn.

by Joe Martinic Photography

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Photographer Adhi Prayoga took this photo of a dragonfly being attacked by 2 ants on a stem of grass in Rembiga, Mataram, Indonesia. Eventually, but not without a struggle, the dragonfly managed to escape unscathed.

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Higgins the Rescue Staffiejumping for snowballs

by Andy Rouse

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Giraffe Love at Copenhagen Zoo

by Peter Hausner Hansen Photography

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“The Tail End” A Playful young Leopard cub attacking his moms tail, these are the special moments we hope for while on Safari.

by Andrew Schoeman Photography

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Tender moment between Malaika the female Hitch-hiking Cheetah and her cub. Masai Mara National Reserve , Kenya

by Sanjeev Bhor

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Red Fox catching mouse under snow. With his exceptional hearing a red fox has targeted a mouse hidden under 2 feet of crusted snow. by Michael Eastman

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The very rare sight of a pride of lions successfully bringing down an elephant in broad daylight. Only a handful of lion prides in Africa are know to have taught

themselves to actively hunt elephants. About 12 lions including cubs were present. They waited calmly in the shade while this lion in this picture attacked.

by Ed Hetherington Photography

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American photographer Randy Rimland captured a male lion cub seeming to smile for the camera at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. There is a surprising similarity to the wide grin of Carry On actor Sid James. Picture: Newsteam/PA

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Lioness & Cub, Den Move by Rahul Matthan

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This is the moment an unlucky bird was plucked from mid-air by a sparrowhawk. The scene was caught on camera by photographer Margitta

Schuff Thomann at the Isola Della Cona nature reserve in Italy.

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A tiny mouse makes a bid for freedom as a hungry owl swoops down behind it. Photographer Roman Lobanov captured the huge owl swooping down behind the tiny mouse before pouncing on the unlucky rodent and

flying off with its prey, in Rybinsk, Russia.

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Photographer Scott Cromwell captured the split-second moment when a chameleon went in for the kill. Mr Cromwell watched as Geoffrey, a 17-month-

old chameleon released his tongue towards a mantis and hit it straight on.

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University student Morgan Trimble photographed this shoebill trying to eat her camera tripod after being released into the wild. The

bird had been hand-reared in captivity by conservationists

since it was rescued from poachers as a chick.

Picture: MorganTrimble/BNPS

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Two polar bear cubs play tug of war with bowhead whale skin at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in North Slope, Alaska.

Picture: Steven Kazlowski / Barcroft Media

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Ant Tower !!In a bid to make an escape

from a bird cage, a 10-strong army of ants link up to turn

themselves into a ladder. The insects climbed on top of each

other to form a tower to try and reach the top of the cage.

Indonesian photographer Fahmi Bhs captured the antics

near his home in Jakarta.

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Traffic comes to a standstill as two lions decide to roll around in the middle of a road on the edge of the Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Commuters were forced to watch the ten-minute display, before the lions left the road. Picture: Gareth Jones

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These protective lionesses refuse to take it LION down when a male approaches their cubs, and all hell breaks loose among the pride in the Mara Triangle, within the heart of the Masai Mara in Kenya, Africa.

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“I’m ready for my close-up” — Bantu, a lion cub born in Columbia, checks out the interest. Photo: Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images

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Polar Bear Playfightby Alexey Tishchenko

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A jackal and a vulture fight for food in the Giant’s Castle Nature Reserve in the Drakensberg region of South Africa. Wildlife photographer Mitchell Krog captured the fighting as the creatures scrapped over scattered bones…

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…Mitchell Krog also captured a group of black-backed jackals that arrived on top of the mountain in the late afternoon to come and steal the meaty

bones that were placed out for the vultures.

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An African fishing eagle catches a fish in Lake Baringo, KenyaPicture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images

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Feeding Giraffe, Masai Mara, Kenyaby Rainer Tewes

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Bears are increasingly coming out of the forest in search of food. This one made for a remote train station, believed to be Tarbinskaya in Krasnoyarsk region. The creature lunged at the station window, protected by metal bars.

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“Thirsty Cubs”The Nkuhuma Pride of Lions in the Manyaleti Game Reserve Quenching

Thirst Aftaer Feasting on a Zebra Kill by Andrew Schoeman Photography

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Balancing Act !!Wildlife photographer Brian Matthews’s photo of a fearsome Komodo

dragon seeming to balance on two feet

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Smiley Face !!The brightly

decorated peacock spider – much like

his feathered namesake – uses

color to show off to the female of the

species. Its markings appear to

form a face including eyes, nose, a mouth and even ginger hair which is unique to this species, called Maratus speciosus. The tiny spiders are only about four to five millimetres in

length.Picture: JURGEN OTTO / CATERS

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Two brown bears appear to be gossiping as they play in the snow at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany

Picture: SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images

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Surf’s up !!Dolphins surf along a wave during day three of the Association of Surfing

Professionals World Tour event in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. by Nic Bothma

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It’s shark week somewhere !! A great white shark breaches while hunting its favorite food, the Cape fur seal. by Daren Fentiman / Zuma Press

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Ugandan Elephant with a dancing bird on its back..by Jonothan Hen-Boisen

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A lion takes a leap in the Masai Mara National Park, Kenyaby Charlotte Rhodes

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A hungry leopard dived into a muddy

watering-hole to catch a fish and

emerged completely covered in mud. The

leopard looked almost completely

unrecognisable, as it climbed out of the waterhole spotless

and caked in mud at Leopard Hills, a

private game reserve in South Africa.Picture: Hugo Breed/Pride

Lodges/Caters

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