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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2011, 01:53:19 AM » |
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 A crocodile misses out on lunch by the skin of its teeth - as a wildebeest makes a miraculous jump high in the air to safety. The wildebeest had been crossing a river when it was ambushed by the croc. Photographer Andrey Gudkov captured the escape at the Masai Mara national park, Kenya.
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2011, 01:53:46 AM » |
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 Small fish dart to safety from the path of invading sharks. British photographer Alec Connah took the photo as the blacktip reef sharks swam through shallow water, scattering the fish on Lankayan Island, Borneo. |
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2011, 01:55:36 AM » |
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 A baby loggerhead turtle is released into the ocean for the first time. The rescued youngster seemed to be loving his first taste of freedom after being rescued and nurtured by an expert team. Photographer Eric Cheng had been following the turtle rescue programme in Palm Beach, Florida and was able to capture the youngster's expression as it swam into the ocean. |
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2011, 01:56:26 AM » |
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 Here's a snake with a frog in its throat. Tour guide and photographer Luis Fernando Espin captured the scene in the Amazon Basin, Ecuador. "I was ready to have lunch and was walking from my cabin to the dining room when I saw the snake (Chironius exoeletus). I realised the snake was grabbing the tree frog (Osteocephallus taurinus) by its leg. I ran to grab my camera and took several pictures of it in action... |
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« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2011, 01:56:54 AM » |
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 "...Forty-five minutes later the snake was still eating the frog and I took the last pictures before it swallowed it." |
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Valentino Morrison
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« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2011, 01:57:30 AM » |
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According to a Chinese family their 35 chickens have been living up a tree for the past five years. Zhang Fugen, from Lanxi in eastern China's Zhejiang Province, says five years ago his chickens abandoned the hen house he had built. "I don't know which one took the lead but from then on the chickens moved to the tree in the yard. Even on snowy days they prefer to live in the tree." According to Zhang the chickens fly up into the tree branches before dark and only come down early the next day. "Some lazy ones even stay on the tree for a whole day." He added: "The little chicks fly onto the tree as soon as they are three months old after learning from their parents". And it would seem that there is a strict pecking order, with each chicken not deviating from its own particular spot. Zhang says it's not an easy job to catch the chickens from the tree, and each time he has to net them using a fishing net. Luckily for Zheng, however, the chickens do still lay their eggs on the ground.Go to The NEXT Page for More Pictures >>> |
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