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no animal image has seriously made me physically weep like this one has
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Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), father with chick, family Casuariidae, order Casuariiformes, northern QLD, Australia
Photograph by Robert Tidey
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Few land-living hunters venture here. But one does. A type of dinosaur, Velociraptor. Their bodies are kept warm by feathers, but they can’t fly. They are, however, exceptionally agile. And just as well, one false step here could bring disaster.
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Alpine Longhorn Beetle (Rosalia alpina), family Cerambycidae, Croatia
photograph by Medo Beetles (@medo.beetles)
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Life stages of a moth. Beschouwing der wonderen Gods. 1762.
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Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) By: Karl Soffel From: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt 1910
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Anzu in a humid floodplain. 19 day of Maysozoic
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Spotted longhorn Rutpela maculata and Garden chafer Phyllopertha horticola, or why I don't flail my hedges into neat rectacles.
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Southern Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor), family Papilionidae, Corfu
photograph by Paul Elborn
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Blossoming Trees (1882) by Childe Hassam
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