Xtinction Files #4 PSED © 2023 Joseph Gretsch | All Rights Reserved
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Here's an example of the rarely seen and to our knowledge un-reported Pluralistic-Species-Eradication-Disorder (PSED); multiple species and phyla (human animals; ain't they though?) and plants (fir trees) are eradicated in just one truck stop! Notice that the driver has lost his head and the trees are cut clean off! Please help!
“THE GYNECOLOGIST “ © 2023 Michel Shlimowitz | All Rights Reserved
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A brief moment caught these two monkeys together in SE Asia.
The Long March © 2023 Prelena Soma Owen | All Rights Reserved
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A large herd of elephants set off in search for water.
Tusks © 2023 Prelena Soma Owen | All Rights Reserved
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One of the last remaining Tuskers.
Gentle Giant © 2023 Prelena Soma Owen | All Rights Reserved
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One of the last remaining Tuskers.
Queen of the Night © 2023 Prelena Soma Owen | All Rights Reserved
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A leopardess preens herself before setting of to hunt for the night.
Meditating © 2023 Steve Pressman | All Rights Reserved
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How peaceful and confident this polar bear looked as he was relaxing in the fall colored tundra.
Bob Junior © 2023 Mike Cristina | All Rights Reserved
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The biggest threat to Lions is Human, but 3 weeks after I took this photo of Bob Junior, famous son of the even more famous Bob Marley, he was killed by a coalition of lions including his own sons. Gol Kopjes, Serengeti.
Lappet-faced Vulture © 2023 Mike Cristina | All Rights Reserved
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Lappet-faced, and all vultures, face the danger of death from consuming poisoned carcasses.
Mahale High-5 © 2023 Mike Cristina | All Rights Reserved
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In the Mahale Mountains of Western Tanzania, endangered Chimpanzees exhibit a unique grooming technique called the "Mahale High-5".
Stormy Sea/Baby Turtle © 2023 Kathleen Raymond
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I walk the beach daily, this was my first baby sea turtle sighting!
Orangutan Gaze © 2023 Jerry Biddlecom | All Rights Reserved
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Hug © 2023 Amy Perlman | All Rights Reserved
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Orangutan and baby.
Newcomer © 2023 Amy Perlman | All Rights Reserved
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Giraffe and baby.
Race Point Light © 2023 Phoenix Marks | All Rights Reserved
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Cape Cod National Seashore is collaborating with municipalities to develop proactive plans to mitigate climate change risks: sea level rise and flooding threats battering the coastline, historic lighthouses (like Race Point Lighthouse); eroding the dunes and damaging wildlife and humans alike.
Milky Way Over the Keys © 2023 Phoenix Marks | All Rights Reserved
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Just like clean air and water, dark night skies are a diminishing resource. Scientific evidence suggests that artificial light at night has negative and deadly effects on many creatures’ life-sustaining behaviors including amphibians, birds, mammals, insects and plants.
Montauk Point Lighthouse © 2023 Phoenix Marks | All Rights Reserved
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Commissioned 228 years ago by President George Washington, for generations of immigrants, Montauk Point Lighthouse was their first sight of America. Today it’s continually threatened by severe erosion by wind, waves and people.
Louie - Close Up © 2023 Phoenix Marks | All Rights Reserved
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They say the camera reflects both ways... the subject being photographed and the attitude and emotions of the photographer. I could only see beauty the day I was privileged to meet Louie at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, FL.
South African Mom Taxi © 2023 Dr. Robert Bolla | All Rights Reserved
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On a photo safari in South Africa we came across these baboons strolling through the forest. The female carried the infant on her back while the male followed along. While they were curious they were not threatening.
Which Way to the Water ? © 2023 Amy Perlman | All Rights Reserved
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King penguin chicks come down from the hills to catch an ocean breeze on an unusually warm late spring day in the Falkland Islands. They cannot go into the water until they have lost their brown juvenile down, a great insulator in the air but not the water.