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Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) diving underwater to feed on discarded fish. Noss National Nature Reserve. Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, Atlantic
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) diving underwater to feed on discarded fish. Noss National Nature Reserve. Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, Atlantic Ocean
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Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and jellyfishes in floating wastes, Procida Island, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) and jellyfishes in floating wastes, Procida Island, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea
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Four-colour nudibranch (Godiva quadricolor) on a plastic bottle in Laguna Torrefumo, Mediterranean sea, Italy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Four-colour nudibranch (Godiva quadricolor) on a plastic bottle in Laguna Torrefumo, Mediterranean sea, Italy
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Great Egret (Egretta alba) Great Egret with a dragonfly on its bill, Sologne, France. International Bird and Nature Competition 2023, category "Bird
© Guy Van Langenhove / Biosphoto
© Guy Van Langenhove / Biosphoto
Great Egret (Egretta alba) Great Egret with a dragonfly on its bill, Sologne, France. International Bird and Nature Competition 2023, category "Bird in its natural environment", 2nd place.
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Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in sunrise, Gulf of
© Guy Van Langenhove / Biosphoto
© Guy Van Langenhove / Biosphoto
Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in sunrise, Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France Awarded image: Gold medal at the "Fédération Française de la photographie et des métiers de l'image" FFPMI 2020. Selected to represent France at the "World photographic cup". Best off at the Rambouillet festival 2021. Gold medal at the Spotnature festival 2022 (landscape category).
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Brandt's cormorant feeds on small fish from the surface to sea floor, by pursuit diving using its feet for propulsion ; they have been observed
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Brandt's cormorant feeds on small fish from the surface to sea floor, by pursuit diving using its feet for propulsion ; they have been observed foraging at depths of over 36.5 m. It is a marine bird of extraordinary skills. Species : Brandt's cormorant -- Phalacrocorax penicillatus Conservation status (IUCN) : Least concern Location : Los Islotes rockeries, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, east coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The area was declared part of a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995
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An unbelievable large school of sardines, moving as one unit, opens while each individual tries to escape at the maw of grouper and dentex. The tiny
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
An unbelievable large school of sardines, moving as one unit, opens while each individual tries to escape at the maw of grouper and dentex. The tiny sardines found themselves in a situation which limited their chances of survival, since they were locked up between the surface and the shallow bottom, with very few possibilities to escape the predators’ mouths. The large school was so big to darken the natural light coming through the surface in the shallow water and frantically moved apart under the attacks of the groupers and dentex, to reassemble shortly after. The school of fishes continually changed shapes, similarly to the flocks of starlings in the sky. I remained hours in the shallow water, doing my best to take a representative picture, while avoiding to be part of the feast. Species : Sardines, Leopard grouper (Mycteroperca rosacea), Dentex Conservation status : Least concerned Location: Los Islotes rockeries, Espiritu Santo archipelago, Sea of Cortez, Mexico The area was declared part of a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1995
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A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be extremely prepared, brave and self-controlled to free-dive, holding the breath, in ambient without a fast and clear access to the surface. Reaching the underwater world, is an adventure itself since a thick layer of ice bars the passages every night, due to very low temperatures, and every day one must cut ice holes (called mainas by locals) into the ice platform. Salted water needs very low temperature to freeze. Below the ice platform, the upper layer is a melt of fresh and salt water, allowing a surprising amount of life to thrive. Location: White Sea, northern Russia.
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Spawning of Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus), Fakarava French Polynesia. Award-winning image.
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Spawning of Convict Surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus), Fakarava French Polynesia. Award-winning image.
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Amegilla bees (Amegilla sp), males at the "dormitory", Oukaimedem, High Atlas, Morocco.
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Amegilla bees (Amegilla sp), males at the "dormitory", Oukaimedem, High Atlas, Morocco.
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Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of fire) eruption at night, Sierra Madre
© Óscar Díez Martínez / Biosphoto
© Óscar Díez Martínez / Biosphoto
Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of fire) eruption at night, Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Guatemala. 1st place, landscape category, Fotonoja 2022.
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Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of fire) eruption at night, Sierra Madre
© Óscar Díez Martínez / Biosphoto
© Óscar Díez Martínez / Biosphoto
Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of fire) eruption at night, Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Guatemala. Awarded image, Asferico 2022 competition
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) snorting on a branch in summer, Alsace, France
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) snorting on a branch in summer, Alsace, France
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Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) trapped in a net,,Gulf of Naples, Italy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) trapped in a net,,Gulf of Naples, Italy
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Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) in a lodge dug in a beech tree by a black woodpecker, Massif des Bauges, France
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) in a lodge dug in a beech tree by a black woodpecker, Massif des Bauges, France
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Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico goeldii) observing a brown bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) in a cage in the Menagerie Zoo of the Muséum national d'histoire
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
© Stéphane Vitzthum / Biosphoto
Goeldi's Monkey (Callimico goeldii) observing a brown bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum) in a cage in the Menagerie Zoo of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France
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"Yellow candy". Damselfish (Chromis chromis) trapped in a yellow plastic net used to wrap lemons, Marina di Bacoli Napoli, Campania, Italy
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
"Yellow candy". Damselfish (Chromis chromis) trapped in a yellow plastic net used to wrap lemons, Marina di Bacoli Napoli, Campania, Italy
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Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus), long exposure, Mayotte
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus), long exposure, Mayotte
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Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) male in place on his favorite tree to call
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
© Olivier Gutfreund / Biosphoto
Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) male in place on his favorite tree to call his female at the end of January, courtship period, Alsace, France
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Great egret (Egretta alba) in the water, mouth of the Rio Dulce, Gulf of Honduras, Livingston, Guatemala.
© Óscar Díez Martínez / Biosphoto
© Óscar Díez Martínez / Biosphoto
Great egret (Egretta alba) in the water, mouth of the Rio Dulce, Gulf of Honduras, Livingston, Guatemala.
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Red Banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) & Cuckoo Wasp female (Hedychrum nobile) **in situ**, France 2019. Estuaire de la Seine, France
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
© Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
Red Banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa) & Cuckoo Wasp female (Hedychrum nobile) **in situ**, France 2019. Estuaire de la Seine, France
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Juvenile jack taking refuge in a purple jellyfish (Thysanostoma loriferum). Photographed at night over abyssal depths Tahiti, French Polynesia.
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Juvenile jack taking refuge in a purple jellyfish (Thysanostoma loriferum). Photographed at night over abyssal depths Tahiti, French Polynesia. Award-winning image.
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Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) under a snow shower, Ardennes, Belgium
© Christian Cabron / Biosphoto
© Christian Cabron / Biosphoto
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) under a snow shower, Ardennes, Belgium
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'Octopus Training', At the end of a session of free diving, I noticed a soccer ball, in the distance and on the surface. Intrigued I approached it,
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
'Octopus Training', At the end of a session of free diving, I noticed a soccer ball, in the distance and on the surface. Intrigued I approached it, and then I noticed that below it was an octopus that was being pulled along by the current. I do not know what it was doing under the ball, but I think it is training for the next football World Cup! There was time for me to take a couple of shots before the octopus let go of the ball and dropped back to the seabed.
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'Last Dawn, Last Gasp'. This winter, I went diving with some local fishermen. At 6 in the morning I was already in the water, as the nets were raised
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
© Pasquale Vassallo / Biosphoto
'Last Dawn, Last Gasp'. This winter, I went diving with some local fishermen. At 6 in the morning I was already in the water, as the nets were raised at first light. During the dive I followed the path of the fishing nets from the bottom to the surface. As the fishermen quickly hauled on the nets, I tried to take some shots of trapped fish still suffering in the mesh, such as this tuna ().
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School of sweetlips in very very tight formation. The purpose of this training is to intimidate a potential predator who wants to attack these fish.
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
School of sweetlips in very very tight formation. The purpose of this training is to intimidate a potential predator who wants to attack these fish. We notice that there are two species of sweetlips in this big ball of fish. Ribbon diagram (Plectorhinchus polytaenia) and Yellowbanded Sweetlip (Plectorhinchus lineatus, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
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Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti). An adult bird taking a bath in a small stream in the rainforest. Taken in Costa Rica in January. Gold
© Ivan Sjögren / Biosphoto
© Ivan Sjögren / Biosphoto
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti). An adult bird taking a bath in a small stream in the rainforest. Taken in Costa Rica in January. Gold Award, Bird Behavior (Bird Photographer of the year 2019)
© Ervin Horesnyík / Biosphoto
Roebuck (Capreolus capreolus) portrait at sunset, Slovakia
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Alpine marmot ( Marmota marmota), curious, Wideangle, National Park Hohe Tauern, Austria
© Robert Haasmann / Biosphoto
© Robert Haasmann / Biosphoto
Alpine marmot ( Marmota marmota), curious, Wideangle, National Park Hohe Tauern, Austria
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A tiny Benthic Hydromedusa, with a bell size of less than one centimeter, (Ptychogastria polaris), swimming in front of an iceberg, Tasiilaq, East
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
A tiny Benthic Hydromedusa, with a bell size of less than one centimeter, (Ptychogastria polaris), swimming in front of an iceberg, Tasiilaq, East Greenland
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Pod of sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus), Vulnerable (IUCN),
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Pod of sperm whale, (Physeter macrocephalus), Vulnerable (IUCN), The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 16-02/32 FIS-5.
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Wall of alder roots on the banks of the Seran in autumn, with their powerful intertwined roots, the alders play a vital role in the protection of the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Wall of alder roots on the banks of the Seran in autumn, with their powerful intertwined roots, the alders play a vital role in the protection of the banks of rivers against erosion of floods, Natural Reserve of the Marsh of Lavours, Bugey, Ain , France
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Lion (Panhthera leo) couple, Serengeti, Tanzania.Sipa Siena Italy 2017 - Remarkable Work Paramount Circuit India 2018 - Gold Medal Pena Rosarina -
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Lion (Panhthera leo) couple, Serengeti, Tanzania.Sipa Siena Italy 2017 - Remarkable Work Paramount Circuit India 2018 - Gold Medal Pena Rosarina - Argentina 2018 - Gold medal Vintage Circuit India 2018 - Gold Medal Uzbekistan 2018 - Gold Medal
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) killing a wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Serengeti, Tanzania, Sidney Australia 2018 - Gold Medal
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) killing a wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Serengeti, Tanzania, Sidney Australia 2018 - Gold Medal
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Lion (Panthera leo) male in rain, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania. Asferico 2013 - Italy - Highly Commended Glanzlichter 2015 -
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Lion (Panthera leo) male in rain, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania. Asferico 2013 - Italy - Highly Commended Glanzlichter 2015 - Germany - Highly Commended
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Wild dog (lycaon pictus) in the rain in the savannah, Serengeti, Tanzania. Asferico Italy 2017 - Highly Commended
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Wild dog (lycaon pictus) in the rain in the savannah, Serengeti, Tanzania. Asferico Italy 2017 - Highly Commended
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Leopard (Panthera pardus) facing an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Serengeti, Tanzania. Glanzlichter 2015 - Germany - Highly Commended
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Leopard (Panthera pardus) facing an African elephant (Loxodonta africana), Serengeti, Tanzania. Glanzlichter 2015 - Germany - Highly Commended
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Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) fighting, Garda lake, Italy. FIAP World Cup 2014 Silver Medal
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) fighting, Garda lake, Italy. FIAP World Cup 2014 Silver Medal
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Kamchatka brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) eating salmon in water, Kamchatka, Russia. Glanzlichter 2013 - Germany - Highly Commended
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
© Pierluigi Rizzato / Biosphoto
Kamchatka brown Bear (Ursus arctos beringianus) eating salmon in water, Kamchatka, Russia. Glanzlichter 2013 - Germany - Highly Commended
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The critically endangered Indri indri photographed in the Mitsinjo natural reserve. This wild individual was feed by leaves to a scientist that was
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
The critically endangered Indri indri photographed in the Mitsinjo natural reserve. This wild individual was feed by leaves to a scientist that was monitoring this group. Madagascar Finalist at Montier en der et à Namur festival 2018.
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This young Tarsius (Tarsius tarsier complex) was photographed during a 10 days monitoring, following a local guide and a scientist. The day before
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
This young Tarsius (Tarsius tarsier complex) was photographed during a 10 days monitoring, following a local guide and a scientist. The day before this picture we saw individuals in this part of the fig tree. The next day we installed flashs in and outside the tree before that theses individuals start their activities in order to limit the disturbance. After a long wait this young came on the right place and i could only take few shots before they leaved the tree to hunt during the night. Highly commended at Asferico 2018.
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This very large Calumma parsonii encounter near a little river from the natural reserve of vohimana (Madagascar) was moving. I want to show the
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
This very large Calumma parsonii encounter near a little river from the natural reserve of vohimana (Madagascar) was moving. I want to show the movement then I used different flashs intensity between first plan and the background and i was also moving the camera to obtain this effect. Surprised by the lens proximity the chameleon try to bite me then I stopped the photo shoot. Highly commended at GDT 2018. 1st place at Montier en Der festival (category Other Animals) 2018.
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The mimicry satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
© Quentin Martinez / Biosphoto
The mimicry satanic leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) was one of our target species during our mission in madagascar. This species is quiet common but really hard to spot in the wild. After several night or search we finally were lucky enough to spotted it. This wild individual was photographed during the night in the Mitsinjo natural reserve. Madagascar Finalist at Namur contest (FINN) and Big Picture 2018. Highly commanded at GDT contest 2018.
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Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), family group in mutual grooming, Gamboa, Panama. Highly Honored at
© Ignacio Yufera / Biosphoto
© Ignacio Yufera / Biosphoto
Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), family group in mutual grooming, Gamboa, Panama. Highly Honored at Windland Smith Rice Photo Awards 2018 (Nature's Best).
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King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in front of a rainbow on a beach in South Georgia
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
© Raphaël Sané / Biosphoto
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) in front of a rainbow on a beach in South Georgia
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Green anaconda, (Eunectes murinus), the largest snake in the world, female can reach impressive proportions; over 6 m in length, 30 cm in diameter
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Green anaconda, (Eunectes murinus), the largest snake in the world, female can reach impressive proportions; over 6 m in length, 30 cm in diameter and more than 200 kg. Formoso River, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. 1st place, jury price, Montier en der festival 2018.
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Pelagic Shrimp (Funchalia villosa) drifting on a Pyrosome off the Tahiti Reef at night, French Polynesia
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
© Fabien Michenet / Biosphoto
Pelagic Shrimp (Funchalia villosa) drifting on a Pyrosome off the Tahiti Reef at night, French Polynesia
© Tesni Ward / Biosphoto
A young European Badger (Meles meles) rests briefly in the Peak District National Park, UK. 1st place at BWPA 2018(British Wildlife Photographer Awards).
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Lion (Panthera leo) Kalahari males fighting for a female, Kgalagadi, Botswana. 1st place, Montier en Der festival 2018.
© Didier Couvert & Muriel Moreau / Biosphoto
© Didier Couvert & Muriel Moreau / Biosphoto
Lion (Panthera leo) Kalahari males fighting for a female, Kgalagadi, Botswana. 1st place, Montier en Der festival 2018.