Category Archives: Animals

Hunting pythons in the Everglades

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1. A Burmese python is displayed at the kick-off ceremonies in Davie, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013 for the 2013 “Python Challenge” organized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife.

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Strange and unusual creatures

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1. A giant squid is seen in this still image taken from video captured from a submersible by a Japanese-led team of scientists near Ogasawara islands taken in July 2012.

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Monster tuna fetches millions

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1. Kiyomura Co’s President Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a chain of sushi restaurants, poses with a bluefin tuna in front of his sushi restaurant outside Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.

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Best of wildlife

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1. Anori, a one-year old polar bear, plays in her enclosure at the zoo in Wuppertal January 4, 2013. Anori was born on January 4, 2012.

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National Geographic reader

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1. The Colosseum of Rome is reflected in a puddle after a morning of rain.

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Amazing wildlife captures

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India’s Elephant Race

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1. A referee gives instructions to a mahout during an exhibition soccer match played by elephants on the final day of the Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan.

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Africa’s poaching crisis

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1. In Sept. 20, 2012 file photo, a white rhino grazes in Nairobi National Park, Kenya.

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West Nile virus outbreak

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1. This undated photo provided by the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District shows a Culex pipiens, left, the primary mosquito that can transmit West Nile virus to humans.

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Strange and unusual creatures

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1. This picture taken through a special filter in a dark room shows, a cat, left, possessing a red fluorescent protein that makes the animal glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet

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