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Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) feeding on Acropora Coral. This sea star has sharp venomous spines and wounds from the spines can be very painful. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1222-43
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Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus). Found during summer in forested areas of southern Australia, excluding Tasmania. Migrate north during winter to northern Australia, New Guinea and southern islands of Indonesia.
Image ID: 24T5221-20D
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Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus), during breading season showing the color change of the bill and pouch. Found throughout Australia and New Guinea. Also in Fiji and parts of Indonesia and New Zealand. Central New South Wales coast, Australia
Image ID: 24T5232-13D
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus), male carrying eggs in pouch. Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, extending into sub-tropical zones. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1078-17D
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2275-02D
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Short-head Seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps) on sea algae. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
Image ID: 24M1166-02
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Coral (Tubastraea micrantha) - showing polyp detail. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 70M0211-08
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Colourful tropical reef scene, showing schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos), feeding on plankton drifting through reef with crinoid feather stars. Typical reef scene found throughout Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef
Image ID: 24M2020-29D
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Historic Shipwreck 'Buster' on Woolgoolga beach, New South Wales. Vessel was blown ashore & beached during a violent storm in Feb 1893. Class: Barquentine. Construction: Timber single deck & 3 masts. Built: Nova Scotia, Canada 1884. Length - 129 ft
Image ID: 24M2866-30D
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Crinoid Feather Star (Oxycomanthus bennetti), using a clump of coral as a feeding platform. A typical reef scene that can be found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef.
Image ID: 24M1220-35D
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Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), parent with chicks. Found around fresh water, usually near reeds in southern Western Australia and eastern Australia. Photo taken in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5254-55D
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Underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M0212-19D
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Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) on Gorgonian Fan Coral. Indo-Pacific
Image ID: 24M1077-09
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), cleaning a Yellow-edged Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1037-20D
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at Fish Rock, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia. Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Image ID: 24M2645-75D
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen). Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray, Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Australia, also Melanesia & Micronesia. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2755-31D
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Ashy Hakea wildflower (Hakea cinerea). Southern Heathland, Western Australia.
Image ID: 24T6248-70D
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Brush Bronzewing (Phaps elegans). Found in southern Australia, including Tasmania, in heathlands and dense undergrowth forests with trees of banksia, leptospermum and casuarina. Also shubby woodlands and mallee thickets. Uncommon with numbers declining.
Image ID: 24T5224-24D
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Galapagos Mockingbird (Nesomimus parvulus) with captured prey. This bird is endemic and found on all Galapagos islands except Pinzon, Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands.
Image ID: 70T5190-01
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Barred Moray (Echidna polyzona). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, usually inhabiting reef flats, shallow lagoons and algae reefs. Also found on Great Barrier Reef. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M1044-66
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Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1611-51
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Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis), cleaning a Yellow-edged Moray (Gymnothorax flavimarginatus). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Within Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1037-10D
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Red Spiny Lobster (Jasus edwardsii). Also known as Southern Rock Lobster or Crayfish. Found from Dongara, WA, to Coffs Harbour, NSW, and around Tas. Also New Zealand. Photo taken in Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0455-25D
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Tasselled Wobbegong Shark (Eucrossorhinus dasypogon). A species of Carpet Shark in the family Orectolobidae and the only member of its genus. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
Image ID: 43M2678-22
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Bite marks on Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus) caused from mating ritual. Also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Spotted Ragged-tooth Shark. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia. Classified Vulnerable IUCN Red List, protected in Australia
Image ID: 24M2645-14
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Fish-eating Anemone (Urticina piscivora). Photo was taken at Browning Passage in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 45M1235-04
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), resting in a tree. Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5012-92D
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Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) leaping through the surface. Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
Image ID: 38M1424-11
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Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus). Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
Image ID: 24T5044-49D
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Veined Octopus (Octopus marginatus), also known as Coconut Octopus, hiding in a bottle with a captured juvenile Catfish. Also often sighted hiding in discarded coconut shells. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Anilao, Philippines. Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1633-98D
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Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus). Found during summer in forested areas of southern Australia, excluding Tasmania. Migrate north during winter to northern Australia, New Guinea and southern islands of Indonesia.
Image ID: 24T5221-08D
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
Image ID: 45M2280-51
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Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis). Eastern Australia.The Bilby formerly occurred over 70% of mainland Australia but now classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Rare and Endangered species.
Image ID: 24T5099-65
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Box-ironbark Forest, situated in the Heathcote-Graytown National Park, near Graytown, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6428-38D
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - breaching on surface. Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Sequence: 4b
Image ID: 24M1435-23
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Scuba Diver exploring underwater reefscape consisting of a variety of Acropora Corals. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M0212-12D
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Blubber Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) with captured Shrimp in stinging tentacles. Also known as Jelly Blubber. Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1211-20
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Nudibranch (Sea Slug) detail. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M0700-13
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Pelagic Thresher Shark (Alopias pelagicus). Photo taken at Monad Shoal, Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines, Visayan Sea.
Image ID: 43M2760-04
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Ambon Scorpionfish (Pteroidichthys amboinensis). Found throughout the West Pacific, from Japan to northern Australia. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Image ID: 24M1066-60
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Jewel Anemones (Corynactis australis). Found from Port Phillip Bay, Vic, to NSW and around Tas. Also New Zealand. Photo taken off Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1235-58D
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Southern Fiddler Ray (Trygonorrhina guaneria). Also known as Banjo Shark, Green Skate, Parrit and Southern Fiddler. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2710-02D
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Manta birostris). Found throughout the world in tropical and subtropical waters, but also can be found in temperate waters. Largest type of ray in the world, recorded at over 7.6 metres (26ft) across. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24M2711-09
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Rare. Classified Critically Endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 45M2275-03
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching on surface. Hawaii, USA. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 70M1439-18
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) - resting in an eucalypt gum tree. South-east Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24T5011-72D
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Puget Sound King Crab (Lopholithodes mandtii), in a bed of anemones. Photo was taken off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 45M0444-09
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Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus). Also known as Sand Tiger Shark in USA and Ragged-tooth Shark in South Africa. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, NSW, Australia. Listed Vulnerable on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Image ID: 24M2645-95D
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena). Southern Australia
Image ID: 40M2647-01
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Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques). Found from Lancelin, WA, to Wilsons Promontory, Vic, but mostly sighted in SA waters and southern WA waters. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia. Endemic to Australia.
Image ID: 24M1155-18D
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Eucalypt forest, Hayman Island, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24T6428-06D
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Coral Grouper (Cephalopholis miniata). Also known as Coral Rock Cod and Coral Cod. Found inhabiting coral reefs throughout Indo-West Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24M1092-31
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans. Protected in South Africa, Namibia, Australia, the USA and Malta. Photo taken Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 43M2659-60
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Tasselled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus) - male and female pair. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Sequence A1.
Image ID: 40M1177-03
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Dragonet (possibly: Neosynchiropus morrisoni) - female. Found throughout West Pacific. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M1010-07
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Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus). Also known as Cape Baboon. Found in southern Africa, Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique.
Image ID: 38T4671-02
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Schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Image ID: 24M1059-09D
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Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise (Geochelone nigra porteri) - foot and claw detail. Harriet, born around 1830. Experts think Charles Darwin, took the animal from the Galapagos Islands in south America around 1835. Beerwah, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24T6630-10
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Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus giganteus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1230-20
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Banded Jawfish (Opistognathus macrognathus), male courting a female prior to mating. Photo taken at Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA.
Image ID: 45M1030-15
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Mix of colourful Sea Sponges, Bryozoans and Sea Tunicates, encrusting a pylon at Edithburgh Jetty. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2033-24D
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Country road lined with Elm trees in Autumn, near Uralla, New England Tableland, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6230-15D
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Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) - juvenile, amongst the arms of a Crinoid Featherstar. Also known as Ornate Ghost Pipefish. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
Image ID: 24M1077-41
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Saddled Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium). Found throughout West-Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24M1022-38
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Two female Snorkel Divers / Snorkelers exploring island lagoon Coral reef. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M0833-05
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Schooling Yellow-striped Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) and Blue-striped Snapper (Lutjanus kasmira). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1055-50
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Sunset picture of eroded sand and mud dunes, known as 'Walls of China', situated on the fringe of Lake Mungo. Mungo World Heritage National Park, south-western New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5315-30D
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Coral Reef scene showing schooling Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus) and Cardinalfish sheltering amongst an out-crop covered in a variety of healthy corals and sponges. Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Image ID: 45M2022-01
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Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio), parent with chicks. Found around fresh water, usually near reeds in southern Western Australia and eastern Australia. Photo taken in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5254-56D
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), climbing on a tree branch. Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5012-84D
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena). Cabo San Lucas, Baja, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
Image ID: 43M2647-55
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncas) - mother with 6 week old calf. Coastal New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1411-65
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), resting in a tree. South-east Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24T5011-86D
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Autumn at Gostwyck Chapel surrounded by Elm trees, near Uralla, New England Tableland, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6230-33D
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Duck-billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Photo taken in Orara River, west of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Platypus are monotremes (egg laying mammals).
Image ID: 24T5022-27D
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White-mouth Moray (Gymnothorax meleagris). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Christmas Island, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1037-31D
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Aerial photograph of Florida Manatees ((Trichechus manatus latirostris) in the Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, northwest Florida, USA. The roped-off area is a refuge for the manatees where people are not allowed to enter.
Image ID: 45M1444-23
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Tomato Anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus), in a Sea Anemone. Also known as Bridled Anemonefish. Found throughout South-East Asia, western Pacific to Japan. Photo taken in Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1034-20D
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Ebor Falls, situated within Guy Fawkes River National Park, near Ebor on Waterfall Way. New England Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6435-01D
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Juvenile Gunn's Leatherjacket (Eubalichthys gunnii), amongst colourful sea sponges and other invertebrate life attached to a pylon beneath Blairgowrie Jetty. Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1050-16D
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Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens). Also known as Ruby Red Octopus. Photo taken at Vancouver Island, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 43M1633-05
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Queensland Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus), size: 220cm. Also known as Queensland Grouper and Giant Grouper. Throughout Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken on SS Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Qld, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1092-68D
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Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques). Found from Lancelin, WA, to Wilsons Promontory, Vic, but mostly sighted in SA waters and southern WA waters. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia. Endemic to Australia.
Image ID: 24M1155-17D
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Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii). Also known as Kingfisher. New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5299-02
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Antilopine Wallaroo (Macropus antilopinus). Found in the woodlands of Far Northern Australia
Image ID: 24T5080-02D
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Broadnose Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). Found in the western Pacific Ocean off China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, eastern Pacific Ocean and south Atlantic Ocean. Millers Point, Simon's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Threatened species.
Image ID: 43M2785-03
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Schooling Orange Fairy Basslets (Pseudanthias cf cheirospilos) amongst Dendronephthya Soft Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2022-03
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Ebor Falls, situated within Guy Fawkes River National Park, near Ebor on Waterfall Way. New England Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6433-43D
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) hunting a Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pussilus pussilus). Seal Island, False Bay South Africa
Image ID: 38M2651-90
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Scuba divers doing a safety decompression safety stop close to the surface after a deep dive. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0822-60D
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African Elephant (Loxodonta africana). Desert dwelling elephant. Hoanib River, Namibia.
Image ID: 38T4635-03
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Look At Me Now Headland, New South Wales Mid North Coast, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2423-51D
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Big-eye Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) schooling around the pylons of a jetty. Also known as Horse-eye Jacks. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at the Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia.
Image ID: 24M1055-91D
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Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus). This large water bird is found throughout Australia and New Guinea. Also in Fiji and parts of Indonesia and New Zealand. Photo taken at Shark Bay, Western Australia.
Image ID: 24T5233-63
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - breaching on surface. Tonga, South Pacific Ocean. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1439-03D
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Solitary Sea Tunicate (Polycarpa aurata). Also known as Ascidian and Sea Squirt. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M1205-16
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Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus). Found during summer in forested areas of southern Australia, excluding Tasmania. Migrate north during winter to northern Australia, New Guinea and southern islands of Indonesia.
Image ID: 24T5221-05D
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Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius). Dangerous bird when provoked - has attacked and killed people. Tropical Rainforest, North Queensland, Australia. Rare and endangered. Protected species.
Image ID: 24T5218-17D
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Predation breach on a Cape Fur Seal. Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa.
Image ID: 38M2652-49
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Corallimorpharian (Discosoma cf. rhodostoma). Anatomically like hard coral, but resembles anenome in appearance. Often seen carpeting reef flats and slopes of Indo Pacific. Can inflict a painful sting on humans. Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia. Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1218-01D
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Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii). Also known as Murray Freshwater Cod, Goodoo, Greenfish and Codfish. Murray-Darling River system and region, Australia. Listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24T5466-25
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Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas), feeding on a Zebra carcass. Also known as Silver-backed Jackal and Red Jackal. Found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe.
Image ID: 38T4648-01
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1166-23D
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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) hatchling emerging from sand nest. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed on the IUCN Red list as Endangered species.
Image ID: 24M2255-39
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Yellowstripe Coris Wrasse (Coris flavovittata). Endemic to the islands of Hawaii, USA.
Image ID: 70M1020-07
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Upside Down Jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana). Unlike other jellyfish that hunt for food, this jellyfish depends on unicellular algae, zooxanthellae, for nutrition. The jellyfish sits upside down so the algae can absorb sunlight. Florida, USA
Image ID: 70M1211-68
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Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1611-39
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Coastal sunrise at Mimosa Rock. Mimosa Rocks National Park, New South Wales south coast, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2432-97D
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), feeding on sponges on the shipwreck of the Mispah offshore Singer Island, Florida, USA. Spanish Hogfish (Bodianus rufus), follow turtles picking up leftovers. Critically Endangered species on IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 45M2275-27
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Yacare Caiman or Paraguay Caiman (Caiman yacare), hunting fish. The Pantanal, Brazil.
Image ID: 38M2230-02
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Male Lions fighting (Panthera leo). Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Image ID: 38T4650-28
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) breaching whilst predating on the surface. Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa. Protected species.
Image ID: 38M2651-64
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Sunshine Coral (Tubastraea sp.) - showing polyp detail. Also known as Turret Coral. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, usually in caves and on vertical walls. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M0211-42D
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Queensland Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus). Also known as Queensland Grouper and Giant Grouper. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1092-15D
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Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi). This species is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean, and listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.
Image ID: 70M1488-06
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Public transport ferries passing by the Sydney Opera House. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6071-83D
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Sapphire Coast, New South wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0446-17D
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Lions Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), with juvenile pelagic Fish sheltering around tentacles, under Jetty. Also known as Hair Jelly and Snotty. Stings cause minor skin burn. Photo taken at Narooma, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 82M1211-02
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Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran). Photo taken off South Bimini Island, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
Image ID: 43M2647-24
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 72M0208-01
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Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), male, on temperate deep water reef comprising of Sea Sponges, Sea Whips and Crinoids. Photo taken at Governor Island Marine Sanctuary, Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2034-07D
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Leopard Catshark (Poroderma pantherinum). Photo taken at Simons Town, Cape Town, South Africa, Atlantic Ocean.
Image ID: 43M2625-26
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Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus). Found during summer in forested areas of southern Australia, excluding Tasmania. Migrate north during winter to northern Australia, New Guinea and southern islands of Indonesia.
Image ID: 24T5221-11D
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Dugong (Dugong dugon). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia. Dugongs can be found in warm coastal waters from East Africa to Australia. Also known as Sea Cow. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Now a Protected species.
Image ID: 58M1444-16D
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Starry Moray Eel (Echidna nebulosa). Also known as Clouded Moray Eel. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1044-80D
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta). Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Endangered species listed on IUCN Red list.
Image ID: 45M2285-02
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Gum nuts and flower of a eucalypt flowering gum tree. Photo taken in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6248-27D
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0445-74D
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), disoriented after nesting, entered a clearwater river on Grand Riviere, Trinidad. Caribbean Sea. South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered.
Image ID: 45M2280-55
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Barred Moray (Echidna polyzona). Found throughout the Indo Pacific, usually inhabiting reef flats, shallow lagoons and algae reefs. Also found on Great Barrier Reef. Photo taken at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M1044-67
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Mating Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta). Found in tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide. Listed as Endangered species on the IUCN Red list.
Image ID: 45M2285-17
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Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama) - two rivalling males. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1611-55
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Female Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), nesting at sunrise on Grand Riviere, Trinidad, South America. Listed on IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered
Image ID: 45M2280-17
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tas. Photo taken Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1166-14D
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Cowtail Stingray (Pastinachus sephen), perfectly camouflaged whilst nestled in sand. Also known as Fantail Ray, Feathertail Stingray and Banana-tail Ray. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2755-47D
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Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea). Found on coastal islands in south-west West Australia and South Australia, venturing into Victorian waters. Endemic to Australia. Photo taken Hopkins Island, South Australia. Classified Endangered on IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1425-28D
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Tasmanian Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis), is recognised as the Tasmanian subspecies of the Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus hirsutus) found on mainland Australia. Photo taken in Tasmania, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5044-42D
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