Images Dated 2nd July 2010

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother

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Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother
Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy
Tursiops truncatus
The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks. The male calf was born July 2nd 2010 at 8:02 am and started to take milk 2 and half hours after birth (feeding at an average of two/three times per hour). At birth its weight was roughly 16 kg and 120cm in length. After 20 days its weight was 31 kg. The mother is 'Blue', a female born in Delphinarium Rimini Italy in 1996. The father is 'Micha', 25 year old coming from Cuba (in Italy since 1989).
Augusto Leandro Stanzani
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Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail and Dorsal Fin out - birth will occur within seconds

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Bottlenose Dolphin - birth process has started - with tail and Dorsal Fin out - birth will occur within seconds
Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy
Tursiops truncatus
The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks. The male calf was born July 2nd 2010 at 8:02 am and started to take milk 2 and half hours after birth (feeding at an average of two/three times per hour). At birth its weight was roughly 16 kg and 120cm in length. After 20 days its weight was 31 kg. The mother is 'Blue', a female born in Delphinarium Rimini Italy in 1996. The father is 'Micha', 25 year old coming from Cuba (in Italy since 1989)
Augusto Leandro Stanzani
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© A.L.Stanzani/ardea.com

TOM-1836 Canadian Lynx - walking through deep powder snow in late evening

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Canadian Lynx - walking through deep powder snow in late evening
Rocky Mountains - Idaho
Felis lynx
Lynx canadensis
Tom & Pat Leeson
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© Tom and Pat Leeson/ardea.com

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