Images Dated 14th August 2011

Aerial image of a wildernesss watershed (long standing

Aerial image of a wildernesss watershed (long standing environmental fight to protect Peel watershed from mining and oil and gas exploration) Boreal Forest, Yukon, Northern Canada. Aerial image of wild river and mountains

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Wildebeest - mother with young suckling

Wildebeest - mother with young suckling (Connochaetes taurinus)

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PM-10777

PM-10777
Whale Catfish
tropical freshwaters, South America
Cetopsis coecutiens
This species is a shoaling, aggressive carnivore, biting other fish. It also parasitises catfish gills and river dolphins, entering their various orifices. It is not the same as the Candiru catfish that is supposed to do that to humans.
parasite / aquarium fish
Pat Morris

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