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Whale Sharks (Rhincodon typus), opportunistically feeding on baitfish spilling from net. Found throughout the world in all tropical & warm-temperate seas. Photo taken in Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 74M2666-03
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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 Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5233-81D
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) underwater. Also known as Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin. Found in tropical waters around the world. Photo taken Hawaii, USA
Image ID: 70M1414-02
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Pink Whiprays (Himantura fai). Found throughout tropical Australian waters from North West Cape (WA) to Stradbroke Island (Qld). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2755-62D
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Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas), getting tagged by Bimini Shark lab researchers, South Bimini Island, Caribbean Sea.
Image ID: 43M2638-16
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Aerial view of Heron Island, showing retaining rock wall to stop erosion. Heron Island is a small coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and part of the Capricorn group of Islands.
Image ID: 24M2423-09D
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) at surface showing air expelling out of blowhole. 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: 70M1437-27
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Australian Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) or Bush Turkey - male attending leaf-litter nest mound. Yellow breeding wattle around base of neck. Found in temperate to tropical rainforests and around gullies in wet eucalypt forests of eastern Australia.
Image ID: 24T5216-01D
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncas) - mother and companion with 6 week old calf. Coastal New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1411-48
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Aerial view of One Tree Island and reef lagoon, with Research Station visible. One Tree Island is a small coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and part of the Capricorn group of Islands.
Image ID: 24M2422-86D
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Thorny-back Cowfish (Lactoria fornasini). Also known as Boxfish. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1007-06D
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Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). A requiem shark associated with offshore reefs and blue water. Circumtropical. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
Image ID: 43M2681-07
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Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea), mating pair. Found in habitats from dry interior to coast of north-western Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales. Also southern New Guinea.
Image ID: 24T5611-70D
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Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, to Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Photo taken at Hopkins Island, South Australia. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 24M1425-73D
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Acorn Barnacles (Coronula diaderma) and Goose Neck Barnacles (Conchorderma auritum) attached to a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail fluke. Hawaii, USA
Image ID: 70M1437-29
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Schooling Silver Sweep (Scorpis lineolata), feeding on plankton in the water column. Found in coastal waters of Port Phillip Bay (Vic) to Noosa Head (Qld). Also Lord Howe Is. and New Zealand. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1058-36D
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Garden Praying Mantid (Possibly: Orthodera ministralis). Also known as Garden Praying Mantis and Green Mantid. Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T5840-05D
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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: 70M1439-46
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Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus, formerly Sterna anaethetus) egg in nest made from coral rubble. Found tropical & sub-tropical seas of north-western & north-eastern Australia, often distances from land. One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24T5286-20D
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Japanese Angelshark (Squatina japonica) - with diver. Aka Japanese Angel Shark. Hatsushima Island, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Sea of Japan.
Image ID: 43M2604-17
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Captive Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii), held in a pen in Boston Bay in Port Lincoln, South Australia. Port Lincoln is the major hub for Southern Bluefin Tuna fishing in Australia. The species is considered critically endangered.
Image ID: 45M1085-04
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Giant Barrel Sponge, Gorgonian Fan Coral and Whip Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2011-15
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Pacific Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma unami). A newly described species that was previously considered to be a variant of the Atlantic Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum). Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 43M2648-20
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Flower of a Fuschia Heath (Epacris longiflora). New England National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T6244-41
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - underwater. Found throughout the world's oceans in both tropical and polar areas, depending on the season. Photo taken in Tonga. Classified as Vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 74M1430-33
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Aerial view of Heron Island and reef, with a Red Tide algal bloom fringing the reef. Heron Island is a small coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and part of the Capricorn group of Islands.
Image ID: 24M2423-08D
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Scarlet Honeymyrtle wildflower (Melaleuca fulgens). Wheatbelt, Western Australia.
Image ID: 24T6248-58D
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Germinating coconut washed ashore on a tropical beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
Image ID: 24M2428-24D
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A Moonlighter or Six-banded Coralfish (Tilodon sexfasciatus), swims past exquisitely coloured sponges, tunicates and acsidians that are attached to the timber pylons or pillars of Edithburgh jetty, situated on the York Peninsula, South Australia.
Image ID: 24M1340-03D
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Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis). Also known as the Blue Bottle, Blue Bubble and Portuguese Man-of-War. Venomous, capable of producing a very painful and powerful sting. Found throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1211-10
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 72M0208-40
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Schooling Eastern Pomfred (Schuettea scalaripinnis). Found along the south-eastern coast of Australia. Photo taken at the Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1058-50D
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Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
Image ID: 24M0444-78D
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Aerial view of One Tree Island and reef lagoon, with Research Station visible. One Tree Island is a small coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, and part of the Capricorn group of Islands.
Image ID: 24M2422-85D
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Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus). Also known as Mako Shark, Blue Pointer, Mackeral Shark and Snapper Shark. Found in both tropical and temperate seas of the world. Photo taken at Cape Point, South Africa.
Image ID: 38M2661-42
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), resting in a tree. Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5012-99D
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Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra). White colour morph. Also known as Pacific Reef Egret and Eastern Reef Egret. Found through Australia, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, Polynesia and New Zealand. Photo Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Image ID: 24T5273-05D
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Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus). Found throughout the world in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Photo taken at Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua, Indonesia. Classified Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 74M2666-15
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A Tunicate Coralfish or Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus), swims past exquisitely coloured sponges, tunicates and acsidians that are attached to the timber pylons or pillars of Edithburgh jetty, situated on the York Peninsula, South Australia.
Image ID: 24M1340-05D
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, Luna Park and City during dusk. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6071-52D
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Orca, or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), showing dorsal fin on the surface. Photo was taken off Cape Point, South Africa. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 38M1434-08
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Eleven-arm Seastar (Coscinasterias muricata). Found from Houtman Abrolhos, WA, to southern Qld. Also New Zealand. Photo taken at York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1222-61D
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Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), in flight. This large water bird is found throughout Australia and New Guinea. Also in Fiji and parts of Indonesia and New Zealand. Central New South Wales coast, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5232-46D
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Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus), breaching on the bow wave of a container ship. Found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans throughout the world. Photo taken off Coffs, Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24M1411-76D
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Horn Shark (Heterodontus francisci). Also known as California Horn Shark. Heterodontus means 'different teeth' and refers to this shark's pointed teeth at the front, and flattened crushing teeth in the rear of the mouth. Catalina Island, California, USA
Image ID: 43M2646-01
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Underside of an Australian Rainforest Fungi (possibly: Omphalotus nidiformis) that has fallen from a tree trunk. Photo was taken in tropical rainforest, near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24T6245-10D
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Aerial view of One Tree Island and reef, with Wistari Reef, Heron Island Reef and Sykes Reef visible in background. One Tree Island is a small coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn, Sth Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Note Red Tide Algal Bloom.
Image ID: 24M2422-76D
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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: 24M2711-01
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Underwater photographer exploring and photographing a tropical coral (possibly: Echinopora sp.) at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
Image ID: 24M0211-97D
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Never Never River, a rainforest stream situated in the Promised Land, near Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6436-35D
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Found throughout the world's oceans mostly in temperate and sometimes warm waters. Protected in South Africa, Namibia, Australia, the USA and Malta. Photo taken Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 43M2659-59
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Southern Pot-belly Seahorse (Hippocampus bleekeri). Also known as Big-belly Seahorse. Found on a variety of soft-bottom habitats in southern Australia from Lakes Entrance to Great Australian Bight and around Tasmania. Aquarium photo.
Image ID: 24M1166-12D
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Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea), swimming and playing in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 45M1425-07
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Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) breaching. Note cookie cutter shark bite on side. Also known as Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin. Found in tropical waters around the world. Photo taken Hawaii, USA
Image ID: 70M1414-03
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncas) - mother and companion with 6 week old calf. Coastal New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1411-17
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California Swell Shark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum). Also known as California Cat Shark and Catshark. Santa Barbara County, Southern California, USA, Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 43M2625-01
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Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops aduncas) - mother with 6 week old calf. Coastal New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1411-16
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CORAL BLEACHING: Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.), coral bleaching that occurred during the high water temperature 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M0205-17
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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) showing detail of Gas filled floats and Strap Leaves. Also known as Strap Kelp. Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
Image ID: 24M1855-07
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) showing tail fluke on the surface. 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: 70M1437-15
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Rainforest Cascade, situated in the Dorrigo World Heritage National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6436-30D
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Australian Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea), playing in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia. Classified Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 45M1425-23
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Orca, or Killer Whale (Orcinus orca). Photo taken off Cape Point, South Africa. Classified Lower Risk on the IUCN Red List.
Image ID: 38M1434-05
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Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). This oceanic shark is found worldwide in tropical and temperate seas. Photo taken in Mozambique Channel, located between the island of Madagascar and southeast Africa, Indian Ocean
Image ID: 38M2679-14
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Pink Whiprays (Himantura fai). Found throughout tropical Australian waters from North West Cape (WA) to Stradbroke Island (Qld). Photo taken at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Image ID: 35M2755-01
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Aerial view showing detail of Wistari Reef Lagoon. Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2423-39D
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Mosaic Sea Star (Plectaster decanus) amongst sea algae. Also known as Mosaic Starfish. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Image ID: 24M1222-30
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Aerial view of populated Thursday Island. Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-54D
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Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - breaching on surface. Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. Classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Sequence: 7a
Image ID: 24M1435-31
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Longtail Stingray - (Hypanus longus) - with Whitetip Reef Sharks (Triaenodon obesus). This Ray was previously named Dasyatis longa. Socorro Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific.
Image ID: 43M2755-82
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Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus). Also known as Black Whaler and Bronze Whaler. Found throughout Australia in tropical and warm temperate seas.
Image ID: 24M2638-22
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Sea Star (Fromia sp.). Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1222-56D
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Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) with mouth open showing teeth. Tasmania, Australia
Image ID: 24T5038-07
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Mangles Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii). South-west region, Western Australia.
Image ID: 24T6249-03D
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Sunflower Seastar (Pycnopodia helianthoides) and Short Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile), in the kelp forest in Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 45M1222-04
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Krill trawling vessel operating in Antarctica.
Image ID: 38M0370-01
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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 Central Coast, NSW, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5233-89D
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 72M0208-39
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Sydney City buildings decorated in projected light during the Vivid Sydney 2023 festival of light, music and ideas. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Image ID: 24T6072-47D
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Red Tide drifting close to One Tree Island reef, located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Red Tide is a common name given to algal bloom of toxic, naturally occurring microscopic plankton known as Dinoflagelates.
Image ID: 24M2422-95D
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Coral spawning, showing suspended egg and sperm bundles. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 72M0208-05
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Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), in flight. This large water bird is found throughout Australia and New Guinea. Also in Fiji and parts of Indonesia and New Zealand. Central New South Wales coast, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5232-37D
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Aerial view of Torres Strait Islands, including Prince of Wales Island (lower foreground) and Friday Island (centre) - showing Kazu Pearl Farm. Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 24M2422-65D
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Commensal Shrimp (Allopontonia iaina) on Stinging Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma ijimai). Found in association with stinging fire urchins throughout Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Image ID: 24M0466-86
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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: 43M2785-06
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Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), climbing on a tree branch. Victoria, Australia.
Image ID: 24T5012-83D
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Aerial view showing detail of Wistari Reef Lagoon. Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
Image ID: 24M2423-40D
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False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens). Found throughout temperate and tropical oceanic waters of the world, but not common. Photo taken in Hawaii.
Image ID: 70M1565-08
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Stinging Jellyfish (Mastigias papua). Also known as Lagoon Jellyfish. Found in bays and harbours throughout the South Pacific. Photo taken at Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 70M1211-54
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Scuba Diver with schooling Chevron Barracuda (Sphyraena qenie). Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Image ID: 35M0822-04
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Sea Hare (Aplysia parvula). Also known as Sea Slug or Nudibranch. Found in the West Pacific. Photo taken in the Philippines. Known as part of the Coral Triangle.
Image ID: 24M1622-60D
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Slipper Lobster (Ibacus alticrenatus). Found in coastal bays of southern Australia and New Zealand. Also known as Shovel-nosed Lobster.
Image ID: 24M0455-17D
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Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis). False Bay, South Africa. Found in warm-temperate and tropical seas throughout the world.
Image ID: 38M1413-38
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False Killer Whale (Pseudorca crassidens). Found throughout temperate and tropical oceanic waters of the world, but not common. Photo taken in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
Image ID: 43M1565-02
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Sandager's Wrasse (Coris sandeyeri). Also known as King Wrasse. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, situated off the east coast of North Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.
Image ID: 60M1185-03
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