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Great Egret (Ardea alba). Found around wetlands, flooded pastures, rivers, estuaries, mangroves and reefs throughout Australia. Photo taken on the Darling River, near Menindee, New South Wales, Australia.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba). Found around wetlands, flooded pastures, rivers, estuaries, mangroves and reefs throughout Australia. Photo taken on the Darling River, near Menindee, New South Wales, Australia.
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Great Egret (Ardea alba). Found around wetlands, flooded pastures, rivers, estuaries, mangroves and reefs throughout Australia. Photo taken on the Darling River, near Menindee, New South Wales, Australia.
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Pied Heron (Ardea picata). Wetlands of Northern Australia
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Shadow of a Pied Heron (Ardea picata) on a canvas rooftop. Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
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Pied Heron (Ardea picata), fishing. Found in coastal wetlands, tidal and mangrove mudflats, swamps, wet pasture and flood plains of Northern Australia.
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Pied Heron (Ardea picata). Found in coastal wetlands, tidal and mangrove mudflats, swamps, wet pasture and flood plains of Northern Australia.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium) - burying itself in sand. Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
© Rudie Kuiter / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bullseye Electric Ray (Diplobatus ommata). Also known as Bulls-eye Electric Ray. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico, Sea of Cortez.This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Bullseye Electric Ray (Diplobatus ommata). Also known as Bulls-eye Electric Ray. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico, Sea of Cortez.This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
© Andy Murch / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coffin Ray (Hypnos monopterygium). Also known as Electric Ray, Crampfish, Numbfish, Short-tail Electric Ray and Torpedo Ray. New South Wales, Australia. This ray is capable of delivering a strong electric shock and uses its electric organs to stun prey.
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Marbled Torpedo Ray (Torpedo marmorata). Also known as Marbled Electric Ray. El Cabron Marine Park, Arinaga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, off northwest coast of mainland Africa
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Marbled Torpedo Ray (Torpedo marmorata) - in back arching defensive posture or threat display ready to shock. Also known as Marbled Electric Ray. El Cabron Marine Park, Arinaga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, off northwest coast of mainland Africa
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Marbled Torpedo Ray (Torpedo marmorata). Also known as Marbled Electric Ray. El Cabron Marine Park, Arinaga, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, off the northwest coast of mainland Africa
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Giant Electric Ray (Narcine entemedor). Also known as Cortez Electric Ray. Sea of Cortez, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
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Giant Electric Ray (Narcine entemedor). Also known as Cortez Electric Ray. Sea of Cortez, San Jose Del Cabo, Baja, Mexico
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Bullseye Electric Ray (Diplobatis ommata). Also known as Bulls-eye Electric Ray. Sea of Cortez, Cabo pulmo, Baja, Mexico.
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Bullseye Electric Ray (Diplobatis ommata). Also known as Bulls-eye Electric Ray. Sea of Cortez, Cabo pulmo, Baja, Mexico.
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Bullseye Electric Ray (Diplobatis ommata). Also known as Bulls-eye Electric Ray. Sea of Cortez, Cabo pulmo, Baja, Mexico.
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Lesser Electric Ray (Narcine bancroftii). Also known as Bancrofts Electric Ray. Previously confused with the Brazilian Electric Ray (Narcine brasiliensis). Panama City, Florida, USA, Gulf of Mexico.
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Lesser Electric Ray (Narcine bancroftii). Also known as Bancrofts Electric Ray. Previously confused with the Brazilian Electric Ray (Narcine brasiliensis). Panama City, Florida, USA, Gulf of Mexico.
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Undescribed species of Marble Torpedo Ray from Horseshoe Bay in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. This species can reportedly discharge a strong jolt of electricity if provoked.
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Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Also known as a Northern Elephant Seal. Guadalupe Island. Classified a Threatened species on the IUCN Red List.
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Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Also known as a Northern Elephant Seal. Guadalupe Island. Classified a Threatened species on the IUCN Red List.
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina). Photo taken at Punta Norte, Peninsula Valdes, Argentina.
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) pup resting on beach. Photo taken at Punta Norte, Peninsula Valdes, Argentina.
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - pup. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - sleeping pups. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - pup. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina). Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) with damaged nostral caused by fighting. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - mother with pups. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - sleeping pups. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - resting on a bed of bull kelp. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) - resting on a bed of bull kelp. Found throughout the southern oceans, breeding mainly at South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and Kerguelen Island. Photo taken on Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Macquarie Island Base, Historic boiling pots for seal oil. Macquarie Island, Australian Sub-Antarctic
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Elephant Shark (Callorhinchus milii). Also known as Elephant Fish and Ghost Shark. Port Davey, South-West Tasmania, Australia
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