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Promenade, Norderney, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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White teatfish (Holothuria fuscogilva), Ras Muhammad National Park, Red Sea, Egypt. This species of sea cucumber, also known as white teeth, is found in shallow waters near islands and around coral reefs in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific ocean. Juvenile cucumbers live in shallower waters (such as inter-tidal zones) and then migrate to deeper waters as they mature. Adult cucumbers weigh between 2.4 and 4 kilograms. They are oval in shape and have a firm texture. This species cucumber has lateral papillae (teats) which are often buried in the sand. As it's consumed as a food and is part of a large commercial fishery across its range, it was listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List in 2010 due to overfishing.

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), hunting at Richardson Bay near Strawberry, California.

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Desert elephant (Loxodonta africana) spraying sand on herself while guarding her sleeping baby. She has covered the baby with a branch. In Damaraland, Namibia.

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Gotland Grand National 2023. Gotland Grand National has long been considered the world’s largest Enduro competition and was first run in 1984.

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Archaeological area of Cantona, Puebla, Mexico.

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Bust of Germanicus, Getty Villa, California. The young Germanicus is depicted before the Roman rite of depositio barbae, the first shaving of the beard. Adopted by emperor Tiberius, Germanicus should succed him as Emperor, if he hadn't died on this day 2007 years ago.

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PO boxes at the historic U.S. Post Office in downtown Chico, California. Today is International World Post Day.

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Jaguar (Panthera onca) drinking from the river in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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Coturnix coromandelica (Rain Quail) in Bhigwan, Maharashtra, India.

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Berries from a Mahonia aquifolium shrub. Focus stack of 19 photos.

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Twin mills (front: green mill, 1856; rear: red mill or Schoof’s mill, 1706), Greetsiel, Krummhörn, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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