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Excuse-us for being cheesy but as Valentine’s Day approaches we’ve put together a gallery of \u00a0heart-shaped\u00a0things found in nature, from puddles to islands to flowers and frigate-birds’ pouches. The heart as\u00a0a symbol of\u00a0love originally developed in the 15th century and became more widely popular in the 16th century.<\/p>\n

Heart-shaped cactus (Michael Weber\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Heart-shaped<\/a><\/p>\n

Aerial view, heart-shaped group of trees, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Hans Blossey\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Heart shaped flowers (Henryk T. Kaiser\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Heart<\/a><\/p>\n

Aerial image of heart shaped orchard, near Huish Hill earthwork, Wiltshire, England (Last Refuge\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Aerial view of the ocean floor, heart-shaped reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, South Pacific, Australia (Michael Weber\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Aerial<\/a><\/p>\n

Growth rings of an oak, oak forest in the Madonie, Palermo province, Sicily, Italy (White Star\/Monica Gumm\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Growth<\/a><\/p>\n

Heart-shaped cloud beside lighthouse, Fluegge, Fehmarn Island, Baltic Sea, Schleswig Holstein, Northern Germany (Wolfgang Diederich\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Heart-shaped<\/a><\/p>\n

Golden autumn leaf in shape of a heart (Dirk V. Mallinckrodt\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Golden<\/a><\/p>\n

Heart-shaped pool in saltmarsh, Scotland (Niall Benvie\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Heart-shaped<\/a><\/p>\n

Heart-shaped pebble\u00a0(Niall Benvie\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Heart-shaped<\/a><\/p>\n

Heart shaped yellow lichen, Swiss Alps (Patrick Frischknecht\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Lichen,<\/a><\/p>\n

Male Frigate bird with red gular pouch that is inflated during the breeding season to attract a mate, Galapagos, Ecuador (Konrad Wothe\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Male<\/a><\/p>\n

Person standing by heart shaped puddle (Andy Grellmann\/Fstop\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n

\"Low<\/a><\/p>\n

See more heart-shapes\u00a0in nature here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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