1116-49716 - Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus), Philippines. Some believe that this octopus intentionally mimics the appearance of other animals as a form of camouflage, Philippines
1174-9241 - A python, Python sebae, peers its head out of some dry leaves, lit up by a spotlight, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-9231 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, walks through short grass, backlit, looking out of frame, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-9246 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, snarls while in a tree with its kill, direct gaze, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-9245 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, walks through long dry grass, motion blur, looking out of frame, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-9229 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, jumps up towards a tree trunk, front legs raised, looking up, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-9230 - A male leopard, Panthera pardus, walks towards the camera, backlit, paw raised, Londolozi Wildlife Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-9032 - High angle view of leopard, Panthera pardus, walks through water, looking out of frame, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-8781 - Newly born leopard cubs, Panthera pardus, lie together between roots and mud walls, one cub opens it mouth with closed eyes, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
832-385316 - Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), sitting in the snow, snowstorm, animal portrait, captive, Sumava National Park, Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic, Europe
860-288081 - Rock grayling (Hipparchia semele) Imago posed in the moor with a red tick on the thorax mimicry of colors, Landes rases Cap d'Erquy, Natural site of the departmental council of Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, France
1174-4953 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, crouching low, stalks through dry grass, ears back, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-4958 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, sits in tall dry brown grass and looks around alert, ears facing forward, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5000 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, lies on the ground in the sunlight, alert, ears forward, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-4954 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, sits in tall dry yellow grass looking around, ears facing forward, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-4956 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, on a termite mound, looking around, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5131 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, walks through the bush, looking away, sunlight on eye, branches in foreground, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5129 - Two leopard cubs, Panthera pardus, alert, lying the hollow of a dead tree, mother leopard lying in background, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5167 - Two leopard cubs, Panthera pardus, lie on a marula tree, Sclerocarya birrea, alert, with their legs draped over the branch, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5168 - A mother leopard, Panthera pardus, stands in the sun in an open grassland, looks away, her two cubs stand beneath her, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5195 - A rock monitor lizard, Varanus albigularis, emerging from a split in a dead tree trunk, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5116 - A cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, chases after warthog, Phacochoerus africanus, in dry yellow grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5053 - A leopard, Panthera Pardus, walks towards the camera, from raised leg, looking away, licking lips, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5075 - A rock monitor lizard, Varanus albigularis, hugs a vertical dead tree, whited out background, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-5069 - Three leopards, Panthera pardus, walk simultaneously together, in parallel, looking away, brown yellow grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-4980 - Mother leopard, Panthera pardus, and her cubs drink from a river simultaneously, their tongues lapping up water, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-4972 - A leopard, Panthera pardus, walks across a clearing, tail curled in the air, in the foreground a male impala with horns faces the leopard with ears perked, Aepyceros melampus, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1174-4981 - A leopard cub, Panthera pardus, sits and looks away, sitting in long dry yellow-brown grass, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
1116-39948 - This soft coral crab or candy crab (Hoplophrys oatesii), is wearing a decoration of soft coral polyps on top of head as camouflage, Dumaguete, Philippines
1116-39723 - Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), also known as Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse, camouflaged in coral. They are found from Southern tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Van
1116-39722 - This female Ornate Ghost Pipefish, also known as a Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) is holding it's egg mass in the pouch that is formed by two specialized fins. The eggs can seen through the transparent areas of the fins, Philippines
1116-39729 - Both a Crinoid Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) and a Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on a crinoid. These tiny crustaceans are commensal on crinoids or feather stars and take their color from the host, Philippines
1116-39721 - Yellow pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti), also known as Bargibant's Pygmy Seahorse. They are found from Southern tropical Japan, throughout the Philippines, Indonesia, east to Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Great Bar
1116-39719 - A Slender Spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) and two different species of crabs. Attached to the goby are several parasites with egg cases, that will likely prove fatal over time. Many species live on the convuluted surface of this sponge, Philippin
1116-39706 - This Short Armed Sand Octopus (Amphioctopus arenicola) has selected a beer bottle to live in. They are normally found in a small hole on a sandy bottom, not far from a reef and is endemic, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
832-379000 - Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sitting in snow, winter coat, Cairngroms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
832-378999 - Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sitting in snow, winter coat, Cairngroms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe