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Alpacas
Photograph by Joseph Rescinito, My Shot
A baby alpaca displays some affection with her mother.
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Owls
Photograph by Irawan Subingar, My Shot
These two owlets are known as Sunda scops (Otus lempiji). They had just hatched from their eggs a few weeks before this photo was taken.
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Sea Lions
Photograph by Joanne Lembeck, My Shot
A sea lion gives what appears to be a kiss to her newborn in the Galápagos Islands.
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Raccoons
Photograph by Terri Moore, My Shot
We found these two raccoons in our backyard, no mom around. They both seemed to look kind of curious, and kind of nervous. My daughter said she likes this picture because the outline of their bodies makes the outline of a heart.
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Polar Bear Cubs
Photograph by Mauro Mozzarelli, My Shot
These two polar bear cubs are playing close to our Tundra Buggy in Canada's Wapusk National Park.
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Cheetahs
Photograph by Mauro Mozzarelli, My Shot
Most wild cheetahs are found in eastern and southwestern Africa. Perhaps only 12,000 of these big cats remain, and those are under pressure as the wide-open grasslands they favor are disappearing at the hands of human settlers.
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Horses
Photograph by Anthony M Tortoriello II, My Shot
Two horses share a moment on a farm that rescues horses in need around the country.
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Puffins
Photograph by Suranjan Mukherjee, My Shot
A puffin couple on Skomer Island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, U.K. Puffins are small seabirds that come to Skomer Island between March and April to nest and breed. When the chicks can finally fend for themselves, they leave the island between July and August.
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Sea Lions
Photograph by Cesare Naldi, My Shot
While diving near the coast of Santa Barbara Island in California, a group of sea lions surrounded me and started to play with my camera and strobes. This couple was particularly interested by their reflection on the dome port of my underwater housing.
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Blue Herons
Photograph by Jack Levy, My Shot
During the later months of the year south Florida starts to get all the migrating birds from all over the country. These two blue herons were performing their mating dance before they mated.
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Cows
Photograph by Fernando Villalobos, Your Shot
Early morning greeting, almost-human morning kiss! Scene captured along the the banks of the river Loire in France.
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Red Foxes
Photograph by Kevin LeShane, Your Shot
Recently, a red fox has been hunting in the marsh behind my condo on the Connecticut shoreline. I've seen her during the early morning hours when I walk my dog and on my way to work. I thought it strange to see a traditionally circumspect creature in such a public venue. These two are the explanation, it turns out. She and her two kits (featured here) have a den within the boulders of the seawall by the town docks. Every day they become more curious of their enraptured audience, us.
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Lions
Photograph by Neal Lillis, Your Shot
The Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Headcorn, Kent, England, is home to three African lion brothers. The brothers were born at Woburn Safari Park before being moved to the Wildlife Heritage Foundation. The Wildlife Heritage Foundation is a U.K.-based charity for the protection and preservation of big cat species.
Here one of the lions grooms his brother after they had finished eating.
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Lowland Gorillas
Photograph by Richard Conde, Your Shot
This photo of two lowland gorillas was taken at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. This is part of a series of photos I call Bronx Zoo Diaries.
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Damselflies
Photograph by Yeo Weng Sang, My Shot
A pair of mating damselflies forming a heart shape when mating
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Parrots
Photograph by Choudhury Sarada Prasanna Nanda, My Shot
I loved the scene when the parrots brought their beaks together and kissed.
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Hippopotamuses
Photograph by Anna Ponomareva, My Shot
Hippopotamuses in water
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Mallard Ducks
Photograph by Glenn Upton, My Shot
A couple of mallards take a stroll on the ice of a tributary stream of the Ottawa River in Ontario this past winter.
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Hares
Photograph by Graziano Capaccioli, My Shot
A pair of hares play in the springtime in Italy’s Casentino Forest National Park.
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King Penguins
Photograph by Gavin Emmons, My Shot
These king penguins were part of a breeding colony photographed in the Falkland Islands, their spectacular coloration on full display. I liked the intimacy portrayed between an adult male and female in the moment.
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Goat and Dog
Photograph by Eric Winters, My Shot
Buddy, an adopted stray, befriends Darla, a day-old Saanen kid. Summer 2007.
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Elephant Seals
Photograph by Marie Destefanis, My Shot
As a volunteer for The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, California, I often times see all kinds of animal behavior. This was taken on a release in the Point Reyes National Seashore. These two Northern Elephant Seal pups were orphaned and abandoned by their mother. The Marine Mammal Center responded to the call and picked them up, emaciated and dehydrated. Volunteers rehabilitate them, and release them back to the wild. Today was a happy day for the seals, and for me as a photographer.
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Orangutans
Photograph by Egan Chandra, My Shot
Cium saya = kiss me in Indonesian. This picture of Borneo orangutans was taken at Singapore Zoo just right after we took some pictures with them. The female (right) was carrying her baby in her arms, so I assumed that the male (left) was her husband. Just like us, animals do rely on their partners to survive in the world. It makes me think that if they can be so passionate to each other, as a human why can't we?
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Meerkats
Photograph by Gabriella Kiss, My Shot
South Africa
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