Pictures Dated 6th December 2010

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus, mother and calflargest living animal, length 27m, weight 150 t, blue-grey skin, baleen plates filter feeder
For personal display use only and not for reproduction

© Ecoscene/Phillip Colla

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Beluga or white whale in the White Sea

Arctic, Russia, Russian north, north, Kareliya, White sea Beluga or white whale Delphinapterus leucas under the ice of the Arctic, Russia, Russian north, north, Kareliya, White sea, IUCN Near threatened, small toothed whale, distinctive melon, yioung are grey and become white with age, threatened by pollution and hunting Arctic, Russia, Russian north, north, Kareliya, White sea, Delphinapterus leucas, white whale, Beluga, Aquatic, Aquatisch, Cetacea, Delphinapterus, dolphin, Delphinapterus leucas, Delphinidae, sea mammals, white whale, wildlife, Sea life, underwater, Whale, White, animale, animals, dive, diving, water, Sea, cold water, Landscape, Marine, Meer, Oceanlife, Ozean, Sporttauchen, Taucherin, UW, Taucherinnen, Underwater, Unterwasserfotografie, Unterwasserfotos, Unterwasserphoto, Unterwasserphotos, biocenosises, blue deep, deep, exploration, kelp, marinelife, ocean, scuba diving, sealife snow, underwater photo, underwater photography, underwater world, underwaterphotography, winter, ice, ice sport, ice diving, ice diver, diver, scuba, scuba diver, taucher cetacean, cetacea, marine mammal, mammal, whale, marine, underwater, ocean, toothed, toothed whale, predator, diving, ice, near threatened, red list,

© Andrey Nekrasov/Ecoscene VWPics For personal display use only and not for reproduction

Southern Festoon, Zerynthia polyxena

Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) - in flight, high speed photographic technique, Europe
wing Order Lepidoptera, Family Papilionidae, european, found in hot dry grassy places, Mediterranean species that can be found in small pockets as far north as Slovakia, colourful pattern

Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Critter, Ecoscene, Environment Flight, Flight, Flying, Flying Insect, Fying, Insect, Invertebrate, Jointed Leg, Minibeast, Motion, Movemen T, Wing, Wings