Images Dated 6th December 2010

Killer whales hunting seals on beach

Killer whale, Orca.Orcinus orca.The adult male known as "MEL", 45 to 50 years old when these images were taken (March 2006), hunting South American Sea lion pups on a beach at Punta Norte, Valdes Peninsula, Province Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina. Intentional stranding is a unique hunting strategy of the small population of Orcas in northern Patagonia. The sunset colors are reflected on Mel's wet skin.
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© Francois Gohier Ecoscene VWPics For personal display use only and not for reproduction

Sundew feeding on a Green Lacewing

Sundew (Drosera scorpioides) Carnivorous Ppant feeding on Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea), Munich, Bavaria, Germany. the plant lures, captures, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surface

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Stellate sturgeon

Russian or stellate Sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus), Black sea, Ukraine, found Caspian, Black and Azov Seas, critically endangered, IUCN, snout long flattened, bendin upwards at end

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