Images Dated 2011

2011

Antony Gormley, Arid, Climate, Dry, Ephemeral, Harsh, Inside Australia, Lake Bed, Plain, Salt, Salt Lakes, Sculptor, Sculpture, Tourist Attraction

Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)

Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) descending a tree head first or is staying motionless in this flattened position, a defence posture. From tip of nose to tip of tail it is nearly a metre long, the largest squirrel. Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

© Joe McDonald/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Alarmed, Animal, Animals, Arboreal, Canopy Habitat, Defensive, Eutheria, Fauna, Full Length, India, Largest Squirrel, Malabar Giant Squirrel, Mammal, Mammalia, One All, Ratufa, Rodent, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Side View, Squirrel, Squirrels, Threatened, Tree Squirrel, Upside Down, Wildlife

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) being harassed by a Snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba), trying to make it regurgitate its catch of krill, pecking at a wound, or eating the penguin's faeces. South Georgia, Antarctica

© Joe McDonald/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Antarctic Region, Antarctica, Aptenodytes, Aptenodytes Patagonica, Attack, Aves, Bird, Birds, Colonial, Colourful, Diver, Extreme Environment, Fauna, Flightless, Harassment, Icy, Mixed, Oceanic, Penguin, Penguins, Polar Climate, Seabird, Seasonally Monogamous, Social, Southern Ocean, Species, Spheniscidae, Sphenisciformes, Waterproof, Webbed Feet, Wildlife