Images Dated 2015 July

Coke's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii)

Coke's hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii) female standing still in grassland showing the short, thick horns of the subspecies, native to Kenya and Tanzania, that both males and femals possess though the female's are less sturdy than the male's. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Alcelaphus, Animal, Antelope, Artiodactyla, Bovid, Bovidae, Boxes Sexes Horned, Diurnal, Eutheria, Fauna, Forms Her, Grazing, Head Turned, Herbivore, Herbivorous, Hoofed, Kenyan, Kongoni, Maasai Mara, Mammal, Mammalia, Masai Mara, National Reserve, One Animal, Ox, Side View, Social, Sub Saharan Africa, Subspecies, Tanzanian, Tough, Ungulate, Wildlife

Feather duster worms (Sabellastarte japonica)

Feather duster worms (Sabellastarte japonica), in their tubes, their heads hidden by clusters of feathery tentacles. Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Animal, Annelid, Benthic Polychaete, Branchiae, Branchial, Branchiomma Cingulata, Canalipalpata, Crown, Fan Worm, Fauna, Feathery, Intertidal, Invertebrate, Marine, Marine Invertebrate, Polychaeta, Polychete, Radioles, Sabellastarte, Sabellastarte Pottaei, Sabellidae, Sea Floor, Sea Life, Tube Worm, Two Animals, Wildlife

A hermit crab (Pagurus filholi)

A hermit crab (Pagurus filholi), in the third stage of development, the first two having occurred within the egg. It has hatched and is a zoea, with long spines, a long abdomen and large fringed antennae. Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Animal, Crab, Crustacean, Decapoda, Embryonic, Fauna, Hermit Crabs, Larval, Life Cycle, Malacostraca, Marine Invertebrate, Marine Life, Paguridae, Pagurus, Right Handed Crab, Sea Life, Underwater, Wildlife