Images Dated 2016 February

Aerial view of seagrass beds and channels

Aerial view of seagrass beds and channels, with Petit Point in the distance at the left of the image, near Denham, Shark Bay, Gascoyne region, Western Australia, Australia

Aerial Photograph, Australian, Dugong Habitat, From Above, From The Air, Horizon, Sand Spit, Tourism, Travel Destinations, Underwater, World Heritage Area, World Heritage Site

A hard tick (Dermacentor reticulatus)

A hard tick (Dermacentor reticulatus) female on grass. The tick causes tick paralysis by injecting a neurotoxin. Anunfed female is approximately 4 mm long, and when engorged, 10 mm. Alsace, France

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Arachnid, Blood Sucker, Blood Sucking, Close Up, Disease Vector, European, Harmful, Ixodidae, Magnification, Magnified, Micrograph, Parasite, Pathogen Vector, Photomicrography, Tick, Yellow Background

Henson horses (Equus caballus)

Henson horses (Equus caballus), grazing summer field. The breed was established in the 1970s by crossing Thoroughbreds, Arabs and Norwegian Fjord ponies to create a breed suitable for the tourism industry. Crotoy Marsh, Somme, France

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Breed, Chestnut, Domesticated, Eating, Equid, Equidae, Equus, Equus Ferus Caballus, Eutheria, Farm Animal, Feeding, Hoofed, Hoofs, Horse, Mammal, Mammalia, Odd Toed Ungulate, Perissodactyla, Side By Side, Side View, Stocky