Images Dated 2017 May

Biologist and research assistant studying a Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)

Biologist and research assistant studying a Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), species endangered by an infectious cancer, Devil Facial Tumour Disease. Tasmania, Australia

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Domestic goats (Capra hircus)

Domestic goats (Capra hircus) climbing an Argan tree (Argania spinosa) to eat the nuts. Berber people collect the excreted undigested kernels to obtain the highly esteemed and profitable argan oil, used for food or on the skin. Essaouira, Morocco

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Sea foam in a turbulent sea

Sea foam in a turbulent sea. One cause can be the breakdown of algal blooms when concentrations of organic matter act as foaming agents. In churning water in surf near the shore the surfactants trap air and form bubbles that stick to each other and persist. Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia

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