Images Dated 3rd September 2018

Festival of the Snakes held yearly on May 1 in a mixture of pagan and Catholic ritual

Festival of the Snakes held yearly on May 1 in a mixture of pagan and Catholic ritual. A statue of St Domenic who miraculously rendered snakes harmless is draped in snakes and paraded through the streets. Musicians tame the non-venomous and de-fanged snakes to stop them falling off which would bring bad luck. Other people toss snakes at the statue to bring good fortune on themselves. Cocullo, Province of L'Aquila, Italy

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Southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis)

Southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) holding a mouse in its bill. It will impale it on a thorn as it cannot hold large prey in its claws. Spain

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Grey-backed sportive lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis)

Grey-backed sportive lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis), a small sportive lemur, a little over 50 cm long of which about half is the tail. Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be, northwest Madagascar

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