Rob McLean Gallery

Forest red-tailed black-cockatoo or Karrak (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso)

Forest red-tailed black-cockatoo or Karrak (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) female feeding on Cape lilac (Melia azederach). The solid yellow on the head is a mutation among females of the local flock. Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

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Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)

Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) gazing at the photographer. At the end of the breeding season - two weeks for southern animals, four weeks for northern animals - all adult males die from stress-related illnesses after continuous and frenzied mating during those weeks. Thus younger animals have less competition for food and a greater chance of survival. Dryandra Woodland, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, Australia

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Small-eyed snake (Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens)

Small-eyed snake (Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens) coiled. It is nocturnal and while dangerously venomous in some parts of its range - eastern Australia - its venom has little effect in others. Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes National Park, Queensland, Australia

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