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A mother and baby sperm whale swimming together. Photo: Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mother_and_baby_sperm_whale.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
A Madagascan Sunset Moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus) resting on a wall. Photo: flickr/Frank Vassen.
A cloud of Honduran White Bats (Ectophylla alba), Order: Chiroptera, also known as the Caribbean White Tent-making Bat, huddled under the leaf of a Heliconia plant (of the monotypic family Heliconiaceae; False Bird-of-Paradise). They are found in South America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Photo by André Gilden/Getty Images via LiveScience.com.
A male Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga hellenae) is perched on a tree branch. Photo by Christoph Moning via eBird.org.
A tree frog native to Brazil, Xenohyla truncata, on the flower of the milk fruit tree. Photo by Carlos Henrique de Oliveira-Nogueira via Science Magazine.
A White Witch Moth (Thysania agrippina) resting on a tree truck beside a hand for size comparison. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Description: English: Photo of White Witch (undefined) uploaded from iNaturalist. Date: 11 April 2019 Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/34622523 Author: (c) Sebastian Serna Muñoz, some rights reserved (CC BY)
A Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) protecting its two chicks under its wings while perched on a tree branch (left). A Pink-necked Green Pigeon on a wet pavement (right). Photo: Unk via saveourgreen.org
Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus medius) in Keoladeo National Park Photo by Giles Laurent.jpg © Giles Laurent, gileslaurent.com, License CC BY-SA
A Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) feeding its young while perched on the backrest of a chair. Photo by TheOtherKev.
Snowball, the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), showing his “Foot lift down swing” dance move. Screenshot from video by Cell Press via The Guardian.
The new species of wildcat, Andean Mountain Cat perched on a large rock. Image by Jim Sanderson, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andean_cat_1_Jim_Sanderson.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
A new Dumbo Octopus species, Grimpoteuthis feitiana sp. nov. Photo: Organisms Diversity & Evolution
A young Rusty-Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) crouched on the ground under leaves. Photo: Nilantha/Adobe Stock
A tiny, orange, new frog species, Brachycephalus lulai sp. nov., measuring around 10 mm. It was named after Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Photo: Luiz Fernando Ribeiro
Sliced loaf of bread on a wooden board. Photo: bellyfull.net