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Wild StallionsTwo rearing stallions appear locked in a combative embrace as they battle for the right to mate with the mares of a wild herd. Purchase the National Geographic book Deadly Instinct Buy a print of this photo

Photograph by Melissa Farlow

Deadly Instinct

See pictures from the National Geographic book Deadly Instinct.

May 10, 2011

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