tadpoles swimming in a swamp in British Columbia
a pair of penguin chicks in Antarctica
a baby loggerhead sea turtle in the waters off Florida
cobalt-winged parakeets in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
a cheetah and a leopard facing off in Botswana
a diving bird chasing baitfish on the Santa Maria reef, Mexico
a lion sleeping in the grass in South Africa
stingrays swimming in the waters of Grand Cayman
a mother otter and her cubs in the Shetland Islands
a bear in a forest in Finland
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Tadpoles, CanadaTadpoles swim through a jungle of lily stalks in Cedar Lake on Vancouver Island, Canada. (This photo was submitted to Your Shot.)
Photograph by Eiko Jones, My Shot
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