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[LEFT]F-ANT-astic: The ant army shows off its teamwork, building a bridge against the backdrop of a glowing sunset. Photographer Andrey Pavlov hopes his pictures will form a bridge between reality and the world of fairytales[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]Bringing in the harvest: While Mr Pavlov spends hours creating scenes for the insects to inhabit, he says the natural curiosity of ants helps his work enormously[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]Heave! The amazing creatures can’t resist checking out the props, and look exactly like they’re on a team fishing tip[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]Timeless: The amazing detail and unlikely juxtapositions give Mr Pavlov’s pictures a make-believe feel - though of course, the ants are real[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]It’s an ant’s life: Shot in close-up, the insects on the left could be fighting - or passing something between them. On the right, an adult ant is seen carrying a youngster.[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]How do you drive this thing? The ants may be pondering how to transport the juicy morsel planted by the photographer, who says his prop-making skills come from his background in theatre[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]Jellyfish lamps: The colourful creatures are encased in crystalline epoxy that preserves them while allowing their natural bioluminescence to keep shining[/LEFT]
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[LEFT][SIZE=3]JELLY FISH: THE FACTS[/SIZE][/LEFT]
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[LEFT]According to The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), poachers slaughtered 300-400 elephants for their tusks in Cameroon since 2012, up to 200 in a single park. Here is just one of the dead
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[LEFT]Security has been unable to prevent the massacre carried out by poachers on horseback from Sudan and Chad[/LEFT]
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[LEFT]Growing demand for ivory in China is ‘the leading driver behind the illegal trade in ivory today’ according to an expert, and most of the ivory is smuggled to Thailand and China
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With plenty of people making last ditch efforts to buy a card or flowers this Mother’s Day it is clear we can learn a lot from the animal kingdom.
Because while we rush around to make last minute plans these pictures show the heartwarming closeness between animal mums and their loved ones.
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Rampage: Koga got out of his cage at Buffalo Zoo and into an aisle where a zookeeper was working
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Back-up: Buffalo police assist zoo employees moments after the 24-year-old silver back gorilla escaped from its habitat into a lounge area
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Terrified: Buffalo Zoo employees, who were protecting patrons, emerge from the ‘Beastro’ Concession Stand after getting the all-clear
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with antlers that big i’m suprised that i’ve never heard of an instance where a waterbuck successfully kills a lion. Really, what is the evolutionary purpose of having antlers in the first place?
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[LEFT]Put the book down, we’re hungry: ‘They always seem to find me at meal times,’ said Jimmy[/LEFT]
I’ve always been curious about antlers as well. I know that male deer show them off and fight others for a mate with them, but it makes me wonder if animals with horns or antlers used to be omnivorous.
Today, I absentmindedly put my dog’s kibble in his water dish, which, naturally, contained an amount of water. Rather than attempt to drain as much water as I could from the rapidly expanding/softening kibble nuggets, I sprinkled some garlic powder and cheese on top. He ate most of it. All I had to do was dump out a couple remaining nuggets of food and refill the water.
“Like I give a fuck!”