Animals (Natl. Geo.) Page 4

E.T., a ten-year-old male walrus at the Point Defiance Park Zoo, Michael Nichols

Secretary blenny fish, George Grall

Goldentail moray eel, George Grall

Captive sandbar shark, George Grall

Schooling fish, George Grall

Close-up of the eye of a Pacific octopus, George Grall

Cleaning shrimp on the tentacles of an anemone, George Grall

Lions mane jellyfish, George Grall

Spiny lobsters confront one another over territory, George Grall

A portrait of a polar bear mother and her cubs, Norbert Rosing

A young American black bear catches a scent in the breeze, Norbert Rosing

An American bald eagle flies in for a landing, Paul Nicklen

A spinecheek anemonefish swims through a sea anemone

A side view of a round batfish

A side view of a saddled puffer fish

A close view of a many-spotted sweetlips fish

A beaver perches on the waters edge near Quabbin Reservoir

A huge group of bats emerge from their cave at dusk

A school of blackfin barracuda

A close view of a school of blackfin barracuda

A group of captive meerkats standing in the afternoon sun

A captive meerkat stands on a rock in the afternoon sun

A close view of a saturn moth

A captive mandarin duck sprays water as it bathes in a pond

A portrait of a common gallinule chick

A robins nest nestled in a tree holding four new chicks

A pig-tailed macaque rests on a tree branch in the Borneo forest

A close view of a map-wing butterfly on a flower

A butterfly feeding on a small purple flower

A portrait of a captive king vulture

A waved albatross in flight

A close view of the webbed feet of a blue-footed booby

Two young long-tailed macaques wrestle while balancing on a tree branch

A juvenile orangutan swings from a vine

A portrait of a juvenile orangutan

A baby orangutan clings to its mother while she perches on a branch

A close view of the face of a captive ostrich

A portrait of a captive orangutan

A male lion sleeps peacefully near a water hole

A portrait of a captive mandrill

A close view of the face of a captive ostrich

A lone ostrich on the plains of Kenya

A newly-hatched green sea turtle makes its way towards the waters edge

A captive emperor tamarin sticks its tongue out

A close portrait of an endangered Aruba Island rattlesnake

A rehabilitated juvenile orangutan swings through the forest

A portrait of a captive greater flamingo

A head-only view of a captive blue and yellow macaw

A close view of the stripes of a Grants zebra

A close view of the eyes of several peacock feathers

A portrait of a captive mandrill

A portrait of a captive greater flamingo

A captive male peacock displays his feathers

A captive male peacock displaying his feathers