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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20975896" data-attributes="member: 158020">Into the night Karine Aigner, US <img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A409/production/_92639914_ac7be79c-a48e-4546-8927-56b240b3ad99.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> During the summer months, 20  million Mexican  free-tailed bats arrive at  Bracken Cave in San  Antonio, Texas, US, to  give birth and raise their  young. Each evening  at dusk, the hungry  mothers emerge into the night  in a vortex,  circling out through the  entrance and rising into the sky  to feed on  insects. Willow up close David Maitland, UK <img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/FCD4/production/_92642746_x1024-david-maitland_wildli.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> David Maitland photographed the  crystallised  chemical salicin, which  comes from willow tree bark.  Salicin forms the  basis of the analgesic  Aspirin - no doubt this is  why some animals seek  out willow bark to  chew on. The blue trail Mario Cea, Spain <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D5C4/production/_92642745_e66e4691-7a6e-4cc7-b202-ee6d9d87f9a7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The kingfisher frequented this  natural pond every  day, and Mario Cea  used a high shutter speed with  artificial light to  photograph it. He  used several units of flash for  the kingfisher and a  continuous light  to capture the wake as the bird  dived down towards the  water. Eye in focus Ally McDowell, US/UK <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/F229/production/_92639916_ef87ff64-5318-49b0-a72a-9ff28ef74c68.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Ally McDowell often focuses on colours and patterns underwater - and this is the eye of a parrotfish during a night dive. Spiral Marco Gargiulo, Italy <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/11939/production/_92639917_5e4dea89-8baa-4a23-a6a6-60401c7a3e49.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Sabella spallanzanii is a species  of marine  polychaete, also known as a  bristle worm. The worm secretes  mucus that  hardens to form a stiff,  sandy tube that protrudes from the  sand. It has  two layers of feeding  tentacles that can be retracted  into the tube,  and one of the layers  forms a distinct spiral. Eye contact Guy Edwardes, UK <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/14049/production/_92639918_000a8399-77ea-41e5-a715-b7cd872acbc1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                                                                                                                     The Dalmatian pelican, seen here on  Lake Kerkini,  Greece, is the  largest species of pelican in the world.  It is native to  eastern  Europe, Russia and Asia. However, its  population is currently   threatened in some areas from hunting, water  pollution and habitat loss,   particularly a decline in wetlands. Confusion Rudi Hulshof, South Africa <img src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/16759/production/_92639919_4f8d04d2-180d-417a-a9a1-e0f1931d7d21.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Rudi Hulshof wanted to capture the  uncertainty of  the future of the  southern white rhino in the  Welgevonden Game Reserve,  South Africa,  because of poaching. He  anticipated the moment when these  two rhinos  would walk past each  other, creating this silhouette effect  and the  illusion of a  two-headed rhino. Tasty delicacy Cristobal Serrano, Spain <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/0BB1/production/_92639920_7badb28f-5e9a-48d7-b5a3-48ee42224a18.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The natural world provides  countless magical  moments, none more so than  the delicate moment a  tiny, elegant  hummingbird softly inserts its  slender bill into the  corolla of a flower  to drink nectar. Cristobal  Serrano was lucky  enough to capture that  exact moment in Los Quetzales  National Park,  Costa Rica. Breakfast time Cari Hill, New Zealand <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/5536/production/_92641812_x1024-cari-hill_wildlife-ph.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Shortly after purchasing the  Giraffe Manor in  Nairobi, Kenya, the  owners learned that the only  remaining Rothschild's  giraffes in the  country were at risk, as their  sole habitat was being  subdivided into  smallholdings. So they began a  breeding programme to  reintroduce the  Rothschild's giraffe into the  wild. Today, guests can  enjoy visits from  resident giraffes in search  of a treat. Caterpillar curl Reinhold Schrank, Austria <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/6922/production/_92641962_x1024-reinhold-schrank_wild.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Reinhold Schrank was at Lake  Kerkini, Greece, taking  pictures of birds,  but the conditions were not  ideal, so he looked for  other options. He  saw this caterpillar on a  flower and encouraged it on  to a piece of  rolled dry straw. He had to  work fast because the  caterpillar was  constantly moving. Rainbow wings Victor Tyakht, Russia <img src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/80E1/production/_92639923_ac699c21-f005-4be5-b6fd-9e2bf212f363.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The bird's wing acts as a  diffraction grating - a  surface structure  with a repeating pattern of  ridges or slits. The  structure causes the  incoming light rays to  spread out, bend and split  into spectral  colours, producing this  shimmering rainbow effect.</blockquote>

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