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The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵

1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower Image
2. When it's cold enough, you can see the birdsong in the air. Photos by Kathrin Swoboda. Image
3. A baby flamingo learning to stand on one leg

4. A little lion snarling at Will Burrard-Lucas' remote camera Image
5. Finalist photos of the photography Comedy Wildlife Awards 2019 Image
6. Bumblebees live in underground hives, but foragers and males sometimes sleep in flowers, especially when they are tired after too much work. Image
7. The reaction of a mother seal when she realized that her newborn baby, which she thought was dead, is alive

8. These are 4 types of tigers in the same photo: Golden Tiger, Snow White Tiger, Bengal Tiger and White Tiger Image
9. A stunning white moose spotted in Sweden's Varmland County by Hans Nilsson

10. The real-life "Angry Bird"

A cardinal flying directly towards Scott Taylor's camera Image
11. The Harpy Eagle, considered the most powerful eagle in the world, has an impressive wingspan that can reach up to 7.5 feet. Image
12. A 20 feet Great White Shark, believed to be the biggest ever recorded

13. This bird is called Blue-footed booby
14. An elephant and her calf wading through water hyacinth in Kaziranga National Park. Photo by Kunal Gupta. Image
15. Thousands of flamingos spotted on Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya

16. A curious giraffe inspecting a drone Image
17. Two storks celebrating their first egg

18. Anti-poachers taking selfies with the gorillas they are protecting Image
19. A huge Leatherback sea turtle, the largest living turtle on the planet

20. Caracal ear flicks

21. The puppy thinks he's one of them
22. Red panda laying on a block of ice

23. This photo by Lewis Newman is called "sleeping with dandelions" Image
24. A wolf getting pranked by a raven

25. Sleeping elephant family photographed by a drone Image
26. A male pufferfish tries to impress potential mates with his artistic masterpiece

27. Tigers are among the most majestic animals on Earth. After cracking her tooth, this tiger can now also show off a shiny gold tooth implant. Image
28. Chen Chengguang's extraordinary pictures of an osprey taken the moment before diving in. Image
29. Moya, a white lion.
Photo by Simon Needham. Image
30. The atlas moth is one of the largest insects on the planet, with a wingspan stretching up to 27 centimeters—wider than the span of a human hand.

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