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  • NEWS - 'Made in Britain' bei Sotheby's in London
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    NEWS - 'Made in Britain' bei Sotheby's in London
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    A staff member inspects "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" by Gerald Scarfe, (Est. GBP 3-5k), depicting George Osborne
    'Made in Britain' press preview, Sotheby's, London, UK - 31 Mar 2017
    Press preview of "Made in Britain" at Sotheby's in New Bond Street. The auction on 5 April celebrates innovative British art in the twentieth century as well as artwork by political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe.
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  • REPORTAGE - Porträt syrischer Flüchtlinge in Idomeni
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    REPORTAGE - Porträt syrischer Flüchtlinge in Idomeni
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    Johan, 20, Aleppo. He wants to keep studying English and be reunited with his brother in Germany. He was a year into studying English when the revolution happened. He's been in Idomeni for 33 days. When in Syria he was scared of the Syrian and Russian bombs. He says his dreams are broken because of the regime
    Syrian refugees portrait photo series, Idomeni , Greece - Jun 2016

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    In his haunting series, photojournalist Kit Oates documented portraits of Syrian refugees in the infamous Idomeni camp on the Greece Macedonia border.

    These Syrian refugees would be cleared from the unofficial camp and put into state run camps across Greece.

    Kit captured them at a dead end in their journey to escape their trouble homeland.


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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014
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    Roger Federer of Switzerland explains to the crowd why he's withdrawing from the Final at the ATP World Tour Finals, London, 2014
    ATP Tennis World Tour 2014 ATP World Tour Finals Day Eight O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London, United Kingdom - 16 Nov 2014

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  • Girl takes selfie with ground squirrel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 12 Jul 2014
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    Girl takes selfie with ground squirrel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 12 Jul 2014
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    Stacey Wallace's picture of the ground squirrel. She says: "This was after our selfie. I coerced him out of his hole with a nut that he's holding in his paw. This isn't zoomed in either, I actually got this close to him."
    Girl takes selfie with ground squirrel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 12 Jul 2014
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    It looks like a scene from 1980 cult comedy classic Caddyshack, but this cheeky gopher-like ground squirrel is very real - and not too shy to appear in a selfie.

    Stacey Wallace, 28, found herself with an unusual photo opportunity when the rodent popped out of its hole in search of nuts.

    Stacey, from Vancouver, shot the hilarious pictures at Lightning Lake in British Columbia's Manning Park in Summer.

    She explains: "In order to get the selfie I laid on the ground metres away from the squirrel and slowly crawled towards him until I got close enough so that we were both in the shot. I took all the photos with my iPhone front camera."
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  • Miranda Kerr donates US$100,000 to elephant charity, Thailand - 20 Feb 2014
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    Miranda Kerr donates US$100,000 to elephant charity, Thailand - 20 Feb 2014
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    Miranda Kerr Donates $100,000 to Elephant Charity

    Caring supermodel Miranda Kerr has donated a jumbo-sized US$100,000 to baby elephants.

    The 30-year-old Australian personally handed over the cheque last month to Soraida Salwala, Founder and Secretary General of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE). The donation was made at a hotel Ms Kerr was staying at in Bangkok.

    The funds will go to ensuring juveniles at the special hospital in Lampang, Thailand, will remain nourished.

    Ms Salwala explains: "We have elephants like baby Naka, who is now one years old. His mother tried to kill him at birth, but we fed him for one year with goat milk to help him grow.

    "Miss Miranda Kerr's generous donation of US$100,000 will be for our milk fund. In her honour we have named the fund "Miranda Kerr's Baby Elephants Milk Fund". She is a beautiful and good woman to help elephants.

    "When I thanked her, Miss Kerr said she appreciated what my foundation was doing and she was happy to know about FAE and happy to help our good cause."

    Since FAE built the world's first elephant hospital in MaeYao National Reserve in 1993 they have treated over 3,900 cases of sick and injured elephants.

    Elephants brought to the hospital have often been poorly treated by owners or have suffered horrendous injuries through incidents such as stepping on land mines.



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  • Miranda Kerr donates US$100,000 to elephant charity, Thailand - 20 Feb 2014
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    Miranda Kerr donates US$100,000 to elephant charity, Thailand - 20 Feb 2014
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    Miranda Kerr Donates $100,000 to Elephant Charity

    Caring supermodel Miranda Kerr has donated a jumbo-sized US$100,000 to baby elephants.

    The 30-year-old Australian personally handed over the cheque last month to Soraida Salwala, Founder and Secretary General of the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE). The donation was made at a hotel Ms Kerr was staying at in Bangkok.

    The funds will go to ensuring juveniles at the special hospital in Lampang, Thailand, will remain nourished.

    Ms Salwala explains: "We have elephants like baby Naka, who is now one years old. His mother tried to kill him at birth, but we fed him for one year with goat milk to help him grow.

    "Miss Miranda Kerr's generous donation of US$100,000 will be for our milk fund. In her honour we have named the fund "Miranda Kerr's Baby Elephants Milk Fund". She is a beautiful and good woman to help elephants.

    "When I thanked her, Miss Kerr said she appreciated what my foundation was doing and she was happy to know about FAE and happy to help our good cause."

    Since FAE built the world's first elephant hospital in MaeYao National Reserve in 1993 they have treated over 3,900 cases of sick and injured elephants.

    Elephants brought to the hospital have often been poorly treated by owners or have suffered horrendous injuries through incidents such as stepping on land mines.



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  • Airman magazine chooses the best U.S. Air Force pictures of 2013 - Jan 2014
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    Airman magazine chooses the best U.S. Air Force pictures of 2013 - Jan 2014
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    Senior Airman Justin Gordon completes a static line jump at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Gordon participated in the training to maintain his qualifications and also reenlisted prior to the jump. He's the assistant NCO in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training with the 52nd Operations Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo)
    Top Guns: The Best U.S. Air Force Pictures of 2013

    These stunning images show a year in the life of the largest air force in the world.

    The United States Air Force has operations all over the world and enlisted photographers are there to capture the action.

    The service's specialist Airman magazine has curated the most impactful imagery from 2013 for a special issue entitled 'Year in Visuals'.

    As would be expected, the gallery features awesome images of aircraft, but there are also personal military stories including a striking image of Capt. Candice Adams Ismirle preparing for cancer radiation treatment, while Staff Sgt. Ron Blodgett is shown in tears as he embraces his son after returning from a deployment in Southwest Asia.

    Managing editor Tech. Sgt. Chris Powell explains: "We pride ourselves on publishing the powerful imagery and videos Air Force photographers and broadcasters produce every day. These professionals travel the world, sometimes putting themselves in harm's way, to bring you the visual story from an Airman's perspective.

    "Our goal is to make you feel as close to the story as possible, being right there with Airmen providing security in Afghanistan, a team of Airmen hiking the highest mountains on Earth or showcasing the Air Force's many aircraft conducting operations throughout the world."


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  • Jack the dog balances items on head, San Francisco, California, America - 25 Apr 2013
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    Jack the dog balances items on head, San Francisco, California, America - 25 Apr 2013
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    Jack the dog and owners Nicole Lee and Trey
    Jack The Balancing Dog
    Who's a good boy!

    Jack the dog is the most level-headed dog you'll see - he balances household items on his head.

    The three-year-old quite happily poses for pictures for owners Nicole Lee and boyfriend Trey, who adopted him as a puppy.

    And the Australian cattle dog is happy to impress by balancing items including a football, books, a kettle, and an egg - all in return for the cheers and praise of his San Franciscan owners.

    Nicole, 27, a biologist, explains: "He is an Australian cattle dog and is probably mixed with something, but we don't know. From an early age we noticed he was very smart, so we taught him many tricks, this being one of them. He learned how to play fetch when he was 8 weeks old!

    "The balancing act started when we tried balancing a kernel of popcorn on his nose one night while watching a movie at home. We quickly learned he was patient enough to allow us to stack really anything on his head (as long as it's not too heavy).

    "We train him by positively reinforcing good behaviours and ignoring the "wrong" ones; basically just a lot of cheering around here. He responds really well to praise, so we use that as a reward, as well as the ball.

    "We've had to continue to teach him more challenging tricks as we go along...most recently we taught him to shut all the kitchen cabinets and open the refrigerator. He's a fun guy!"


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  • Baroness Thatcher Of Kesteven Pm 1979 The Star Of The Show In Good Vote Catching Human Intrest Poses. 'is My Wife Goof At Sewing?' Asks Denis Thatcher His Spectacles Glinting With Loyal Astonishment That Anyone Could Be So Absurd As To Have Any Dou
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    Baroness Thatcher Of Kesteven Pm 1979 The Star Of The Show In Good Vote Catching Human Intrest Poses. 'is My Wife Goof At Sewing?' Asks Denis Thatcher His Spectacles Glinting With Loyal Astonishment That Anyone Could Be So Absurd As To Have Any Dou
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    Margaret Thatcher Pm 1979 The Star Of The Show In Good Vote Catching Human Intrest Poses. 'is My Wife Goof At Sewing?' Asks Denis Thatcher His Spectacles Glinting With Loyal Astonishment That Anyone Could Be So Absurd As To Have Any Doubts On The Matter. 'of Course She's Jolly Goof At Sewing. She's Jolly Goof At Everything And Anything.' I'm Beginning To Have An Unnerving Feeling That He's Right. Here We Are On Thursday Morning Crammed Into A Leicester Clothing Factory And Mr Thatcher Has Just Confessed To Mrs Evelyn Hawkes Who;s Been Stitching School Blazers For The Past 55 Years That She Didn't Personally Like Sewing Very Much....margaret Thatcher
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    Zusammenfassung: Margaret Thatcher mit 87 Jahren gestorben - funny Maggie

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  • Julian Lennon - They Are Hailing Julian Lennon As A New Beatle In America. He's Sold Nearly A Million Copies Of His First Album There And Had His Owns Share Of Attention From Inevitable Minders Groupies And Loonies. But One Woman Remains Unmoved By
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    Julian Lennon - They Are Hailing Julian Lennon As A New Beatle In America. He's Sold Nearly A Million Copies Of His First Album There And Had His Owns Share Of Attention From Inevitable Minders Groupies And Loonies. But One Woman Remains Unmoved By
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    Julian Lennon - They Are Hailing Julian Lennon As A New Beatle In America. He's Sold Nearly A Million Copies Of His First Album There And Had His Owns Share Of Attention From Inevitable Minders Groupies And Loonies. But One Woman Remains Unmoved By His Success. The Redoubtable Yoko Widow Of John Lennon And Mother Of Julian's Half-brother Sean Now Nine Years Old. The Relationship Between The 21-year-old Pop Star And His Stepmother Has Cooled To Sub-zero Temperatures Since They Spent A Few Weeks Together At Her New York Apartment Mourning The Erratic Genius Who Had Met Sudden And Violent Death Below. 'i Don't Keep In Touch Much These Days ' Says Julian Lennon. 'i've Got My Own Life To Lead ' He Says. 'if I'm In The Area I Say Hello Quickly And Then Have A Great Time Playing With Sean. I Generally Have To Wait Around First. I Ring Through And Yoko Tells One Of Her People: 'i'm Brushing My Teeth- Tell Him To Wait Outside.''
    Julian Lennon - They Are Hailing Julian Lennon As A New Beatle In America. He's Sold Nearly A Million Copies Of His First Album There And Had His Owns Share Of Attention From Inevitable Minders Groupies And Loonies. But One Woman Remains Unmoved By

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    Zusammenstellung: Julian Lennon wird 8. April 50 Jahre alt

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  • Ralph Fiennes He's Dr Jung At The National Sick Spider On Screen. Ralph Fiennes Reveals How It's Done Ralph Fiennes Has A Lot On At The Moment.with Two Films Ready For Release He Is Working Nightly At The National Theatre Playing The Psychoanalytic
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    Ralph Fiennes He's Dr Jung At The National Sick Spider On Screen. Ralph Fiennes Reveals How It's Done Ralph Fiennes Has A Lot On At The Moment.with Two Films Ready For Release He Is Working Nightly At The National Theatre Playing The Psychoanalytic
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    Ralph Fiennes He's Dr Jung At The National Sick Spider On Screen. Ralph Fiennes Reveals How It's Done Ralph Fiennes Has A Lot On At The Moment.with Two Films Ready For Release He Is Working Nightly At The National Theatre Playing The Psychoanalytical Pioneer Carl Jung In An Ill-fated Production Of Christopher Hampton's Play The Talking Cure. Just Before Christmas Fiennes Turned 40. He Is So Preoccupied That He Can Hardly Remember What He Was Given For His Milestone Birthday.
    Ralph Fiennes He's Dr Jung At The National Sick Spider On Screen. Ralph Fiennes Reveals How It's Done Ralph Fiennes Has A Lot On At The Moment.with Two Films Ready For Release He Is Working Nightly At The National Theatre Playing The Psychoanalytic

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    Ralph Fiennes - Ein 'Charaktergesicht' wird 50 Jahre alt

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  • 'I'm going to be a dad' - photographer captures friends and family's reactions to the news, London, Britain  - 06 Jan 2012
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    'I'm going to be a dad' - photographer captures friends and family's reactions to the news, London, Britain - 06 Jan 2012
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    Harwin. He's gay and hates babies.
    'I'm going to be a Dad' - Photos of Relatives Priceless Reactions
    This collection of photographs shows a man's family and friends reacting to news that he is going to be a Dad.

    Tom Robinson, 30, is a self-confessed gossip. He can't keep a secret to himself so when he found out his wife was pregnant he couldn't even wait until the three month scan before he told people.

    After a couple of weeks he broke the news to his boss, which was received by a priceless reaction.

    Instantly the London-based photographer knew he had to capture the reactions of his close family and friends and document it in a photo album.

    He explained: "Verity and I hadn't been trying for a baby and I was 29, which for London is fairly young to have a child, so I knew I'd get some good reactions."

    Tom and his wife then continued to tell their close relatives and friends their good news, all of it caught on camera.

    His favourite reaction was from his parents: "They had just brought a new campervan and were very eager to give us a guided tour," explained Tom.

    "I said I would take a quick photo of them sitting in the back and then told them our good news.

    "My mum was so shocked she let out a little scream."

    Another reaction that will stay in Tom's memory is that of his old school friend Pete.

    "When I told him he just stared at me for ages with a bemused look on his face and then eventually brought a bottle of champagne to celebrate."

    Other highlights in the photo album are the reactions of their closest group of friends who were told while in an Indian restaurant; Verity's brothers who turned away from their video game for a second to register the news then carried on playing and Harwin, Tom's old work colleague who looked at him in disgust.

    Tom said: "When I told Harwin he look...
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  • Sea otter diving for and eating crab, Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, California, America - Nov 2011
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    Sea otter diving for and eating crab, Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, California, America - Nov 2011
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    Urgh, Too Pinchy! Otter Tackles Crab Lunch
    Grabbing a crab lunch can be tricky when you are only blessed with small paws.

    This California sea otter looked as if it had eaten something it didn't like as it tackled the pincers.

    But the marine mammal knew exactly how to minimise the nasty nips from it's blue crab prey - it simply flipped the alive-and-kicking crustaceans onto their backs.

    Photographer Michael Yang spotted the fascinating feeding display at Moss Landing in California on Saturday (12 Nov).

    Michael explains: "The sea otter would disappear underwater for up to a minute at a time and come up with one or two crabs.

    "It would bite off the legs and chew on the shell to get to the meat inside. The shell must have been hard because I was able to hear the crunching as the otter chewed.

    "Unlike with mussels and clams, where sea otters typically use tools such as rocks to break open the shells to get to the meat inside, this sea otter was using only its paws and teeth with the crab.

    "It would also rip the top shell of the crab off, using its paws to hold onto the crab's body and teeth to grab onto the top shell. Once this was done, it would have access to the meat inside the body.

    "If the otter came up with two crabs, it would float on its back and place one of the crabs on its stomach while dining on the other crab. Since the crabs were still alive (I was able to see the legs of the crabs flailing), the otter would flip the crabs upside down so they would not be able to crawl away.

    "Once, a crab was able to right himself and started to crawl back into the water. But just before it reached the edge of the otter's stomach towards freedom, the...
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  • Sea otter diving for and eating crab, Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, California, America - Nov 2011
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    Sea otter diving for and eating crab, Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, California, America - Nov 2011
    Manadatory Credit: Photo by Michael Yang / Rex Features (1493351f)

    Urgh, Too Pinchy! Otter Tackles Crab Lunch
    Grabbing a crab lunch can be tricky when you are only blessed with small paws.

    This California sea otter looked as if it had eaten something it didn't like as it tackled the pincers.

    But the marine mammal knew exactly how to minimise the nasty nips from it's blue crab prey - it simply flipped the alive-and-kicking crustaceans onto their backs.

    Photographer Michael Yang spotted the fascinating feeding display at Moss Landing in California on Saturday (12 Nov).

    Michael explains: "The sea otter would disappear underwater for up to a minute at a time and come up with one or two crabs.

    "It would bite off the legs and chew on the shell to get to the meat inside. The shell must have been hard because I was able to hear the crunching as the otter chewed.

    "Unlike with mussels and clams, where sea otters typically use tools such as rocks to break open the shells to get to the meat inside, this sea otter was using only its paws and teeth with the crab.

    "It would also rip the top shell of the crab off, using its paws to hold onto the crab's body and teeth to grab onto the top shell. Once this was done, it would have access to the meat inside the body.

    "If the otter came up with two crabs, it would float on its back and place one of the crabs on its stomach while dining on the other crab. Since the crabs were still alive (I was able to see the legs of the crabs flailing), the otter would flip the crabs upside down so they would not be able to crawl away.

    "Once, a crab was able to right himself and started to crawl back into the water. But just before it reached the edge of the otter's stomach towards freedom, the otter scooped the crab back upside down and kept it from escaping."


    MUST CREDIT: Michael Yang/Rex Features
    Story: Dean Murray


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  • Back garden bugs in close-up, Philippines - May 2011
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    Back garden bugs in close-up, Philippines - May 2011
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    The X-Flies
    They look like monsters from another planet but these bizarre-looking bugs are actually living here on Earth.

    Photographer Rundstedt Rovillos has trained his eye to spot the exotic creatures, found in Manila, in the Philippines.

    His incredible macro pictures show each species in breath-taking detail that would not be detected by the naked eye.

    The collection includes species of wasp, caterpillar and beetle that seem completely alien to the those that are found in a typical British back garden.

    One caterpillar seems more like a dragon than a bug - with horn-like feelers protruding from his skull.

    Another has a glacier-cherry like head while another appears to sport a trendy leopard-print skin.

    The wasps are equally as strange. One is fitted with what looks uncannily like a Roman centurion's head dress.

    Other insects include a vibrant yellow beetle with a tortoise-like appearance and an a inchworm that looks like something out of sci fi film Star Wars.

    One bug seems like a bird with a particularly long beak on first look - but on closer inspection it becomes apparent that its 'beak' is actually a tail.

    Another extraordinary picture even appears to show an ant bowling with out-sized raindrops.

    Mr Rovillos learnt his 'bug catching' skills during his childhood but only started photographing insects five years ago.

    The 40-year-old, from Quezon City in the Philippines, spends most of his spare time focused on his hobby.

    He added: "It takes a keen eye, skill and a lot of patience to locate an insect.

    "When I find one I photograph them on the spot, I do not remove them from their natural habitat.

    "Some insects will stay long enough for me to photograph them, some don't. You just have to be careful in handling them so not to spook them.

    "I...
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  • Buildings Made from Toothpicks by Stan Munro - 11 Sep 2009
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    Buildings Made from Toothpicks by Stan Munro - 11 Sep 2009
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    Buildings Made from Toothpicks by Stan Munro - 11 Sep 2009
    THE TOOTHPICK LANDMARKS

    A former television presenter has spent six years building famous landmarks - out of six million toothpicks.

    Stan Munro used more than 170 litres of glue as he worked full time on buildings such as Big Ben, Tower Bridge and The Vatican.

    He has also recreated Sydney's Opera House, the Taj Mahal and Cutty Sark in 1:164 scale.

    The married 38-year-old can take anything from one day to six months to make each building.

    The majority of his time goes into research.

    He downloads as many technical drawings and satellite images as possible from the internet and scales the rest himself.

    Stan's buildings are largely hollow, with just a few structural supports - also made from the toothpicks he buys direct from a wholesaler.

    The larger models are made in separate pieces so they can be moved with less hassle.

    Stan continues to work on his models at the Museum of Science and Technology in Syracuse, New York, United States.

    His latest exhibition, called Toothpick City II - Temples and Towers, features more than 40 famous religious and tall buildings from around the world.

    He has been working on it for four years and it is due to be completed in December.

    He has built structures out of toothpicks since his school days when he was asked to build a 6-inch tall structure that could hold an egg.

    His was so strong it could hold his desk.

    He combined his childhood passion of toothpicks with his more adult interest in
    architecture in 2003, following three months of unemployment.

    His first Toothpick City, called History of Skyscrapers, was sold to a museum in Mallorca, Spain. It took two years to build and has 50 buildings.

    Stan said: "Toothpick City was so much fun to build that I dec...
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