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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
Please byline: Clint Ralph/Solent News
© Clint Ralph/Solent News & Photo Agency
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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
Please byline: Clint Ralph/Solent News
© Clint Ralph/Solent News & Photo Agency
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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
Please byline: Clint Ralph/Solent News
© Clint Ralph/Solent News & Photo Agency
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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
Please byline: Clint Ralph/Solent News
© Clint Ralph/Solent News & Photo Agency
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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
Please byline: Clint Ralph/Solent News
© Clint Ralph/Solent News & Photo Agency
UK +44 (0) 2380 458800
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DUKAS_159237136_SON
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BUCKING BRONCO! A lion appears to be taking part in a real-life bucking bronco as it attempts to bring down a buffalo in a watering hole. The photos were taken by Clint Ralph at the Elephant Plains in South Africa.
The 60 year old photographer said, “A group of four lions isolated this old bull before it ran into the watering hole in an attempt to escape. By the end of the ordeal the lion was caked in mud.”
“I watched this battle go on for around three hours. The buffalo threw the lions off multiple times and put up a good fight but eventually succumbed, it was no contest against four lions.”
Please byline: Clint Ralph/Solent News
© Clint Ralph/Solent News & Photo Agency
UK +44 (0) 2380 458800
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FEATURE - Orang Utans freunden sich mit Ottern an
An unlikely friendship has formed at the Pairi Daiza Zoo in Brugelette between a family of Orangutans and visiting otters.
The orangutans and otters first met when the staff at in Brugelette ran the otters’ river through the orangutans’ enclosure. Ever since then, a wholesome and dare we say magical bond formed between the two species.
The otter-orangutan enclosure in Pairi Daiza houses an orangutan family of three: 24-year-old ‘daddy’ Ujian, 15-year-old ‘mummy’ Sari, and Berani, their four-year-old son, who arrived at the zoo back in 2017.
Mathieu Goedefroy, spokesperson for the zoo, explains:
“The presence of a family of Asian small-clawed otters in their territories is not a coincidence - two factors are very important for the wellbeing of an animal in captivity: the size of his enclosure, but also the quality of his enclosure.
“This means that an animal – and this is even more the case of orangutans, with whom humans share 97% of their DNA – must be entertained, occupied, challenged and kept busy mentally, emotionally and physically at all times.
“For this, we have a very strong ‘enrichment’ program for our orangutans, where our keepers entertain them all day long with mind games, riddles, puzzles, and other stuff to train their intelligence.
One of the ‘enrichments’ is to have different animal species together, so they can interact - that’s why we chose to let an otter family live in the river that runs through the orangutan territory.
“The otters really enjoy getting out of the water on the orangutan island to go and play with their big, furry friends.
“Especially baby Berani and daddy Ujian have developed a very special band with their neighbours; It makes life more fun and interesting for both animal species, which makes it a very successful experiment.”
Additional Info: It is important to mention that orangutans are extremely threatened in the wild. They have been suffering because of palm oil exploitation of
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 1/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 3/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 2/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 4/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 6/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 7/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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DUK10032378_010
FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 5/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 9/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 8/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 11/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 10/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 13/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
(c) Dukas -
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 12/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
(c) Dukas -
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FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 14/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
(c) Dukas -
DUK10032378_002
FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 16/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
(c) Dukas -
DUK10032378_001
FEATURE - Ein Nilpferd und ein Krokodil streiten sich um ein Zebra
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) fighting over zebra carcass with Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Mara river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Sequence 15/16
The photographer, Vincent Gesser wrote the following:
A large wildebeest crossing had taken place an hour before further up the river and the zebra had been a casualty. When its carcass eventually drifted down the Mara river, the hippo spotted it and, surprisingly for an herbivore, caught it and started to try to eat it. The crocodile knew that the hippo would not be able to eat it and after a few minutes observing, it decided to take the carcass from the hippo.
This is the moment the pictures were taken, with the very unhappy hippo making grunting noises. Eventually the croc managed to get most of the dead zebra and swam down river with it, and the hippo was left with some zebra meat stuck between its teeth, unable to remove it.
(FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
(c) Dukas -
DUK10009019_017
FEATURE - Wunderschöne Polar-Bäre
POLAR BEAR swimming Ursus maritimus Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around the middle of the century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
The report, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, estimated there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the Arctic and said they will be increasingly vulnerable as their habitat shrinks.
"Climate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future," Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General, said of the study, based on updated counts and new projections of sea ice since a previous review in 2008.
It said there was a high probability that "the global polar bear population will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 to 40 years", broadly reaffirming findings from 2008. (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Wunderschöne Polar-Bäre
POLAR BEAR on ice floe Ursus maritimus Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic Endangered species
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around the middle of the century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
The report, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, estimated there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the Arctic and said they will be increasingly vulnerable as their habitat shrinks.
"Climate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future," Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General, said of the study, based on updated counts and new projections of sea ice since a previous review in 2008.
It said there was a high probability that "the global polar bear population will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 to 40 years", broadly reaffirming findings from 2008. (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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DUK10009019_012
FEATURE - Wunderschöne Polar-Bäre
POLAR BEAR Ursus maritimus on iceberg Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around the middle of the century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
The report, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, estimated there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the Arctic and said they will be increasingly vulnerable as their habitat shrinks.
"Climate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future," Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General, said of the study, based on updated counts and new projections of sea ice since a previous review in 2008.
It said there was a high probability that "the global polar bear population will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 to 40 years", broadly reaffirming findings from 2008. (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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DUK10009019_011
FEATURE - Wunderschöne Polar-Bäre
POLAR BEARS Ursus maritimus Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around the middle of the century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
The report, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, estimated there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the Arctic and said they will be increasingly vulnerable as their habitat shrinks.
"Climate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future," Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General, said of the study, based on updated counts and new projections of sea ice since a previous review in 2008.
It said there was a high probability that "the global polar bear population will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 to 40 years", broadly reaffirming findings from 2008. (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Wunderschöne Polar-Bäre
Polar bear: Ursus maritimus at the edge of diminishing sea ice (July), off eastern Spitsbergen, Arctic, Norway.
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around the middle of the century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
The report, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, estimated there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the Arctic and said they will be increasingly vulnerable as their habitat shrinks.
"Climate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future," Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General, said of the study, based on updated counts and new projections of sea ice since a previous review in 2008.
It said there was a high probability that "the global polar bear population will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 to 40 years", broadly reaffirming findings from 2008. (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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FEATURE - Wunderschöne Polar-Bäre
POLAR BEAR in evening light Ursus maritimus near Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around the middle of the century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.
The report, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, estimated there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the Arctic and said they will be increasingly vulnerable as their habitat shrinks.
"Climate change will continue to seriously threaten polar bear survival in the future," Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General, said of the study, based on updated counts and new projections of sea ice since a previous review in 2008.
It said there was a high probability that "the global polar bear population will decline by more than 30% over the next 35 to 40 years", broadly reaffirming findings from 2008. (FOTO: DUKAS/PHOTOSHOT)
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Collection - July 16, 2014
July 16, 2014 - A polar bear walking across the ice, with large icebergs floating offshore. (Credit Image: © David Schultz/Mint Images/ZUMA Wire)
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Collection - July 16, 2014
July 16, 2014 - A polar bear sitting on an ice floe looking around. (Credit Image: © David Schultz/Mint Images/ZUMA Wire)
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Rare five-month-old Siberian tigers make public debut at Howletts Wild Animal Park, Canterbury, Kent, Britain - 04 Feb 2013
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Head of Large Carnivores Ben Warren with Siberian tiger cub Arina
Rare five-month-old Siberian tigers make public debut at Howletts Wild Animal Park, Canterbury, Kent, Britain - 04 Feb 2013
A pair of rare tiger cubs have made their public debut at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent. Brother and sister Siberian tigers Kazimir and Arina were born five months ago. They have hand-reared from birth by keeper Ben Warren after being abandoned by their mother. He said: (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Domestic Cat, adult, semi-feral, looking over shoulder, Tarutao, Thailand
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Domestic Cat, tabby and white, adult female, standing on sink in bathroom, England
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Domestic Cat, Maine Coon, adult, elderly and diabetic, sitting in garden, England
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Domestic Cat, ginger tabby, adult, sitting in snow, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, winter
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Domestic Cat, ginger adult male, close-up of face and whiskers, England, july
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Domestic Cat, black and white kitten, descending tiled roof, England, october
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Domestic Cat, tabby, adult, with vole prey in mouth, England, august
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Domestic Cat, ginger and white tabby, adult, standing on worktop, being stroked by owner, England
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Domestic Cat, young male tabby, resting on bench in garden, Scotland, july
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Domestic Cat, tabby and white, adult female, sitting, with collar and bells
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Domestic Cat, tabby and white, adult female, stretching
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Domestic Cat, tabby adult, close-up of head, with tongue sticking out, in early morning, Kent, England, July
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Domestic Cat, immature, close-up of head, on farm, North Dakota, U.S.A., October
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Domestic Cat, adult female, relaxing indoors beside fire, England
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Domestic Cat, adult female, relaxing indoors beside fire, England
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Domestic Cat, ginger and white tabby, adult, sitting on worktop beside window, England
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Domestic Cat, tortoiseshell adult female, sitting on furniture beside window with raindrops, England, november
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