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A grey-crowned crane, grooming himself. His red and white face is just emerging from layers of grey feathers, and his crown of stiff, golden feathers spreads into a rough semi-sphere above his head.

A grey-crowned crane stands with his head tucked behind his neck, with his distinctive crown of thin golden feathers spraying out to the right. The rest of his feathers are clearly defined, in different shades of grey, black and white.

An adult grey-crowned crane facing the camera, with its head thrown back, mid-call. Its crown of straw-gold plumage halos its head, and its bright-red chin sac is forcefully deflated.

An adult grey-crowned crane, with red-and-white cheeks and a red gular sac under its chin, tilting its head back mid-call. Its eye is clear and grey, and a spray of straw-gold plumage bursts from the back of its head.

A grey-crowned crane standing in the sunshine, with its long fluffy grey neck wrapped around its white and grey body, and its head tucked behind its back.

A grey-crowned crown in the sunshine, its head pulled back beneath its crown of straw-coloured feathers. It has a black beak, red and white cheeks, and grey eyes.

A grey-crowned crane, its dark grey feathers puffed up in the dappled sunshine, as it bends its neck to preen the line between grey and white feathers on its torso.

A close-up of a grey-crowned crane preening its feathers, its red-white-and-black head upside-down and buried in white plumage.

A close-up of a juvenile grey-crowned crane, bending its head to clean the front of its neck. Its feathers are pale grey, clustered in tufts of thick plumage; the top of its head is black and gold, and it has a crown of straw-like plumage at the far left of the image.

A juvenile grey-crowned crane, twisting round to preen the pale grey feathers on its back. Its crown of straw-like feathers is a little dishevelled.

A close-up of a juvenile grey-crowned crane preening its pointed grey feathers. Its cheeks are white, and the top of its head is dappled black and gold.

A juvenile grey-crowned crane, facing head on to the camera. Their neck is a sinuous s-shape of flowing grey-white feathers, and their crown of straw-gold plumage rises up like something from Dragonball Z

A Bali starling in motion, slightly out-of-focus as it turns its head. The blue around its eye looks striking with the movement, and the pure-white feathers along the back of its head are mid-ruffle.

A Bali starling, a beautiful white-plumaged bird with a shock of royal blue from its eye to its beak, perched on a branch.

A Bali starling, a bird with pure white feathers broken only by a flash of royal blue around its eyes. Its beak is yellow-brown, and its dark eye is piercing.

A male village weaver bird with yellow and black plumage, claws clasped to a vertical branch covered in carefully-arrayed scraps of grass. He's examining the raw material closely, planning his nest.

A male village weaver bird with yellow and black plumage, claws clasped to a vertical branch, picking at the grass he's building into a nest.

A male village-weaver bird hanging off the side of a branch, building scraps of grass into a nest with his beak. His bright yellow underbelly shines in the sun.

A male village weaver bird, clinging to a branch covered in scraps of grass. His beak is open and he's yelling into the sky.

A European turtle dove, a grey-and-brown bird with a variety of different textures of feathers on display. They are perched on a branch half-turned, looking to the right past their extended tail-feathers.

A close-up of a meerkat looking out to the left. Its fur is coarse, with a visible darker layer beneath the pale surface fur.

Two meerkats sitting on a pale brown tree branch, keeping watch in opposite directions. They are both holding their front paws in front of their chests.

A meerkat lying down in the shade on a sunny day beside a second meerkat, both partially obscured by out-of-focus grasses. They are looking out towards the sunlight, with their paws pushed into the sandy earth.

A meerkat retreating into a hollowed out log, away from the glare of the blazing sun. Their face is obscured by the log, and their back is striped pale and dark brown.

A dense cuddle-pile of ring-tailed lemurs, snoozing on a wooden platform in the late-winter sunshine. Occasional heads poke out from between grey-brown fur and black-and-white striped tails.

A view through light foliage to where a ring-tailed lemur rests its head atop a cuddle-pile of its family group. The sun catches its ears, and its orange eyes are slitted with contentment.

Two ring-tailed lemurs leaning against each other as they eat vegetable snacks. Their eyes are deep orange, and their fingers are long and dextrous.

A ring-tailed lemur sitting in a tree in the sunshine, set against a blue sky. They are holding a red chunk of vegetable in one paw, and are raising it to their mouth.

A ring-tailed lemur perched on a wooden post amongst foliage. They are facing to the left, and they've curled their black and white tail out in front of them so they can lick the tip with a little pink tongue.

A close-up of a ring-tailed lemur's face, looking thoughtful.

A sleepy ring-tailed lemur, with grey and white fur. Their head is resting on their foreleg, their toes nestled together, but their eyes are open, heavy-lidded.

A ring-tailed lemur, indoors on a hot day. They are resting on a wooden bench, their hands tucked over the edge, and their eyes are open and deep in thought.

A pile of ring-tailed lemurs having a rest indoors on a hot day, against a terracotta-painted wall. Three lemur heads can be seen in an arc from top-left to bottom right, each in different stages of wakefulness.

A male blue-eyed black lemur, with black fur and bright yellow-green eyes, his fur shining in the sunshine. He's a little unkempt, and has a little white fang sticking out below his snout.

A male blue-eyed black lemur, with black fur and bright yellow-green eyes, his fur shining in the sunshine. He's looking towards the camera, with a cheeky expression.

A male blue-eyed black lemur - with black fur and two little fangs poking out of the corners of his mouth - looks at the camera from behind a female.

A female blue-eyed black lemur, with golden fur and pale-blue eyes, side-on in the sunshine. The top of her back is shining bright in the sunlight.

A female blue-eyed black lemur - her golden fur shining in the sun - clinging to a wooden pole, and peering down at the ground below.

A female blue-eyed black lemur - with golden fur shining in the intense sunlight - peers round a log at the camera. She has very pale blue eyes, and a long brown snout.

A female blue-eyed black lemur wrapping her long fingers around a suspended strap strung across her enclosure. The sun shines upon her golden fur, and upon the bright green foliage behind her.

A black and white ruffed lemur, leaning against the base of a tree. Its face is long and pointed, and it has wide, pale eyes.

A pair of black and white ruffed lemurs, sitting on the grass beneath a tree in the sunshine. The nearest lemur is looking at the camera; it has a long black snout and pale orange eyes.

Two ruffed lemurs sitting in the sunshine. One is leaning against a tree, raising a foot to be licked, and the other is on its back in the grass, rolling around.

A black-and-white ruffed lemur, looking to the right, showing off their distinctive long snout and bright eyes.

A black-and-white ruffed lemur with orange eyes and a long snout, sitting back with one foot in the air.

A female gelada standing on the edge of a rock in the sunshine. Her fur falls like a cape from her back, and her brow is heavy.

A female gelada standing atop a grassy mound, swaying as she yells at the rest of her unit. Her mouth is open, and her cheek fur forms distinctive downward-pointing arcs.

A gelada sitting in a field of yellow flowers, looking off to the right. It has a chimpanzee-like face, flowing pale-brown fur, and an hourglass-shaped red-pink shape on its chest.

A gelada with long brown fur sitting in a meadow of flowers, foraging in the grass.

A long-haired gelada facing to the right, holding up a jagged grey rock in its fingers.

A gelada sitting on a high wooden platform, looking over its shoulder to the right. Its fur is particularly long and luxurious, and it looks decidedly fashionable.

A gelada against a backdrop of green trees, its fur shining in the light. It's resting its head against its shoulder, with heavy lidded eyes.

A gelada sitting on a wooden platform, against a background of deep greens. Its fur looks like a traveeling cloak, and it is looking dramatically off into the distance.

A close-up of a gelada in the evening sunlight. The sun turns his long fur golden and casts the background in warm greens and browns.

A gelada sits on a wooden platform, looking over his shoulder towards the camera. The evening sun is warm across his back, and he has one arm outstretched in front of him. Behind him, a pair of wide-trunked trees rise into the evening sun.

A gelada, framed by a swathe of gold-green foliage. He is displaying his red chest markings, and the evening sun catches the edge of his golden fur and marking flowing lines of shadow down his side.

A red panda slightly out of focus at the top of a tree, perched on crisscrossing branches, looking down through green-brown twigs.

A red panda descending a tree, head-first, with outstretched claws. They have white fur on their ears and face, dark on their legs, and variegated red-brown colouring everywhere else.

A red panda landing on a diagonal tree-trunk, facing the camera. Its tail is raised to the sky, and its face is set with determination.

A red panda on a diagonal tree trunk, shaking its head vigorously after a successful jump. Its cheeks are blurred, its ears flailing.

A red panda emerging from between two tree trunks, with an outstretched paw and sticking its tongue out.

A red panda on a thick grey-green tree branch against a pale blue sky. Its head is bowed, and it is licking its forelimb with a pink tongue.

A close-up of a red panda hooking a green shoot towards its mouth with a clawed paw.

A red panda between two logs in the sunshine, partially obscured by out-of-focus plants. They are reaching out intently to grab at a nearby plant.

A red panda lunging towards a green shoot, mouth open to do a big chomp.

A close-up of a red panda with its nose buried in a cluster of leafy green plants.

A red panda between two tree-trunks, looking directly at the camera through the sparse plant-life. It has white patches around its eyes, nose and mouth, and red-brown fur on its forehead and body.

A red panda behind scattered green sprigs. It is looking down, showing off the rich red fur on its head and back.

A red panda with his front paws on a white-barked branch, reaching up to munch on a spray of green foliage.

A red panda standing on its hind legs to reach up to a bunch of greenery. One clawed paw is pulling the stems down, and it's wrapping its little pink tongue around the leaves to munch upon them.

A red panda sitting atop a wooden post like a rotund orange orb with a tongue sticking out of a little face perched on the side. A spray of greenery rises up from below around the post.

A red panda making an inverted U-shape with its body as it begins descending down a wooden post. Its dark-furred foreleg is extended downwards, its face intent.

A red panda descending vertically down an old tree trunk, headfirst. One black paw is extended to a horizontal branch below, with claws splayed for purchase.

A close-up of a red panda up in a tree. It was a very hot day, and the panda has its tongue sticking out, lightly panting to control temperature.

A red panda walking along a branch in the sunshine. There's a shaft of sunlight on its face; its mouth is open and its tongue is extended for heat reduction.

A cheetah lying in a meadow, mostly obscured by the tall grass and yellow flowers.

A cheetah strutting through a meadow of yellow flowers. His spots are stark, and his mouth is open.

A cheetah looking towards the camera, a somewhat-mournful expression on his face. Above and below, the image is filled with out-of-focus yellow flowers.

A cheetah in a meadow of yellow flowers, licking its lips with a long tongue.

A cheetah, viewed from behind, trotting away into a profusion of yellow flowers.

A cheetah lying in a grassy meadow, looking over his shoulder towards the camera with a long-suffering expression on his face.

A cheetah in a grassy meadow, in front of two large chunks of sunlit tree trunk. He's mid-turn, his tail swirling after him as he looks to the left.

A cheetah walking towards the camera through a grassy meadow in the sun. His eyes are golden, and his mouth is open with his teeth showing.

A cheetah standing in a sunny meadow, looking to the left with distracted expression. Behind him, his tail swishes amongst the grass.

A close-up of a cheetah looking to the left, standing in a sunny field. His pink tongue is protruding in a perfect blep.

A cheetah standing in the shade of a thick tree-trunk, facing away from the camera and towards a sunny meadow. His tail swirls up in the foreground.

A large European brown bear, climbing a large tree with nothing but its claws. It's making it look easy!

A European brown bear, clambering into the upper reaches of a tall tree, framed by lush greenery.

A large brown bear sitting in the branching point at the top of a very tall tree, surrounded by green foliage in the sunshine. One massive paw is dangling in front of the tree, and the bear's head is poking out in the shadow behind the trunk.

A large European brown bear sitting in the Y-shape at the top of a very tall tree. The bear is looking over its shoulder, its mouth slightly open as it looks through the treetops.

A large brown bear at the top of a very tall tree. It is sitting comfortably, resting a paw on its hind leg, and looking out through the trees with a soft expression.

A brown bear standing in a concrete block doorway, looking up at the sun. Its face is golden with light, and the rest of its body is in the shade, a deep brown.

A brown bear sleepily leaning out of a wooden house. It's resting its light-brown head on a large paw, with long dark claws.

A brown bear standing in a sun-dappled woodland, investigating a chunk of greenery on the forest floor. The sun is picking out the detailing of the bear's pale-brown and black fur.

A brown bear foraging in the grasses in a sunny woodland.

A sleepy wolf taking shelter from the hot sun in the shade of a large tree, tucked up at the base of the trunk.

A wolverine standing in a bath of water on a hot day. It's looking up towards the camera, and the sunlight is glinting off its ears and the fur on the top of its head.

A wolverine, soaking wet, with its paws up on the side of a plastic water bath. The sun is shining on its reddish-brown fur.

A wolverine crouched on the forest floor with a bird carcass in its paws. Its mouth is open and its gnawing on the body with long white teeth.

A wolverine taking a bath in the sunshine. It has turned to look up at the camera, and droplets ripple out from the surface of the water below.

A wolverine having a bath in the sunshine. They've curled themselves into a Fibonacci spiral, the sun gleaming off their soaked red-brown fur.

A wolverine lying on its back in the shade between two sunbeams, its wet fur still sticking into sharp spikes. The pads of its feet are facing up, and it's overlapping its paws across its belly.

A wolverine, still wet from its bath, sits just behind a sunbeam with its paw on the ground. It's leaning forward, its head facing the camera.

A giraffe with its head up in the bare branches of a tree; it's tucked its chin over a branch, and is looking backwards.

A close-up of a giraffe's head, resting its mouth on a bare tree branch. Its face is a rich reddish brown, and its neck is white with brown patches, with a line of ginger fur along its back.

A giraffe, against a backdrop of sunlight greenery, facing towards the camera. It has three fuzzy horns on its head.

A giraffe, walking away from the camera, the sunlight glancing off its face and down its neck. The background is deep greens.

A giraffe about to enter a wooden building to take refuge from the sun. Its face is a rich red-brown, and its pale ears are flicked forward.

A giraffe, looking coy as it faces the camera. Its ears are pale white, and spread wide.

A giraffe in the sunshine, with its front legs spread in a wide tripod so it can lower its head down to the grass and wildflowers below and have a munch.

A lithe grey pigeon strikes a dramatic pose on a branch, surrounded by green foliage glowing with golden sunset light.

A pigeon sitting dramatically in a tree in the golden light of sunset. They're searching through the foliage for little red berries.

A pigeon - partly obscured by a branch - reaching out to pluck a bright red berry from a tree.

A pigeon sitting in a tree, curving its body to peer at the photographer. It has a purple-brown chest, and lines of black and white feathers along the bottom edge of its grey back.

A pigeon extending its long neck to peer at this strange man holding a camera. It is lit by a slash of golden light coming from the left.

A pigeon in a tree, in a sunset sunbeam, with its head raised and turned to face the camera as if to get a better look at the photographer. Its beak is a pop of orange in the middle of an inquisitive grey face.

A pigeon in partial shadow, hunting through the foliage for berries. The evening light catches the very tip of its orange beak, making it glow.

A side-on portrait of a pigeon against green leaves and golden light. The pigeon has a grey head and body, but their chest is purple, and distinct layers of textured white and iridescent green feathers run up the side and back of their neck. The sunset is blooming through the tip of their orange beak.

A wild grey squirrel, standing on a wooden fence, looking with some trepidation towards the camera. It has little black whiskers, and a long tail covered in brown, white and grey fur.

A black jackdaw with piercing pale-blue eyes and a silver cowl of feathers across the back of its neck, holding onto a near-vertical black guy rope and leaning out to observe me in the sunshine. The background is a blur of sideways grey panels.

A portrait of a black and silver jackdaw facing head-on. Their head is cocked, perceiving me with both eyes with curiosity. Their feathers form shimmering silver patterns down their chest.

A black-and-silver crow looking over their shoulder in the sunshine, against a backdrop of variegated green. Their overlapped layers of feathers are crisp and beautifully textured, and their head casts a stark shadow across their chest.

A jackdaw perched on a fence made of sticks, against a backdrop of green. Their body is facing away, but they're looking over their shoulder at the camera with an inquisitive gaze.

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