Images Dated 13th February 2006

American Bison / Buffalo - male vocalizing (bellowing) during rut, side view

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American Bison / Buffalo - male vocalizing (bellowing) during rut, side view
Wyoming, USA
Bison bison
Males weigh up to 2000 pounds. They are the heaviest land mammal in North America. Mates in the summer-Bull enters the matriarchal herd and displays "flehmen" and "tending behavior" -Flehmen consists of curling the lip back and extending the neck and is thought to enhance the sense of smell- Male "tends" a female by remaining between her and the herd in an attempt to keep the cow isolated - Males threaten and can battle other contenders which can result in butting and horn-locking
John Cancalosi
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Anglers fish off Legian beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali

Anglers fish at sunset off Legian beach on the Indonesian resort island of Bali February 13, 2006. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside - RP3DSFDIHZAA

Saddle-bill stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) standing, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

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