Images Dated 22nd May 2009

Sailing-France-Tradition-Gulf-Week

Traditionnal old ships sail on May 22, 2009, in the Gulf of Morbihan western France, during a meeting of tall ships named "La Semaine du Golfe" (Gulf's week) . Almost 900 traditionnal ships came from about ten european countries to sail during this event which runs from May 18, 2009 to May 24, 2009. AFP PHOTO / MARCEL MOCHET / AFP PHOTO / MARCEL MOCHET

Dead snake on a road, probably a Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) or a Western whip snake

Dead snake on a road, probably a Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) or a Western whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus) with a car driving past, Patras area, The Peloponnese, Greece, May 2009

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Cars, Christian Ziegler, Colubrids, Death, Europe, Greece, Hierophis Sp, Movement, Reptiles, Roads, Snake, Snakes, Vehicles, Vertebrates, Vertical, Wwe

Two Common terns (Sterna hirundo) one with fish in its beak, the other calling, Texel

Two Common terns (Sterna hirundo) one with fish in its beak, the other calling, Texel, Netherlands, May 2009

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Behaviour, Birds, Europe, Feeding, Fish, Holland, Jari Peltomaki, Predation, Seabirds, Sterna Hirundo, Terns, Vertebrates, Vertical, Vocalisation, Wwe