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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jane Perrone

'Icon of sleepiness' captured on film


A picture of three sleeping dormice, taken as part of Kew Gardens' endangered species monitoring programme.
Photograph: Steven Robinson/Royal Botanic Gardens/PA

This wonderful image of three snoozing dormice was taken by Steve Robinson as part of Kew Gardens' monitoring programme for this endangered species. Robinson's image was chosen by views of the BBC television programme Countryfile as the winner in its photography competition. International Wildlife magazine has more on efforts to conserve the creature that, thanks in part to Lewis Carroll, has become known as "the icon of sleepiness".

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