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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

The week in wildlife

Black Grouse
Northumberland, UK: A black grouse showing off its plumage. A restoration drive in their stronghold in the north Pennines is being widened to include remote parts of north-west Northumberland and the Yorkshire Dales Photograph: Andy Rouse/freelance
A biplane drops rice seeds on a field
Biggs, US: A biplane drops rice seeds on a field Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty
A bee flies to a flower
Minsk, Belarus: A bee hovers towards a flower Photograph: Sergei Grits/AP
A pair of geese forage in falling snow and rising mist
Madison, US: A pair of geese forage in falling snow and rising mist Photograph: Craig Schreiner/AP
Gilthead frogs
Valle del Cauca, Colombia: Gilthead frogs (Phyllobates terribilis), considered the most poisonous in the world, at Cali zoo Photograph: Carlos Julio Martinez/AFP
Workers harvest flowers
Carlsbad, US: Workers harvest flowers Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP
A white peacock in its enclosure at Alipore zoo in Calcutta, India
Kolkata, India: A white peacock in its enclosure at Alipore zoo Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA
A young Giant Otter eats fish in the outdoor enclosure at Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg, Germany: A young giant otter eats fish in the outdoor enclosure at Hagenbeck zoo Photograph: Jens Ressing/EPA
A group of Schwaebische-Hallische pigs is driven through the city centre of Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart, Germany: The Academy for Nature Preservation and Environment Protection Baden-Wuerttemberg has organised an action to raise awareness for the possible extinction of old species like these Schwaebische-Hallische pigs Photograph: Norbert Foersterling/EPA
Dr Eric Warant from the University of Lund in Sweden displays the eyes of a giant squid at the Te Papa Museum
Wellington, New Zealand: Dr Eric Warant from the University of Lund in Sweden displays the eyes of a giant squid at the Te Papa Museum Photograph: Marty Melville/Getty
shark hunters display their catch in the Lam Pulo fish market
Banda Aceh, Indonesia: Traditional shark hunters display their catch in the Lam Pulo fish market. Sharks are under threat for their lucrative fins which feed the high demand of Asian food industry Photograph: Hotli Simanjuntak/EPA
Conchita, a three week old white-naped mangabey monkey
London, UK: Conchita, a three-week-old white-naped mangabey with its constant teddy bear companion. The monkey is currently being hand reared while its mother recuperates from a caesarian Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA
A male greater flamingo cares for a day-old chick at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
San Diego, US: A male greater flamingo cares for a day-old chick at the San Diego zoo's wild animal park Photograph: Ken Bohn/AP
Shiva a male rhinoceros
Mumbai, India: Shiva, a male rhinoceros ambles inside his enclosure at the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan city zoo. Shiva has been single for over two decades, but there is now hope that a mate might be found in West Bengal Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP
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