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Wounded and alone, a male lion searches desperately for potential prey in Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve.
The graceful browsers move easily through dense vegetation in search of tasty acacia leaves.
On the rocky shores of Malgas Island, vigilant cormorants protect their young chicks from the constant threat of predation.
After laying her eggs, a large hawksbill turtle takes care to create a false nest site before hurrying back to the sea.
A strict "pecking order" quickly becomes apparent when vultures gather around an old zebra carcass in the Serengeti.
In Thailand's Thap Salao River, an albino otter and its mate glide effortlessly through the water in search of fish, pausing to groom and eat along the way.
A female black rhinoceros and her calf browse leisurely among trees and shrubs in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
A secretarybird stretches its wings and then settles down to roost as the sun goes down in Botswana's Nxai Pan.
In the absence of suitable game, a pride of lions kills a young elephant calf. While the much-needed meal is consumed, vultures wait in nearby trees for a chance to scavenge leftover scraps.
Despite a failed ambush in the early morning, a female leopard continues to hunt through the heat of the day in Botswana's Okavango Delta.
In South Africa's Blyde River Canyon area, anxious birds call incessantly as a python emerges from the undergrowth to take advantage of the winter sun.
A wary tortoise retreats into its shell as cameraman Boris von Schoenebeck approaches for a closer look at the beautiful reptile.
Cameraman Brad Bestelink films a large herd of elephants as it moves noisily through the mopane forests on a journey to new feeding grounds. Two young bulls take time out for a swim along the way.
A black egret displays a clever hunting tactic as it stalks fish in the shallows of Botswana's Okavango Delta.
A female leopard has killed an impala during the night. Cameraman Brad Bestelink films the cat as it resumes its careful feeding in the morning light.