Images Dated 23rd July 2014

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) resting on sea ice, Svalbard, Norway

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. It gets its generic name from two Greek words (eri and gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw. The other part of its Linnaean name means bearded and refers to its most characteristic feature, the conspicuous and very abundant whiskers. When dry, these whiskers curl very elegantly, giving the bearded seal a raffish look. Fossils first described in 2002 indicated that, during the Pleistocene epoch, bearded seals ranged as far south as South Carolina

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Alpine ibex -Capra ibex- standing on an alpine meadow, High Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria

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Abdon Calderon Park with the Old Cathedral, Cathedral Vieja, Palace of Justice and City Hall, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Ecuador

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