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Moulting

2013539 © Alain Mafart-Renodier / Biosphoto
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New cycle, new season. It's time for a fresh start, free from the shackles and the superfluous.

Biosphoto | 1924205 | Molt after emergence Dragonfly - Prairie Fouzon France  | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Molt after emergence Dragonfly - Prairie Fouzon France [...]
Biosphoto | 2013539 | Portrait of Gentoo Penguin moulting - Falkland Islands  ; During the moult, the new feathers push the old one out of the skin. The old one then open and fell. During this period, the penguins fast. They cannot go into the water as their plumage isn't waterproof. | © Alain Mafart-Renodier / Biosphoto
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Portrait of Gentoo Penguin moulting - Falkland Islands ; During the moult, the new feathers push [...]
Biosphoto | 2041249 | Mountain Hare feeding in grass at spring - Scotland | © Frédéric Desmette / Biosphoto
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Mountain Hare feeding in grass at spring - Scotland
Biosphoto | 436859 | Arctic fox  surprised grooming in a meadow in Iceland ; The picture shows the remains of winter fur on the flanks and the tail of the animal. | © Erwan Balança / Biosphoto
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Arctic fox surprised grooming in a meadow in Iceland ; The picture shows the remains of winter fur [...]
Biosphoto | 20150 | Eléphant de mer mâle en train de muer Archipel de Crozet | © Frédéric Pawlowski / Biosphoto
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Eléphant de mer mâle en train de muer Archipel de Crozet
Biosphoto | 2100140 | Female ibex (capra ibex) losing its winter hair, Jura mountains, Switzerland | © Emile Séchaud / Biosphoto
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Female ibex (capra ibex) losing its winter hair, Jura mountains, Switzerland
Biosphoto | 2050594 | Pilbara smooth knob tailed gecko (USA, Florida) | © Michael Turco / Biosphoto
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Pilbara smooth knob tailed gecko (USA, Florida)
Biosphoto | 2452057 | African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), two individuals preening each other, Western Cape, South Africa | © Saverio Gatto / Biosphoto
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African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), two individuals preening each other, Western Cape, South [...]
Biosphoto | 1442155 | Mexican redknee tarantula moulting | © Pascal Goetgheluck / Biosphoto
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Mexican redknee tarantula moulting
Biosphoto | 1484964 | Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) underwater, male, feeding his own old skin | © Anton Luhr / imageBROKER / Biosphoto
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Alpine newt (Triturus alpestris) underwater, male, feeding his own old skin
Biosphoto | 2435298 | Gryllacridinae ; Moulting Raspy Cricket ; Backlit side profile of a Moulting Raspy tree cricket ; Singapore | © Melvyn Yeo / Biosphoto
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Gryllacridinae ; Moulting Raspy Cricket ; Backlit side profile of a Moulting Raspy tree cricket ; [...]
Biosphoto | 2424074 | It looks like a plastic bag floating in the ocean, a transparent chunk of skin from a sperm whale. It get rubbed off when they socialise and groom each other by rubbing their massive bodies together. Vulnerable (IUCN). The sperm whale is the largest of the toothed whales. Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 1,000 meters in search of squid to eat. Image has been shot in Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Photo taken under permit n°RP 16-02/32 FIS-5. | © Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
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It looks like a plastic bag floating in the ocean, a transparent chunk of skin from a sperm whale. [...]
Biosphoto | 2172407 | Juvenile of olive psylla (Euphyllura olivina), on olive leaf, just after its moult which has remained to the right. | © Jean Lecomte / Biosphoto
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Juvenile of olive psylla (Euphyllura olivina), on olive leaf, just after its moult which has [...]
Biosphoto | 2128512 | Dragonfly (Odonata sp) during the emergence, Prairies du Fouzon, Loir et Cher, France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Dragonfly (Odonata sp) during the emergence, Prairies du Fouzon, Loir et Cher, France
Biosphoto | 2458961 | Owl Silkmoth (Brahmaea hearseyi), L4 caterpillar after moulting, Vietnam | © Frank Deschandol & Philippe Sabine / Biosphoto
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Owl Silkmoth (Brahmaea hearseyi), L4 caterpillar after moulting, Vietnam
Biosphoto | 2017421 | Emergence of Damselfly on a stem - Prairie Fouzon France | © Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
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Emergence of Damselfly on a stem - Prairie Fouzon France
Biosphoto | 2025051 | Muskox walking in the tundra - Greenland | © Pierre Vernay / Polar Lys / Biosphoto
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Muskox walking in the tundra - Greenland
Biosphoto | 2086638 | Anolis marmoratus setosus moulting | © André Pascal / Biosphoto
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Anolis marmoratus setosus moulting
Biosphoto | 1293188 | Grass Snake shedding skin England | © John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
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Grass Snake shedding skin England
Biosphoto | 372256 | King penguin molting Antarctica | © M. Harvey / Biosphoto
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King penguin molting Antarctica
Biosphoto | 2435333 | Tettigoniidae ; Moulting Katydid ; Side profile of a moulting katydid ; Singapore | © Melvyn Yeo / Biosphoto
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Tettigoniidae ; Moulting Katydid ; Side profile of a moulting katydid ; Singapore
Biosphoto | 696187 | Young helmeted chameleon Yemen moulting | © Bruno Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Young helmeted chameleon Yemen moulting
Biosphoto | 2434452 | A molting gentoo penguin chick (Pygoscelis papua), Petermann Island, Antarctica. | © Sergio Pitamitz / Biosphoto
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A molting gentoo penguin chick (Pygoscelis papua), Petermann Island, Antarctica.
Biosphoto | 75617 | Bison d'Amérique mâle en élevage perdant son pelage d'hiver | © Frédéric Fève / Biosphoto
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Bison d'Amérique mâle en élevage perdant son pelage d'hiver
Biosphoto | 1997930 | King penguin moulting - Falkland Islands  ; During the moult, the new feathers push the old one out of the skin. The old one then open and fell. During this period, the penguins fast. They cannot go into the water as their plumage isn't waterproof.  | © Alain Mafart-Renodier / Biosphoto
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King penguin moulting - Falkland Islands ; During the moult, the new feathers push the old one out [...]
Biosphoto | 1419254 | Boa Constictor Shedding skin Guanacaste NP Costa Rica | © John Cancalosi / Biosphoto
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Boa Constictor Shedding skin Guanacaste NP Costa Rica
Biosphoto | 2412234 | Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) female moulting in a meadow after a shower, Lorraine, France | © Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
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Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) female moulting in a meadow after a shower, Lorraine, France