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The week in wildlife – in pictures

July 21, 2022

The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including killer whales hunting a seal off Shetland and endangered mountain bongos in Kenya

A curious fox cub wanders around the Rieti plain.
A curious fox cub wanders around the Rieti plain. Photograph: Riccardo Fabi/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Rieti, Italy

 

A pheasant-tailed jacana walks with its chicks over pads at a lily farm
A pheasant-tailed jacana walks with its chicks over pads at a lily farm. Photograph: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images

Yilan, Taiwan

 

A super moon known as the ‘buck moon’ hangs over grazing deer
A super moon known as the ‘buck moon’ hangs over grazing deer. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Taarbæk, Denmark

 

An infant elephant standing next to a sedated adult, following a rescue operation to recover the younger animal after it fell into a manhole. Its mother had to be sedated to allow the operation to proceed
An infant elephant standing next to a sedated adult, following a rescue operation to recover the younger animal after it fell into a manhole. Its mother had to be sedated to allow the operation to proceed. Photograph: Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation/AFP/Getty Images

Nakhon Nayok, Thailand

 

A Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti), an endemic lizard in danger of extinction, at the Niño Dormido municipal regional park. Niño dormido, or ‘sleeping child’, is one of the names by which the reptile is known
A Guatemalan beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti), an endemic lizard in danger of extinction, at the Niño Dormido municipal regional park. Niño dormido, or ‘sleeping child’, is one of the names by which the reptile is known. Photograph: Johan Ordóñez/AFP/Getty Images

Cabañas, Guatemala

 

A cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) sits on a thistle flower
A cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) sits on a thistle flower. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images

Niederaussem, Germany

 

A harbour seal attempting to evade a pod of killer whales by hiding in a mussel farm off Shetland. A drone camera captured ‘extra special’ and ‘insightful’ footage of the seal, which sought to conceal itself between two lines of mussel ropes at Grunna Voe. When it left its hiding place and headed for open water, it was caught and killed
A harbour seal attempting to evade a pod of killer whales by hiding in a mussel farm off Shetland. A drone camera captured ‘extra special’ and ‘insightful’ footage of the seal, which sought to conceal itself between two lines of mussel ropes at Grunna Voe. When it left its hiding place and headed for open water, it was caught and killed. Photograph: Neil McCaffrey/PA

Lerwick, Scotland

 

Wildlife officers load an elephant into a truck at Liwonde national park. Malawi has translocated 250 elephants and 405 other animals from Liwonde to Kasungu national park as part of a conservation initiative
Wildlife officers load an elephant into a truck at Liwonde national park. Malawi has translocated 250 elephants and 405 other animals from Liwonde to Kasungu national park as part of a conservation initiative. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Machinga, Malawi

 

A lionfish off the coast near the ancient city of Korykos
A lionfish off the coast near the ancient city of Korykos. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Mersin, Turkey

 

Tibetan macaques in a forest farm in Nangqian county, Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture
Tibetan macaques in a forest farm in Nangqian county, Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Baizha, China

 

Critically endangered mountain bongos eat pellets at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. The population of the mountain bongos is 66 in the conservancy and less than 100 in the wild, according to a recent wildlife census report
Critically endangered mountain bongos eat pellets at the Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy. The population of the mountain bongos is 66 in the conservancy and less than 100 in the wild, according to a recent wildlife census report. Photograph: John Ochieng/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Nyanyuki, Kenya

 

A yellow-dusted cream moth (Cabera erythemaria)
A yellow-dusted cream moth (Cabera erythemaria). Photograph: Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Toronto – Canada

 

Ducks at the Miguel Gomez dam in Nuevo León state. The state capital, Monterrey, is suffering a drought amid intense heat
Ducks at the Miguel Gomez dam in Nuevo León state. The state capital, Monterrey, is suffering a drought amid intense heat. Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images

Santiago, Mexico

 

An iguana at the Niño Dormido municipal regional park
An iguana at the Niño Dormido municipal regional park. Photograph: Johan Ordóñez/AFP/Getty Images

Cabañas, Guatemala

 

People watch a sea turtle make its way into the Mediterranean. It was one of 17 that was released into the wild after being treated for injuries by vets from the National Sea Turtle Rescue Centre
People watch a sea turtle make its way into the Mediterranean. It was one of 17 that was released into the wild after being treated for injuries by vets from the National Sea Turtle Rescue Centre. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

Beit Yanai, Israel

Source: The Guardian

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