See 44 Breathtaking Photos of Wild Animals
Published 10 Nov 2017, 22:55 GMT, Updated 12 Nov 2017, 11:57 GMT

Photograph by Lars Lykke, National Geographic Your Shot
Polar bear. Svalbard, Norway
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1467993/">Daisy Gilardini</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Macaque. Japan
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/34777/">Lance McMillan</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Gecko. Amboli, Maharashtra, India
Photograph by Arvind Ramamurthy, National Geographic Your Shot
Walruses
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/57887/">Christian Aslund</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Macaque
Photograph by Chandrashekar Kalyanasundaram, National Geographic Your Shot
Bald eagle. Susquehanna River, United States
Photograph by Eric Esterle, National Geographic Your Shot
Fox
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/83804/">Denis Budkov</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Chameleon. Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Photograph by Kevin Dooley, National Geographic Your Shot
Mountain goats. Mount Evans, Colorado, United States
Photograph by Eivor Kuchta, National Geographic Your Shot
Crocodile
Photograph by Phillip Chang, National Geographic Your Shot
Atlantic Puffin. Machias Seal Island
Photograph by Harry Collins, National Geographic Your Shot
Great gray owl. Newport, New Hampshire, United States
Photograph by Harry Collins, National Geographic Your Shot
Sword-billed hummingbird. Ecuador
Photograph by Sanjeev Bhor, National Geographic Your Shot
Lion and Hyena. Masai Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya
Photograph by Aaron Baggenstos, National Geographic Your Shot
Orangutan. Tanjung puting national park, Indonesia
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/288748/">Jayaprakash Joghee Bojan</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Leopard. Mkuze, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/347449/">Barbara Fleming</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Northern gannets. Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/400356/">Damilice Mansur</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Pelican. Kerkini, Central Macedonia, Greece
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/432767/">Ruzdi Ekenheim</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Owl. Opusztaszer, Csongrad, Hungary
Photograph by Tibor Kércz, National Geographic Your Shot
Wildebeests. Masai Mara, Rift Valley, Kenya
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/445795/">Chan Kwok Hung</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Great blue heron. Donas Landing, Delaware, United States
Photograph by Jerry am Ende, National Geographic Your Shot
Blue-footed booby. San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
Photograph by Daniel Eskenazi, National Geographic Your Shot
Double-crested cormorant
Photograph by Gary Zeng, National Geographic Your Shot
Surf scoter. Klemtu, British Columbia, Canada
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1046188/">Sam Edmonds</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Polar bear. Zelënyy Mys, Murmansk, Russia
Photograph by Gary Peart, National Geographic Your Shot
Gorilla. Buhumba, Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Photograph by Garner Woodall, National Geographic Your Shot
Osprey
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1149690/">Roger Charbonneau Jr</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Wolf. Lehtovaara, Oulu, Finland
Photograph by Bernt Østhus, National Geographic Your Shot
Polar bear. Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1191010/">Florian Ledoux</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Bald eagle. Van Zandt, Washington, United States
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1222329/">Carolyn Watson</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Gorillas
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1259749/">Shannon Hinson-Witz</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Bear and cub. Dal’niy, Kamtsjatka, Russia
Photograph by Anat Gutman, National Geographic Your Shot
Pied falconets. Wuyuan, Jiangxi, China
Photograph by Kant Liang, National Geographic Your Shot
Red-crowned cranes. Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
Photograph by Photogrpah by
<a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1388462/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kenny Chen</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
Cheetahs
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1405136/">Sonalini Khetrapal</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Wildebeests
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1405136/">Sonalini Khetrapal</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Alligator. New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1454449/">Cole Frechou</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Oryx
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1523071/">Richard Johnston</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Snowy owl. Quebec, Canada
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1559152/">Simon Théberge</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Weaver
Photograph by <a href="http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1610186/">Federico Rizzato</a>, National Geographic Your Shot
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Brown bears. Kamchatka, Krasnodarskiy, Russia
Photograph by Ge Xiao, National Geographic Your Shot
Flamingos. Tanzania
Photograph by Ge Xiao, National Geographic Your Shot
African buffalo. Tsavo, Coast Province, Kenya
Photograph by Ge Xiao, National Geographic Your Shot