Images Dated 24th September 2004

Despairing Woman

Clarissa Harlowe from the novel Clarissa, Or The History Of A Young Lady by English author Samuel Richardson (1689 - 1761). Original Artwork: An engraving by G Periam after the painting by Edwin Henry Landseer. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Merten s Water Monitor Lizard

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Mertens Water Monitor Lizard
Manning Gorge, Kimberleys, Western Australia.
Varanus mertensi
Found along small streams and creeks in tropical northern Australia. Often seen sunning on exposed rocks. Superb swimmer, eating fish, frogs, shrimps and crabs in the Wet Season. Can hold breath for several minutes. In the Dry Season when streams become pools or dry up completely they eat insects, birds eggs, spiders ants, small mammals and carrion. Lay 10-14 eggs in burrows 50cm deep. Eggs hatch from 182-316 days depending on the temperature.
Don Hadden
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Lowland TAPIR - feeding, close-up of head

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Lowland TAPIR - feeding, close-up of head
Tapirus terrestris
Also known as Brazilian / Amazonian / South American Tapir.
Distribution: most of mainland South America from northern Colombia to Brazil, northern Argentina and Paraguay, Venezuela, Guyana, eastern Peru and northern and eastern Bolivia.
M. Watson
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