The week in wildlife – in pictures (http://www.theguardian.com/)

  • A lion is seen on a rock at Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, June 13, 2015.
    A lion sitting on a rock at Masai Mara national reserve in Kenya.
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  • The warthog chase the cheetah Warthogs chase off cheetah, Masai Mara, Kenya - 9 Jun 2015 A young cheetah went to war with a pair of warthogs - and ended up running off with its tail between its legs. Her dramatic images show the sub-adult big cat approaching the hogs. There is a brief stand-off before the balance of power tips and the warthogs, who have four sharp tusks on their heads, sprint after the cheetah. And cheetahs may be the fastest land animal on Earth, but when startled or threatened, warthogs can be surprisingly fast, running at speeds of up to 30 miles (48 kilometres) an hour. Charlotte says: "I have seen cheetahs take on piglets but these were a little large for them. The cheetah mother wanted nothing to do with this confrontation. "Initially the warthogs ran off but then realising the situation turned the tables on the callow cats."
    Warthogs chase off a cheetah in Masai Mara, Kenya. Cheetahs may be the fastest land animal on Earth, but when startled or threatened, warthogs can be surprisingly fast, running at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour.
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  • A hippopotamus stands in the mud in front of a Swatch watch kiosk after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals have escaped from the zoo in Georgia s capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures, prompting authorities to warn residents in Tbilisi to say inside Sunday. At least eight people have been killed in the disaster, including three zoo workers, and 10 are missing. (AP Photo/Beso Gulashvili)animalgallery
    A hippopotamus stands in the mud in front of a shop after it escaped from a flooded zoo in Tbilisi, Georgia. Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals escaped from the zoo in Georgia’s capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures. At least eight people have been killed in the disaster, including three zoo workers, and 10 are missing.
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  • European gray wolves are pictured on June 18, 2015 in the semi-wildlife animal park of Les Angles, southwestern France.
    European grey wolves in the semi-wildlife animal park of Les Angles, southwestern France.
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  • European goldfinch on thistle plant in summer, Moscow region, Russia, 11th June 2015
    European goldfinches on a thistle plant in Moscow, Russia.
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  • Water Vole Arvicola amphibius Teesdale North Pennines County Durham UK 15th June 2015
    Water vole, Arvicola amphibius, atTeesdale, North Pennines, county Durham, UK.
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  • Trees are consumed by flames as an out of control wildfire burns near Willow, Alaska, in this picture courtesy of Mat-Su Borough taken June 14, 2015. People living in homes between mile 72 and mile 77 of the Parks Highway in Willow have been given evacuation notices due to the Sockeye Fire, which has burned 6,500 acres, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. Picture taken June 14, 2015.
    A wildfire near Willow, Alaska. People living in homes between mile 72 and 77 of the Parks Highway in Willow have been given evacuation notices. The Sockeye fire, has burned 6,500 acres, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry.
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  • In this April 12, 2015 photo, a black bear sow and her four cubs forage through garbage cans in Government Hill near downtown Anchorage, Alaska. At the time the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said it planned to kill the bears, but Alaska Gov. Bill Walker asked if they could be spared, so they were fitted with tracking collars and relocated far from Anchorage. But officials say the black bears that tore up a campsite at Porcupine Campground on the Kenai Peninsula near hope, Alaska, Friday, June 12, 2015, were likely the same ones relocated from Anchorage.
    A black bear sow and her four cubs forage through garbage cans in Government Hill near downtown Anchorage, Alaska.
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  • Lappet-faced, White-backed and Cape Vultures squabble over a carcass at Sable Dam, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The study suggests that these three species are declining at a rate of 80%–92% over three generations (about 45–55 years). An international team of researchers, including leading scientists from the University of St Andrews, the Hawk Conservancy Trust and the University of York, say African vultures are likely to qualify as ‘Critically Endangered’ under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s global threat criteria.
    Lappet-faced, white-backed and Cape vultures squabble over a carcass at Sable Dam, Kruger national park, South Africa. These three species are declining at a rate of 80%–92% over three generations (about 45–55 years), a study suggests. An international team of researchers, including leading scientists from the University of St Andrews, the Hawk Conservancy Trust and the University of York, say African vultures are likely to qualify as ‘critically endangered’ under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s global threat criteria.
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  • .Obi a male Pygmy Hippo calf swims with his mother Petre at the Melbourne Zoo, Melbourne, Thursday, June 18, 2015. Pygmy Hippos are endangered in the wild.
    Obi a male pygmy hippo calf swims at the Melbourne zoo, Australia. Pygmy hippos are endangered in the wild.
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  • The hippo snared the crocodile after lunging at it on June, 11, 2015, in Kruger National Park, South Africa. A mother hippo clamps a crocodile in its jaws as the huge reptile struggles to break free. The confrontation broke-out on the edge of Lake Panic in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
    A hippo clamps a crocodile in its jaws as the huge reptile struggles to break free. The confrontation broke-out on the edge of Lake Panic in Kruger national park, South Africa.
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  • A cougar delivers a final death blow to a wolf during a never before filmed encounter in the Canadian backwoods. A COUGAR fights to the death with wolf in an epic battle in which the cougar emerged the victor. Caught on camera for the first time the incredible encounter was filmed on a phone after the animals were spotted by a group camping in the Canadian woods. The group were driving through backwoods close to Lake Cowichan, Vancouver, when they happened upon the fight in the road ahead. After being disturbed the wolf made a break for the trees but was soon pounced on by the deadly cat who delivered the final death blow.
    A cougar delivers a final death blow to a wolf during a never before filmed encounter in the Canadian backwoods. Campers driving through backwoods close to Lake Cowichan, Vancouver, spotted the fight and filmed it on phone.
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  • Grant Miller, CITES lead at Border Force, holding a tiger pelt which was uncovered during Operation Cobra 3, a six-week global operation to prevent the illegal movement of endangered species across international borders at Custom House at Heathrow Airport, London, June 18, 2015. More than 300 different animals and plants and their derivatives were seized by Border Force and police at UK airports and ports, as they worked together for Operation Cobra 3 which has resulted in 28 police investigations.
    Grant Miller, Cites lead at Border Force, holds a tiger pelt at Custom House, Heathrow, London. The pelt was uncovered during operation Cobra 3, a joint operations by police and investigating agencies in Asia, Africa and Europe that led to 300 arrests and confiscation of tons of ivory, rhino horns and animal pelts among other wildlife contraband.
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  • A bumble bee sits on a wild flower in Ruskin Park, south London, Britain, 12 June 2015. The temperature is expected to hit the hottest day of the year but torrential downpours and thunderstorms are also forecast across the country.
    A bumble bee sits on a wild flower in Ruskin park, south London, Britain. Studies have found bees that feed on flowers treated by fungicide become ill.
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  • Scottish Borders, UK. 15th June, 2015. Goshawk chicks 3/4 weeks old just been ringed in order to monitor their population levels. There are less Goshawks than Golden Eagles in the British Isles.
    Goshawk chicks, about 4 weeks old, in Scottish Borders, are ringed in order to monitor their population levels. There are less goshawks than golden eagles in the British Isles.
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  • A Common Seal basking on a rock off the west coast of Scotland, Mull of Kintyre, on 13 June 2015
    A common seal basking on a rock off the west coast of Scotland, Mull of Kintyre.
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  • Green Sea Turtle floats up to the surface of the Red sea, Marsa Alam on May 27, 2015 in Abu Dabab, Egypt.
    A green sea turtle floats up to the surface of the Red sea, Marsa Alam in Abu Dabab, Egypt.
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  • Thousands of red tuna crabs are shown washed ashore in Dana Point, California June 17, 2015. Linsey Sala, collection manager for the Pelagic Invertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, said the strandings happen periodically and are not neccessarily a threat to the species.
    Thousands of red tuna crabs are washed ashore in Dana Point, California. The strandings happen periodically and are not neccessarily a threat to the species.
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  • epa04796530 A sterna albifrons feeding its newly hatched chick in Incheon, South Korea, 13 June 2015.
    A sterna albifrons feeds its newly hatched chick in Incheon, South Korea.
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  • ETA9HG An American Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea) on a banana leaf in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, 12th June 2015.
    An American green treefrog (Hyla cinerea) on a banana leaf in Charleston, South Carolina, US.
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  • Fox pups near their den in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 15 June 2015.
    Fox pups near their den in Yellowstone national park, Wyoming.
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  • A male orangutan waits at a feeding station at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia June 15, 2015. Deforestation is the primary threat to the orangutan, a species of great ape known for its intelligence. The United Nations predicts that orangutans will be virtually eliminated in the wild within two decades if current deforestation trends continue.
    A male orangutan waits at a feeding station at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting national park in Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia. Deforestation is the primary threat to the orangutan, and could wipe out the species within two decades.
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  • Cygnet getting a piggy back

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