Animal pictures last week

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A selection of the most interesting animal photos published in the international media over the past week.

The image, which has become the winner of underwater photography Underwater Photographer of the Year. "Dancing" octopus in the waters off the island of Mayotte to South-East Africa. Photographer: Gabriel Barathieu from France.

Lesser panda in its natural habitat in the National Park Sinhalese in India.

The bird species Eubucco bourcierii in Cali, Colombia. the highest number of bird species in the world lives in Colombia.

South American Coati (Nasua nasua) looking for food in the Iguazu National Park in Brazil.

green tree python (Morelia viridis) hunts in Padang, Indonesia. At night, the green tree python is particularly active and aggressive.

Krasnoklyuvy starling buffalo on the head of buffalo in Tsavo National Park West in Nairobi, Kenya.

Black swan on the Baltic Sea coast in Kolobrzeg, Poland. These birds are extremely rare in this part of Europe.

Laysan albatross chick with her at the US National Nature Reserve on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Bottlenose dolphins off the coast of South Africa, as shown in the documentary The Blue Planet II.

The man feeds stingray (Dasyatis brevicaudata) Kondzhola National Park in New South Wales in Australia.

common pipistrelle in a crevice in the basement of the castle of Dun in Scotland.

eagle catches a drone during a military exercise at the air base of Mont-de-Marsan in southwestern France.

Indian rhinos graze in the reserve Pobitora in the state of Assam in India. the largest population of Indian rhinos in the world resides in the state of Assam.

orange-bellied parrot (left) and the Slender-billed parrot chicks oranzhevogorlogo at an animal shelter El Tronador Wildlife Rescue Center in Berlin, El Salvador. The shelter is undergoing rehabilitation animals confiscated from poachers.