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Diversity among the heteropterans: (from left to right) lace bug, coreid bug, bat bug, stinkbug, termite bug, back swimmer, bedbug, water scorpion, water strider, toad bug, plant bug.
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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Lion (panthera leo)
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