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Channel: MinuteEarth
Categories: Biology   |   Environmental   |   Science  
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Image credits

Earthworm
Photo by: Rob Hille
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earthworm_01.jpg

Yellow Crazy Ant
Based on photo by: John Tann
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31031835@N08/5698998061/

Cassowary
Photo by: Flickr user thinboyfatter
https://www.flickr.com/photos/1234abcd/5738935515/

Wooroonooran Josephine Falls
Photo by: Wikimedia user LecomteB
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooroonooran_Josephine_Falls.jpg

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