A close view of a cheetah's wet coat  A giraffe's spots form irregular patterns.  A map puffer fish's (Arothron mappa) eye appears like coral to casual observers in Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands.  A moth's wings appear iridescent when photographed close-up in the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia.  An African elephant's skin can be up to one inch (2.5 centimeters) thick.  Bird feathers create a colorful show.  Black-and-white stripes ripple across the hide of a Grant's zebra.  Boa constrictors use their heat-sensitive scales to locate prey.  Intricate rings and dots mark the coat of a jaguar (Panthera onca).  The sensory glands on the side of an Arctic char are used by the fish during its annual spawning migration  More pictures |
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