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gray and blue bird perching on tree twig in close-up photography in Cairns Australia
Cairns

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timelapse photography of green bird on branch in Cairns North Australia
Cairns North

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brown and white bird on grass in Cairns Cemetery Australia
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white bird on green grass in Centenary Lakes Nature Play Space Australia
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birds standing on body of water in Centenary Lakes Australia
Centenary Lakes

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David Clode

I enjoy photography, painting, and nature. I lived in South Africa, the UK, and now Australia. More free paintings, photos available at Tracts4Free.WordPress.com, and Reforestation.me. Also now on YouTube.

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These amazing fish can spot an insect or other prey sitting on a branch overhanging the water, come to the surface, and squirt a jet of water at the insect, knocking it off its perch and into the water, where the archer fish catches and eats it.

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black and gray stingray closeup photography in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A Honeycomb Stingray checks me out as it swims past at the Cairns Aquarium. I love the dazzling camouflage pattern. Also known as a Reticulate Whipray, and found in the Indian Ocean off East Africa through to Taiwan and south to Australia in the Pacific Ocean.
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gray fish under water in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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This Goldlined Rabbitfish swam close to the glass so that I could get a photo of its beautiful pattern and colours. I am convinced that the animals at the Cairns Aquarium have heard about me putting photos on unsplash, and are posing for me.
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yellow seashore in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A pretty yellow seahorse at the Cairns Aquarium. These are dainty little creatures, which are difficult to find in nature. I was privileged to see a leafy sea dragon while scuba diving off Portsea pier in Melbourne Australia, years ago.
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blue and white abstract painting in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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Seahorse at the Cairns Aquarium. I recently made a video about the Cairns Aquarium which you should be able to find on YouTube if you search for David Clode. It has seahorses in it, and I hope you watch it and enjoy it.
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green algae in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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Profile of a stone fish. These fish are incredibly well camouflaged, and the weeds and other things that grow on them help to conceal them as they wait for an unsuspected small fish to swim past, which they gulp down.
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photography of sting ray in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A cow nose ray swims past at the Cairns Aquarium. These fascinating and rather weird-looking rays are a type of eagle ray, and are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from New England to Brazil.
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brown and blue fish near anemone in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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Anemone fish live in sea anemones, where the stinging tentacles of the anemone provide protection for the fish from predators, while the anemone fish is itself immune to the stings.
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close up photo of brown and white shell marine animal in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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The water creates some distortion, but I still like the lovely pastel colours of the painted crayfish, which actually works as camouflage on a colourful tropical coral reef.
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white and gray fish in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A yellow-banded sweetlips fish swims close to the glass at the Cairns aquarium. In Australia we like to keep things simple, and the name of this fish speaks for itself.
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close-up photography of clownfish beside purple coral rift in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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The Clown Anemonefish is the type of fish in the film Finding Nemo. This photo shows typical behaviour where they live in and find protection in stinging sea anemones.
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selective focus photography of gray fish in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A close up of a Queensland Grouper (or Groper as they called in Australia), at the Cairns aquarium. I estimate this fish to be about 1.2 metres long (over a yard).
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selective focus photo of pink and white fish in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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Paddletail snappers are pretty fish found from the Red Sea through to Japan and Australia. People usually avoid eating them as they can cause ciguatera poisoning.
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gray shark under water in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A cruising reef shark checks out the people at the Cairns Aquarium, Australia.
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blue and yellow fish in Cairns Aquarium Australia

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A cleaner wrasse attends to an emperor angel fish at the Cairns aquarium.
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This Harlequin Tuskfish is showing off its tusk-like teeth.
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