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#13079842

10 December 2025

Turkey vultures walk along a dirt road at Orlando Wetlands Park in Christmas, Florida, on December 9, 2025. The scavengers play a crucial ecological role by helping prevent the spread of disease through consuming carrion.

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#12713286

4 September 2025

Housefly larvae, or maggots, are seen on rotten potatoes in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on September 1, 2025. Flies are drawn to decaying organic matter such as spoiled vegetables, where they lay eggs. The eggs hatch into maggots that feed on the decay and can carry pathogens, before pupating and developing into adult flies.

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#12713287

4 September 2025

Housefly larvae, or maggots, are seen on rotten potatoes in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on September 1, 2025. Flies are drawn to decaying organic matter such as spoiled vegetables, where they lay eggs. The eggs hatch into maggots that feed on the decay and can carry pathogens, before pupating and developing into adult flies.

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#12602285

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria) showing signs of decomposition on the forest floor in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602291

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602280

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602281

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602289

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602293

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602297

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A person harvesting an orange birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum versipelle) camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602301

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A person harvesting an orange birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum versipelle) camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602279

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: Orange birch bolete (Leccinum versipelle) is seen camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602288

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602295

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum) partially eaten by snails camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12602298

31 July 2025

EDMONTON, CANADA - JULY 30: A person harvesting an orange birch bolete mushroom (Leccinum versipelle) camouflaged among leaves and forest floor debris in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on July 30, 2025.

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#12485148

18 June 2025

A salesman at a showroom in Lethpora, Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir, India, sells Shilajit to customers on June 17, 2025. Business in Kashmir is severely impacted following an attack on tourists in Pahalgam on April 22. Shilajit is a natural substance found mainly in the Himalayas, formed for centuries by the gradual decomposition of certain plants by the action of microorganisms. It is a potent and very safe dietary supplement, restoring the energetic balance and potentially able to prevent several diseases.

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