30 Award-Winning Photos Of Nature Taken By Scientists {large images}

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http://www.businessinsider.com/bmc-ecology-photo-competition-winners-2014-2014-8?op=1

First, the commended photos: These Eastern Swallowtails frequently gather along riversides in the Eastern U.S. to feed on mineral deposits, according to photographer J.P. Lawrence.



Justin Havird photographed researchers Stephanie Irvin and Kiley Seitz gathering samples at this landlocked pond. It's named Skippy’s Pond and is a unique coastal habitat found at the ‘Ahihi-Kina’u Natural Area Reserve on South Maui in Hawaii.



In the Ethiopian Highlands, these gelada monkeys scurry to safety as the light changes and predators come out, according to photographer Ryan J. Burke.



The one-year-old chimpanzee was still young enough to breastfeed, but here he tastes fruit fed to him by his mother, according to Alain Houle — who shot the photo while in a Ugandan tree canopy, 80 feet above ground.

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1. Thank you

I wish humans would learn to appreciate what it is we have here on this planet and start showing it the respect it deserves. Some of us do, while many just don't give a damn