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A bald eagle and a red fox tussle in mid-air over a European rabbit in San Juan Island National Park in Washington state.

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The hunters and the hunted. This remarkable shot captures a bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) tussling over a rabbit in mid-air in San Juan Island National Park in Washington state.

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