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While seeing an animal in the wild can be fun, seeing thousands of them migrating is mesmerizing and awe-inspiring. These awesome wildlife photos will show you just how amazing of a sight a migration can be!

Every year, birds, mammals, fish, reptiles and other animals around the world migrate for various reasons. How they know when and where to go? Although seasons and temperatures seem to be the most important factor, the whole mechanism is not yet clearly understood. Migration yields things not usually seen - tree branches bending from the weight of butterflies, birds, flying from Alaska to New Zealand without stopping. Also animals don't always just travel across the map, either - some fish migrate to different depths!

If you've captured a photo of an animal migration or of a migratory animal, we'd love to see it in this list as well. And don't forget to vote for your favorites, either!

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"50 Shades of Ray" in Baja, Mexico

"50 Shades of Ray" in Baja, Mexico

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    White Ibis

    White Ibis

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    Greater Flamingoes In Yucatán Peninsula

    Greater Flamingoes In Yucatán Peninsula

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    Fireflies In Japan

    Fireflies In Japan

    Kei Nomiyama Report

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    Munk's Devil Rays In Baja, Mexico

    Munk's Devil Rays In Baja, Mexico

    Florian Schulz Report

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    Monarch Butterflies In Mexico

    Monarch Butterflies In Mexico

    Joel Sartore Report

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    Pronghorns in Canada

    Pronghorns in Canada

    Joel Berger Report

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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like they are running through the clouds. Stunning.

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    White Pelicans In Mississippi

    White Pelicans In Mississippi

    Annie Griffiths Report

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    Monarch Butterflies In Mexico

    Monarch Butterflies In Mexico

    pendens proditor Report

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    #10

    Walruses In Svalbard

    Walruses In Svalbard

    National Geographic Report

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    Red Crowned Cranes Above Hula Lake, Israel

    Red Crowned Cranes Above Hula Lake, Israel

    Ido Meirovich Report

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    The Great Migration Of The Wildebeest Over The Mara River In Northern Serengeti

    The Great Migration Of The Wildebeest Over The Mara River In Northern Serengeti

    Nicole Cambré Report

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    #13

    Christmas Island Red Crabs

    Christmas Island Red Crabs

    Max Orchard Report

    Final score:
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    #14

    Golden Jellyfish In Palau

    Golden Jellyfish In Palau

    National Geographic Report

    Final score:
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    #15

    Spawn In Taylor Creek, California, USA

    Spawn In Taylor Creek, California, USA

    Joe Chan Report

    Final score:
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    #16

    African Buffaloes

    African Buffaloes

    Luo Hong Report

    Final score:
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    Butterflies In Tucabaca, Bolivia

    Butterflies In Tucabaca, Bolivia

    Steffen Reichle Report

    Final score:
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    Fruit Bats in Zambia

    Fruit Bats in Zambia

    Will Burrard-Lucas Report

    Final score:
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    #19

    Springbok, Namibia

    Springbok, Namibia

    Guido Report

    Final score:
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    Locusts In Madagascar

    Locusts In Madagascar

    Michele Martinelli Report

    Final score:
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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    locusts destroy everything they eat.... I feel bad for all the people who have to go through that every year.

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    Ladybirds Moving To The Seaside In Blokhus, Denmark

    Ladybirds Moving To The Seaside In Blokhus, Denmark

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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Quite the experience: one day, the beach was completely invaded by ladybugs, flying and sitting everywhere - even on my camera and dress.

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    #22

    Wildebeests, Kenya

    Wildebeests, Kenya

    Sergey Agapov Report

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    #23

    The Great Snow Geese In Canada

    The Great Snow Geese In Canada

    Toni Chowdhury Report

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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living in Canada, this picture could be taken outside anywhere of the Canadian geese. There are THAT many.

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    Red Crowned Cranes in Israel

    Red Crowned Cranes in Israel

    Liron Hamelnick Report

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    #25

    May-fly Swarm In Hungary, River Tisza

    May-fly Swarm In Hungary, River Tisza

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    Shark Wall In Fakarava

    Shark Wall In Fakarava

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    Amanda Horsford
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    #27

    Sandpipers, Canada

    Sandpipers, Canada

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    9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    very nice this wild Live but if we are seriously there is something not longer exists

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    Sparrows In Berlin, Germany.

    Sparrows In Berlin, Germany.

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    #29

    Mayfly Swarming On River Tisza, (hungary)

    Mayfly Swarming On River Tisza, (hungary)

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    Eni Fabian
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    #30

    Sandhill Cranes Platte River, Ne

    Sandhill Cranes Platte River, Ne

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    Renata Otten MacAlpine
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    #31

    Carribou Migration, Canada

    Carribou Migration, Canada

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    #32

    Moorhens In Winter Time At Lake Balaton

    Moorhens In Winter Time At Lake Balaton

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    #33

    Grayling In Yukon, Canada

    Grayling In Yukon, Canada

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    #34

    Sockeye Salmon, Canada

    Sockeye Salmon, Canada

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    #35

    Sand Hill Cranes Leaving Palmer, Alaska

    Sand Hill Cranes Leaving Palmer, Alaska

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    Michael Clemens
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