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Corneal Extraction, The funeral party watches as corneas are extracted by the eye bank team on the Ghat of Pashupatinath temple before cremation.

Before Cremation, Corneas are extracted by nurses from the eye hospital eye bank team on the Ghat of Pashupatinath temple before cremation.

Eye Donation, The eye bank team waits at the corneal donation information center for a prospective donor and give information.

This is an essay on a unique form of corneal donation and transplantation that involves harvesting corneas from the dead that are about to be cremated on the ghat of the Pashupatinath Temple and transplanting those cornea’s into the eyes of…

An Azteca queen curls within the hollow stem of the Cordia plant which will be her home for life, her first milky-white eggs behind her. Peru.

Two ant species prefer this plant. The nest entrance of each species is a shape of the other (here, the round-bodied black species) cannot fit through. Cameroon.

Allomerus ants within the plant stem they call home, dismembering bodies of their defeated foe, a dark ant killed trying to usurp their colony. Peru.

A patas monkey eats the swollen thorns of African acacias. Aggressive acidic ants living in these thorns are this monkey’s primary source of protein. Kenya.

A Crematogaster ant smashes rows of butterfly eggs, which, if allowed to hatch would eat her home plant. Cameroon.

Tiny Crematogaster ants patrol a freshly opened leaf of their Macaranga tree. Sugary glistening rewards on the leaf’s margin keep the army fed. Malaysia.