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openGalleryPopup('http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153138/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jul/29/wildlife-animals', 696);" class="link-text"><img id="media-img-351047412" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153138im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/styles/wide/images/blank.gif" width="140" height="84" alt="Week in Wildlife: Dwarf river crab"/></a> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ postLoadImage("media-img-351047412", "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153138/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/29/1248892261851/Week-in-Wildlife-Dwarf-ri-004.jpg"); //]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ applyImageMask("media-img-351047412", "gallery"); //]]> </script> <p><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153138/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/jul/29/wildlife-animals" onclick="return 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