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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) [suriname_1970]
(Suriname)
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Red-necked Francolin
(Tanzania)
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii)
(Tanzania)
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Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
(Zimbabwe)
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Lioness -- tz_2326
(Tanzania)
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Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
(Kenya)
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Orange and black Reduviidae juvenile bug, with the abdomen sticking up to look like a fierce mantis [madagascar_1062]
(Madagascar)
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Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok -- borneo_5432
(Malaysia)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) showing its canines
(Costa Rica)
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Black scorpion in a burrow
(Malaysia)
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Granular poison dart frog (Dendrobates granuliferus)
(Costa Rica)
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Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-212]
(Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon's prehensile tail (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Zebra in the Loita hills
(Kenya)
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Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar
(Suriname)
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Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa [costa_rica_5511]
(Costa Rica)
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Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)
(Botswana)
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Northern Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) peeking out of a tree hollow
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2803]
(Madagascar)
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) -- tz_1384
(Tanzania)
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Swallowtail butterfly
(Madagascar)
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Microcebus rufus lemur (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Mating butterflies
(Madagascar)
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Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3423]
(Madagascar)
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Troop of ringtails
(Madagascar)
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A yellow beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Mother Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) with baby [madagascar_1439]
(Madagascar)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_8934]
(Suriname)
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Young Panther chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Tractor millipede -- borneo_3498
(Malaysia)
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Bohor reedbuck
(Kenya)
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Lioness -- tz_2338
(Tanzania)
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Angry elephant
(Tanzania)
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Madagascar Fire Millipede (Aphistogoniulus sp) [madagascar_5342]
(Madagascar)
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) -- tz_1706
(Tanzania)
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Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa)
(Madagascar)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower [suriname_0337]
(Suriname)
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Furcifer balteatus chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Stick insects mating [madagascar_5413]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Black and white colobus monkey in a Jacaranda tree
(Kenya)
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Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2345]
(Madagascar)
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Elephants -- tz_1789
(Tanzania)
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Arboreal Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [cr_4320]
(Costa Rica)
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Rock chuck (Marmota flaviventris)
(United States)
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Collared Brown Lemur (Eulemur collaris) outside it range
(Madagascar)
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Turquoise tarantula (Avicularia metallica)
(Suriname)
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Large grasshopper in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Male Elephant-eared Chameleon (Calumna brevicorne) [madagascar_1580]
(Madagascar)
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Wildebeest herd -- tz_elf_0505
(Tanzania)
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Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) -- borneo_3646
(Malaysia)
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Mother Verreaux's Sifaka with baby
(Madagascar)
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Colony of bats taking flight in a Malaysian limestone cave
(Malaysia)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_2037]
(Madagascar)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) [belize_7482]
(Belize)
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Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa)
(Costa Rica)
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Slow loris
(Indonesia)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri) [madagascar_0608a]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow katydid - Pyrgocorypha hamata (Scudder, 1878)
(Belize)
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Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans
(Ecuador)
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Acouchi
(Suriname)
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Sleeping female O'Shaughnessy's Chameleon (Calumma oshaughnessyi) [madagascar_5202]
(Madagascar)
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Black grasshopper with yellow stripes -- malaysia0970a
(Malaysia)
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Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) [costa_rica_5659]
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5140a]
(Costa Rica)
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Namibian Rock Agama [namibia_0780]
(Namibia)
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Green, black, and yellow insect
(Malaysia)
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Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus albigena)
(Colombia)
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Gecko
(Madagascar)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1025]
(Egypt)
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Green Crested Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella ) -- borneo_3416
(Malaysia)
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Pair of Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
(Kenya)
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Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican rain forest
(Costa Rica)
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African elephant -- tz_2083
(Tanzania)
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Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) [suriname_1965]
(Suriname)
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Red-headed katydid
(Indonesia)
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White dragonfly on a plant leaf
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Baby reedbuck
(Tanzania)
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White-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus albifrons) (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Eastern Woolly Lemurs (Avahi laniger) [madagascar_0649]
(Madagascar)
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Pair of cheetah
(Tanzania)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2592]
(Madagascar)
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Black, yellow, and blue caterpillar [madagascar_0790]
(Madagascar)
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Eastern Tree Dassie (Dendrohyrax arboreus) scratching
(Tanzania)
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Elephants on the African savanna
(Kenya)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0950]
(Namibia)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Boa in the kitchen
(Madagascar)
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Green Mantid (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Brown mouse lemur (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Calumma nasuta chameleon (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Tailless Mabuya skink on a tree trunk
(Tanzania)
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Collared iguanid (Oplurus cuvieri) lizard (Kirindy)
(Madagascar)
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Jungle Nymph or Malaysian leaf insect ( Heteropteryx dilatata)
(Malaysia)
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Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth) [belize_8343]
(Belize)
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A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0427]
(South Africa)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0495]
(Suriname)
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Gray Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
(Costa Rica)
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Calumma nasuta (sleeping on a leaf in the Masoala rainforest)
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Field mouse on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Heated territorial chase between a pair of Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
(Madagascar)
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Stick Mantid (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Molted insect exoskeleton at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Cattle Egret [suriname_2443]
(Suriname)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1156]
(Namibia)
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Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_7250]
(Madagascar)
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African fish eagle
(South Africa)
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Malachite butterfly (Siproeta Stelenes)
(Costa Rica)
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
(Kenya)
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Maroon-spotted brown lizard
(Suriname)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri) [madagascar_0600a]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
(0)
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Black and white colobus monkey feeding in a tree
(Kenya)
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Elephant calves at play
(Tanzania)
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Elephants at sun down
(Kenya)
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Leaf-mimicking treehopper
(Madagascar)
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Elephants huddled in the shade of an Acacia
(Tanzania)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0087]
(Belize)
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Butterfly [butterfly_07]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue, green, orange, white, and brown Calumma crypticum chameleon [male]
(Madagascar)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_1898]
(Madagascar)
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Black grasshopper with yellow stripes
(Malaysia)
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Rehabilitated Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Damaraland Banded Gecko (Pachydactylus fasciatus) [namibia_0786]
(Namibia)
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Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus) (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Pedioplanis sand lizard [namibia_1827]
(Namibia)
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Birds [namibia_1296]
(Namibia)
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Fish eagle in treetop
(Malaysia)
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Female lions with zebra kill
(Tanzania)
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Wild boar in Malaysia -- malaysia1158
(Malaysia)
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Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
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Orangutan at Sepilok -- borneo_5309
(Malaysia)
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Striped beetle
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) paying with its toes
(Costa Rica)
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Black and yellow grasshopper -- borneo_4059
(Malaysia)
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Zebra and wildebeest
(Tanzania)
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Warthogs
(Kenya)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0459]
(South Africa)
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A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Sleeping bird
(Malaysia)
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Insect [suriname_0236]
(Suriname)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0521]
(South Africa)
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Transparent moth [cr_3679b]
(Costa Rica)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka feeding [madagascar_2627]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5192]
(South Africa)
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Turkana livestock
(Kenya)
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Reddish snake with dark brown bands
(Malaysia)
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Colony of bats hanging from the ceiling of a limestone cave in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_1113]
(Suriname)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) watching through savanna grass
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Baboons
(Tanzania)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4890]
(Costa Rica)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5693]
(Costa Rica)
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Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) [cr_4178]
(Costa Rica)
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Colorful skink [costa_rica_5946]
(Costa Rica)
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Birds [namibia_1561]
(Namibia)
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Eastern woolley lemur (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Jumping sifaka
(Madagascar)
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A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Pink insect with turquoise feet and eyes
(Suriname)
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Rainbow Ameivas in Colombia
(Colombia)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Burning the savanna for agriculture in Guatemala
(Belize)
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Yellow leafhopper
(Madagascar)
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Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi)
(Costa Rica)
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Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in a tree
(Tanzania)
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Bufo guttatus (Smooth-sided toad) [suriname_1314]
(Suriname)
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A katydid in Malaysia with a red head, black body, yellow winds, and black and yellow legs -- malaysia0362a
(Malaysia)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog climbing a tree trunk [suriname_2587]
(Suriname)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind [madagascar_4346]
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0296]
(South Africa)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) on Nosy Be
(Madagascar)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0502]
(Suriname)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0109]
(South Africa)
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Sykes's Monkey, Cercopithecus albogularis
(Kenya)
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Giving an adult male orangutan a health check
(Indonesia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5203]
(South Africa)
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Elephants in the Maasai Mara
(Kenya)
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Namibian desert gecko [namibia_2305]
(Namibia)
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Colorful long-horned beetle (Family Cerambycidae)
(Laos)
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Forest lizard
(Suriname)
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Orangutan sucking its thumb
(Malaysia)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0285]
(South Africa)
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Flat-casqued Chameleon (Calumma globifer) (female) [madagascar_0421]
(Madagascar)
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga) [south_africa_kruger_0751]
(South Africa)
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Captive fossa [madagascar_1600]
(Madagascar)
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Female black lemur (Eulemur macaco) [madagascar_4606]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan being rehabilitated for re-release into the Sumatran rainforest
(Indonesia)
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Rainforest canopy crab [costa_rica_5529]
(Costa Rica)
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Frog [suriname_1329]
(Suriname)
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Light brown tree frog
(Malaysia)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4911]
(Costa Rica)
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A male orangutan that has lost its arm
(Indonesia)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0522]
(Suriname)
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Lizard [madagascar_2431]
(Madagascar)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_8952]
(Suriname)
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Zebra among dry vegetation
(Tanzania)
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Green tree snake
(Suriname)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0527]
(South Africa)
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Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orangutan with a leaf umbrella
(Malaysia)
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Green-backed mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) [madagascar_2032]
(Madagascar)
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Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2366]
(Madagascar)
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Raspberry dragnofly
(Madagascar)
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Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) -- tz_1996
(Tanzania)
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Furcifer campani chameleon near Ifasina
(Madagascar)
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Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake swallowing a frog
(Malaysia)
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Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica [cr_3763]
(Costa Rica)
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Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur (Cheirogaleus medius) [madagascar_3467]
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-cutter ant
(Costa Rica)
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American crocodile [Local Belizean name = Aligata or Cocodrilo]
(Belize)
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Translucent green katydid [cr_4036]
(Costa Rica)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0619]
(South Africa)
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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_8993]
(Suriname)
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Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae)
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Baby orangutan getting a check-up
(Indonesia)
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Orange and black leafhopper [madagascar_0782]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka feeding [madagascar_2625]
(Madagascar)
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Red-fronted brown lemurs (Eulemur rufus) [madagascar_2520]
(Madagascar)
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Gray headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephal)
(Kenya)
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Slow loris
(Indonesia)
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) -- tz_1676
(Tanzania)
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Scarlet macaw digging in the soil
(Belize)
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Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) -- tz_1366
(Tanzania)
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Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) -- tz_1532
(Tanzania)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_0198]
(Madagascar)
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Banded Thick-toed Gecko (Pachydactylus fasciatus) [namibia_2296]
(Namibia)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5902]
(Costa Rica)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Jeweled Chameleon (Furcifer campani) [male] [madagascar_0379]
(Madagascar)
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Hippo lying on a mudflat
(Tanzania)
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Plains zebra [south_africa_kruger_0724]
(South Africa)
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Skipper butterfly on leaf -- malaysia0836
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) [madagascar_4448]
(Madagascar)
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Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans
(Ecuador)
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Flock of storks in flight
(Madagascar)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0568]
(South Africa)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3153
(Malaysia)
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Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Dark brown and orange butterfly with blue spots [costa_rica_4467]
(Costa Rica)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata)
(Madagascar)
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A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1023]
(South Africa)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2859]
(Madagascar)
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Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1503
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Sanford's Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi) [madagascar_3365]
(Madagascar)
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Nightjar at night on the Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis) [madagascar_0543]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [mcar_0138]
(Madagascar)
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Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca)
(0)
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Orangutan hanging from an access rope at Sepilok -- borneo_5273
(Malaysia)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Group of field mice in Tanzania
(Tanzania)
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Mother Verreaux's Sifaka with baby [madagascar_2824]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1124]
(South Africa)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Polka dot moth
(Indonesia)
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Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) on a man's arm
(Madagascar)
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Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
(Belize)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1080]
(South Africa)
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Spider on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5533]
(Costa Rica)
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Infant elephant
(Kenya)
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Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower
(0)
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Raptor [south_africa_kruger_0336]
(South Africa)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [mcar_0125]
(Madagascar)
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Mother ringtail lemur with baby [madagascar_2961]
(Madagascar)
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Nephila orb spider [costa_rica_5204]
(Costa Rica)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0424]
(South Africa)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0529]
(South Africa)
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Cheetah -- tz_2546
(Tanzania)
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Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) [suriname_1966]
(Suriname)
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Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1639
(Tanzania)
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Pink and purple insect with huge eyes; this is a nymph that has JUST molted; abdomen is long like a damsel (or dragon) fly
(Madagascar)
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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Male lion
(Kenya)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red fody [madagascar_2207]
(Madagascar)
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Namibian Rock Agamid [namibia_1303]
(Namibia)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4927]
(Costa Rica)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Pedioplanis sand lizard [namibia_1828]
(Namibia)
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Mother Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) with baby [madagascar_0063]
(Madagascar)
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