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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5189]
(South Africa)
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Hyrax [namibia_1271]
(Namibia)
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Ostrich chicks -- tz_1878
(Tanzania)
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Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing [madagascar_2410]
(Madagascar)
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Multicolored spider
(Madagascar)
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Flying frog
(Indonesia)
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Translucent spider with turquoise, green, and yellow parts [madagascar_2030]
(Madagascar)
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Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica [cr_3762]
(Costa Rica)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8743]
(Belize)
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Birds [namibia_1338]
(Namibia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0518]
(South Africa)
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Dendrpsophus cf microcephala [co04-0934a]
(Colombia)
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Pair of Black Colobus monkeys (Colobus angolensis)
(Kenya)
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Hyrax [namibia_1244]
(Namibia)
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Hyrax [namibia_1233]
(Namibia)
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Orphaned orangutan chewing on sugar cane at Sepilok -- borneo_5379
(Malaysia)
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Researchers carry a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) in a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.
(Dominican Republic)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0878]
(South Africa)
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Bright red dragonfly -- borneo_3909
(Malaysia)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Red grasshawk dragonfly
(Indonesia)
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Magenta insect with light blue feet and eyes [suriname_0707a]
(Suriname)
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Carolina anole in Hawaii
(United States)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) [cr_3928]
(Costa Rica)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0718
(Malaysia)
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Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) -- tz_2413
(Tanzania)
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Golden bamboo lemur [madagascar_5245]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4267]
(Costa Rica)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0239]
(South Africa)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_8813]
(Suriname)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1568]
(Namibia)
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Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Crowned lemur feeding
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0321]
(South Africa)
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Bird [belize_8247]
(Belize)
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Turkey vultures in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Gecko
(Indonesia)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0105]
(South Africa)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0128]
(South Africa)
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Black and white colobus monkey feeding in a tree
(Kenya)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0126]
(South Africa)
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Coati sleeping in a tree
(Belize)
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Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) at the mud volcano in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Ostrich [namibia_0287]
(Namibia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1152]
(South Africa)
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Antelope [south_africa_kruger_0032]
(South Africa)
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Deforestation in Guatemala
(Belize)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind [madagascar_4345]
(Madagascar)
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Male ostrich with chicks -- tz_1863
(Tanzania)
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Rainforest termite nest
(Suriname)
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Mother crowned lemur hoping for food
(Madagascar)
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Reduviidae (a true bug) [madagascar_3440]
(Madagascar)
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Birds [namibia_1557]
(Namibia)
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Southern Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_0372]
(Madagascar)
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) -- tz_1707
(Tanzania)
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Indri in Perinet [madagascar_1211]
(Madagascar)
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Black millipede with yellow legs [madagascar_5467]
(Madagascar)
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Harpy eagle [belize_7142]
(Belize)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog guarding its nest [suriname_2489]
(Suriname)
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Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3651]
(Madagascar)
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Male lion
(Kenya)
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Bright red dragonfly -- borneo_3908
(Malaysia)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0970]
(Suriname)
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Green katydid [suriname_0440]
(Suriname)
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Mantidactylus lugubris [madagascar_5499]
(Madagascar)
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Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_0234]
(Madagascar)
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Female Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) [madagascar_4962]
(Madagascar)
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Gecko
(Indonesia)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0168]
(South Africa)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0689]
(South Africa)
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Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga) [south_africa_kruger_0512]
(South Africa)
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Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Birds [namibia_1579]
(Namibia)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with eye partially closed
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_0544]
(South Africa)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_0937]
(South Africa)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Stray dog at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Nile crocodiles on a beach
(Kenya)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0643]
(Suriname)
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Nesting Madagascar paradise-flycatcher
(Madagascar)
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Pair of Marabou Stork; one of white is grooming
(Kenya)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0642]
(South Africa)
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Buffalo
(Kenya)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0103]
(South Africa)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1024]
(Suriname)
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Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings [suriname_0734]
(Suriname)
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Brown-grey grasshopper -- borneo_3879
(Malaysia)
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Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_0545]
(South Africa)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1531]
(Madagascar)
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Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) [belize_7112a]
(Belize)
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Brown praying mantis
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4201]
(Costa Rica)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_1093]
(Suriname)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Caged Kinkajou
(Belize)
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Zebras among dry vegetation
(Tanzania)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Puff adder (Bitis arietans)
(Tanzania)
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Leaf-mimicking katydid
(Madagascar)
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Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2291a
(Tanzania)
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Zebra with Lake Magadi in the background -- tz_elf_0628
(Tanzania)
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Black and orange Net-winged Beetle (family Lycidae) in flight
(Belize)
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Multicolored spider [mcar_0030]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [mcar_0132]
(Madagascar)
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A seabird at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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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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Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1546
(Tanzania)
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Spear-tail Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui)
(Madagascar)
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Female agama lizard
(Kenya)
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Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) with a Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus)
(Tanzania)
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Fruit with orange interior
(Belize)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0930]
(Suriname)
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Brown stick insect
(Malaysia)
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Lion
(Tanzania)
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Fer-de-lance snake
(Belize)
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Orangutan getting fingerprinted
(Indonesia)
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Southern Leaftail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae) [madagascar_0374]
(Madagascar)
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House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in Madagascar [madagascar_2977]
(Madagascar)
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Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephala) [suriname_1546]
(Suriname)
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Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) -- tz_1483
(Tanzania)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2684]
(Madagascar)
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African Green Pigeon, Treron calva
(Kenya)
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Juvenile frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0588]
(South Africa)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0083]
(South Africa)
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Maroon Langur (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3243
(Malaysia)
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A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5109]
(South Africa)
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Namibian Rock Agamid [namibia_1311]
(Namibia)
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Thompson's gazelles running
(Kenya)
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Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi [belize_7228a]
(Belize)
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Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus)
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
(Madagascar)
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Springbok [namibia_1790]
(Namibia)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_5163]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Hot pink and turquoise leafhopper nymph
(Suriname)
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Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1631a
(Tanzania)
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Spider [suriname_8949]
(Suriname)
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Nyala [south_africa_kruger_1191]
(South Africa)
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Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) -- borneo_4156
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar Fire Millipede (Aphistogoniulus sp) [madagascar_5340]
(Madagascar)
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White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) -- tz_2133
(Tanzania)
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African elephants -- tz_1469
(Tanzania)
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Green moth with a black body [costa_rica_4711]
(Costa Rica)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle [costa_rica_5686]
(Costa Rica)
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Leaf frog [costa_rica_4695]
(Costa Rica)
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Chachalacas
(Belize)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Bird of prey nest in treetop
(Malaysia)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1040]
(Namibia)
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Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) -- borneo_3527
(Malaysia)
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Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3420]
(Madagascar)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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A butterfly near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Spider on leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Damaraland Banded Gecko (Pachydactylus fasciatus) [namibia_0784]
(Namibia)
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Spider eating a red leafhopper [madagascar_3559]
(Madagascar)
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Thomsons Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) [male] -- tz_2357
(Tanzania)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
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Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] [madagascar_5057]
(Madagascar)
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Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) [madagascar_2458]
(Madagascar)
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Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus) [male]
(Madagascar)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Cockroaches on the hand rails in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Infant elephant
(Kenya)
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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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Stick insect [madagascar_3529]
(Madagascar)
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Moth [madagascar_1649]
(Madagascar)
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Gecko shadow on a palm fron
(Indonesia)
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Sanford's Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi) [madagascar_3350]
(Madagascar)
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Fish eagle in treetop -- malaysia0093
(Malaysia)
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Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa) [costa_rica_5279]
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Lions on the prowl
(Kenya)
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Mascarene Grass Frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis)
(Madagascar)
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Lion (Panthera leo) [south_africa_kruger_0219]
(South Africa)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy [madagascar_0091]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a territorial chase [madagascar_2916]
(Madagascar)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6054]
(Costa Rica)
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Giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)
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Burchell's zebra [south_africa_kruger_0735]
(South Africa)
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Red howler monkey [suriname_0278]
(Suriname)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4875]
(Costa Rica)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0935]
(Namibia)
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Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_1899]
(Madagascar)
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Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) [madagascar_0016]
(Madagascar)
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Hawk at the Belize Zoo [belize_0111]
(Belize)
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Scaly Francolin (Francolinus squamatus)
(Kenya)
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Male Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) [madagascar_4947]
(Madagascar)
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Jaguar paw print
(Suriname)
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Agouti [suriname_8837]
(Suriname)
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Butterflies
(Indonesia)
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Leaf toad (Bufo species?) [suriname_8867]
(Suriname)
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Furcifer oustaleti chameleon (juvenile-bright green) [madagascar_7325]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher (female) fanning her tail [madagascar_3859]
(Madagascar)
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Golden-mantled tamarins (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Golden Fish-scaled Gecko (Geckolepis maculata)
(Madagascar)
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Crocs along the Mara river
(Kenya)
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Maroon Langur (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3254
(Malaysia)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) in a Pandanus palm [madagascar_0763]
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper [madagascar_1636]
(Madagascar)
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Leaping sifaka
(Madagascar)
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Mossy stick insect [madagascar_5330]
(Madagascar)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1130]
(Namibia)
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Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) -- borneo_4921
(Malaysia)
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Guineafowl
(Madagascar)
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Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5630]
(Costa Rica)
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Orangutan hanging from an access rope at Sepilok -- borneo_5270
(Malaysia)
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Pair of lion cubs -- tz_1738
(Tanzania)
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Sakalava Weavers (Ploceus sakalava) nesting [madagascar_7750]
(Madagascar)
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Female Furcifer balteatus shooting out her tongue to grab an insect
(Madagascar)
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Lioness -- tz_2336
(Tanzania)
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Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0344]
(South Africa)
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White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a spiny Alluaudia procera plant [madagascar_2482]
(Madagascar)
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White-headed vulture in flight
(Kenya)
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Peyrieras' Pygmy Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on a woman's hand
(Madagascar)
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Grey-backed weasel lemur (Lepilemur dorsalis)
(Madagascar)
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Tomato frog (Dyscophus antongilii) [madagascar_0404]
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0954]
(Suriname)
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Green sea turtle limb--killed by a jaguar
(Suriname)
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Spider monkey (local name in Belize: Venado)
(Belize)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3894]
(Costa Rica)
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Birds [namibia_1198]
(Namibia)
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Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus coronatus) [madagascar_2335]
(Madagascar)
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Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus)
(Kenya)
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Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) -- tz_2448
(Tanzania)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8282a]
(Belize)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Iridescent green beetle [suriname_1206]
(Suriname)
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Cricket with light blue markings [madagascar_2003]
(Madagascar)
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Large armored beetle -- borneo_3627
(Malaysia)
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Domergue's Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia thieli)
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5200]
(South Africa)
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Harpy eagle [belize_0172]
(Belize)
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Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) -- tz_1550
(Tanzania)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0400]
(South Africa)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3427]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Elongate Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia nasus)
(Madagascar)
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Hyrax [namibia_1235]
(Namibia)
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Namib Rock Agama [namibia_1288]
(Namibia)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) [madagascar_2469]
(Madagascar)
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Local rangers cut leaves for Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)
(Malaysia)
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Spider monkey
(Belize)
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Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa [costa_rica_5510]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue Masked Lovebird near the entrance of its nest hole
(Tanzania)
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Shield bug
(Madagascar)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_0997]
(Namibia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1178]
(South Africa)
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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
(Laos)
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Hippos standing and lying on a beach
(Kenya)
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Common zebra (Equus quagga) [south_africa_kruger_0701]
(South Africa)
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Big-nosed chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_5213]
(Madagascar)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5166]
(Costa Rica)
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Leopard
(Kenya)
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Lined Leaf-Tail Gecko (Uroplatus lineatus) [madagascar_0389]
(Madagascar)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5706]
(Costa Rica)
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Frog [madagascar_6307]
(Madagascar)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1037]
(South Africa)
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Cattle grazing on former rain forest land
(Belize)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1071]
(Namibia)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3167
(Malaysia)
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Pair of Oriental jackal (Canis aureus)
(Tanzania)
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Female Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) holding a stick insect [madagascar_5281]
(Madagascar)
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Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [mcar_0118]
(Madagascar)
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Rock dassie [namibia_1214]
(Namibia)
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Aye-aye chew marks
(Madagascar)
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Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
(Tanzania)
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Red Borneo centipede -- borneo_3839
(Malaysia)
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Ants feeding from a plant nectary
(Suriname)
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Bat cave in Ankarana [madagascar_3982]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_0960]
(South Africa)
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Amber Mountain Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
(Madagascar)
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Group of red fody [madagascar_6554]
(Madagascar)
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Spider [suriname_0391]
(Suriname)
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Giraffes on the horizon
(Kenya)
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White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5136]
(Costa Rica)
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Kinkajou tongue
(Belize)
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Andasibe Mantid (female)
(Madagascar)
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Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis), captured for study
(Costa Rica)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1277]
(Suriname)
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Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) [Turquoise bird with lime green head and black wings]
(0)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5903]
(Costa Rica)
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