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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Lion cubs peaking around a tree -- tz_1659
(Tanzania)
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Northern Lepilemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) peeking out from a tree hollow
(Madagascar)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) -- tz_1535
(Tanzania)
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Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill -- tz_2310
(Tanzania)
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Sleeping red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Broad-tailed Day Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda
(Madagascar)
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Katydid [madagascar_4922]
(Madagascar)
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Warthog
(Kenya)
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Wasp dragging (Pompiloidea) a giant spider
(Madagascar)
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Juvenile insect, not the giraffe-neck weevil [madagascar_0923]
(Madagascar)
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Guibemantis pulcher frog [madagascar_0965]
(Madagascar)
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Ring-tailed lemurs in gallery forest [madagascar_2705]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan on a tree trunk -- borneo_5255
(Malaysia)
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Hairy insect [Lithinus weevil (Curculionidae)]
(Madagascar)
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A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Hippo standing among Hippopotamodes
(Kenya)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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A lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Caterpillar [suriname_0194]
(Suriname)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0291]
(South Africa)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog crawling on a banana leaf
(Costa Rica)
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White Spotted Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) [madagascar_5156]
(Madagascar)
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Green stick insect [costa_rica_5812]
(Costa Rica)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4204]
(Costa Rica)
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Cricket [madagascar_3537]
(Madagascar)
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Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_0390]
(South Africa)
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Bright red beetle
(Laos)
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Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5629]
(Costa Rica)
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Dendrelaphis pictus snake eating a frog -- malaysia0800
(Malaysia)
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Namibian Rock Agama [namibia_1300]
(Namibia)
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Leaf toad (Bufo species?) [suriname_0882]
(Suriname)
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Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi] [belize_7420]
(Belize)
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Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) [belize_6888]
(Belize)
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Turtle nest sign
(Costa Rica)
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Ants swam leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Giant Milkweek Locust
(Madagascar)
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South American common toad (rhinella margaritifer) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black, red, and yellow insect [cr_3965]
(Costa Rica)
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A girl and her puppy play in the fields in Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Gray headed, yellow and orange bodied bird
(Kenya)
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Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) [madagascar_2461]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Lizard [south_africa_hermanus_1387]
(South Africa)
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African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1522
(Tanzania)
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Greater dwarf lemur (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar
(Suriname)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) [costa_rica_5868]
(Costa Rica)
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Ground squirrel [namibia_0311]
(Namibia)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0584]
(South Africa)
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Mating bugs [madagascar_4936]
(Madagascar)
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Broad-tailed Day Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda [madagascar_5071]
(Madagascar)
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Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0065]
(South Africa)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1020]
(Namibia)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1600]
(Namibia)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0754
(Malaysia)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1049]
(Namibia)
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Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
(Belize)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Passerini's Tanager (Yellow and chestnut breasted bird with dark gray wings)
(Costa Rica)
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Mongoose [namibia_1610]
(Namibia)
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Male Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) [madagascar_3356]
(Madagascar)
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Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) [madagascar_1539]
(Madagascar)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0583]
(South Africa)
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Gemsbuck [namibia_1543]
(Namibia)
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A manatee and her calf in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Invasive day gecko in Hawaii
(United States)
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Starling (unsure of species)
(Botswana)
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Ptychadena mascareniensis [madagascar_5938]
(Madagascar)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3152
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka sitting in a tree [mcar_0120]
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0750
(Malaysia)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8722a]
(Belize)
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Dark gray moth with metallic-green spots
(Madagascar)
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Green praying mantis [madagascar_3282]
(Madagascar)
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Spiny-tailed iguana [costa_rica_5822]
(Costa Rica)
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Day gecko
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper [south_africa_kruger_0931]
(South Africa)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) [madagascar_2202]
(Madagascar)
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A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1520]
(Namibia)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo [belize_7440]
(Belize)
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Damaraland Banded Gecko (Pachydactylus fasciatus) [namibia_2297]
(Namibia)
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Ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta)
(Madagascar)
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Vampire bat in the shower in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Butterflies
(Indonesia)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_1015]
(Namibia)
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Zebra peeing
(South Africa)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1598]
(Namibia)
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Sleeping bird -- borneo_3599
(Malaysia)
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Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5147]
(South Africa)
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Raptor (species unknown) in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico
(United States)
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Thompson's gazelle in pursuit
(Kenya)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2759]
(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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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog climbing a tree trunk [suriname_2584]
(Suriname)
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A yellow beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata)
(Botswana)
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Vulture
(South Africa)
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Female lion in savanna grass
(Tanzania)
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White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5130]
(Costa Rica)
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Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
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Polka dot moth
(Indonesia)
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Leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5034]
(South Africa)
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Giant leaf-tail gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus)
(0)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0753
(Malaysia)
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Pink and purple insect nymph that has JUST molted, probably a Flatid or a Fulgorid bug
(Madagascar)
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Cryptic grasshopper -- borneo_3305
(Malaysia)
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pandanus insect (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4949]
(Costa Rica)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0080]
(South Africa)
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Zebra among scrub trees -- tz_1936
(Tanzania)
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Big-nosed Chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_0442]
(Madagascar)
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Black moth with a pair of orange spots and transparent patches on its wings [madagascar_5266]
(Madagascar)
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Orphaned elephant with a knotted trunk
(Kenya)
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Golden-handed tamarin [suriname_8914]
(Suriname)
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Dry grass-colored mantis (headshot) (possibly Idolomorpha madagascariensis [Empusidae])
(Madagascar)
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Researcher working with a mouse lemur in Ranomafana [madagascar_5537]
(Madagascar)
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Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4796
(Malaysia)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_0989]
(South Africa)
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Agamid Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella ) -- borneo_3067
(Malaysia)
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Lizard [madagascar_2429]
(Madagascar)
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Blue and yellow Madagascar Reed Frog (Heterixalus madagascariensis) [madagascar_2153]
(Madagascar)
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Maasai zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) -- tz_1379
(Tanzania)
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Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) [madagascar_4865]
(Madagascar)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1029]
(South Africa)
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Female Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [south_africa_kruger_0363]
(South Africa)
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Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1356
(Tanzania)
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Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Day gecko [mad_05]
(Madagascar)
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Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
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Guibemantis liber [madagascar_0839]
(Madagascar)
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Headless and bloated anaconda corpse
(Suriname)
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Tikal
(Belize)
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Aardwolf [namibia_2059]
(Namibia)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5078]
(Costa Rica)
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Frog in the leaf litter of the rainforest [suriname_1054]
(Suriname)
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Grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2667]
(Madagascar)
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Northern Lepilemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) [madagascar_4235]
(Madagascar)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Serow or Kambing gurun (Capricornis sumatrensis) hidden in vegetation
(Malaysia)
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Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3485]
(Madagascar)
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Big-nosed chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_5197]
(Madagascar)
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Red-backed Squirrel Monkey, Saimiri oerstedii
(Costa Rica)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1270]
(Madagascar)
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Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
(Costa Rica)
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Turkana goats
(Kenya)
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Egg case for a praying mantis
(Madagascar)
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African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1519
(Tanzania)
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Scarab on a ball of dung in the Malaysian rainforest
(Malaysia)
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Mantidactylus asper? [madagascar_3596]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher (female) fanning her tail
(Madagascar)
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Bird [madagascar_2549]
(Madagascar)
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Dark green beetle [suriname_0723]
(Suriname)
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Blue-eyed dragonfly
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8659]
(Belize)
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White-faced Capuchin monkeys
(Costa Rica)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0908]
(Namibia)
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Female Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) holding a stick insect [madagascar_5278]
(Madagascar)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0941]
(Namibia)
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Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Dragonfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5197]
(Costa Rica)
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Hyrax [namibia_1262]
(Namibia)
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Speartail Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus ebenaui)
(Madagascar)
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Toad [costa_rica_5342]
(Costa Rica)
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African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0018]
(South Africa)
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American Painted Lady or Postman butterfly (Heliconius melpomene)
(0)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Malagasy giant hognose snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis) at the bottom of a sink hole
(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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Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_1132]
(South Africa)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0451]
(South Africa)
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White-backed Vultures, Gyps africanus, atop a tree
(Kenya)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0841]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Brilliantly colorful grasshopper
(Madagascar)
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Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4795a
(Malaysia)
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Vulture [south_africa_kruger_0504]
(South Africa)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Warthogs
(Kenya)
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Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche)
(Botswana)
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Green beetle with an orange head [madagascar_3833]
(Madagascar)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri) [madagascar_0589a]
(Madagascar)
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Green praying mantis [madagascar_3292]
(Madagascar)
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Gaudy bush locust
(Madagascar)
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Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0067]
(South Africa)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3149
(Malaysia)
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Ant in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Ant nest [suriname_2269]
(Suriname)
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Green katydid [costa_rica_5613]
(Costa Rica)
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African leopard [south_africa_kruger_5135]
(South Africa)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0349]
(South Africa)
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Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7154]
(Belize)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0279]
(South Africa)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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A caterpillar in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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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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Cave snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi)
(Malaysia)
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Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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Malaysian Pied Hornbill
(Malaysia)
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Sunbird -- borneo_6205
(Malaysia)
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Brown Mantella (Mantella betsileo) [madagascar_4622]
(Madagascar)
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Young female lion -- tz_1723
(Tanzania)
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Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Female Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [south_africa_kruger_0378]
(South Africa)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy
(Madagascar)
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Hummingbird nest
(Belize)
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A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Bird - Broad-billed Roller (?)
(Madagascar)
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Yawning Coquerel's sifaka
(Madagascar)
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Group of helmeted guineafowl
(Kenya)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6055]
(Costa Rica)
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Young orangutan eating bananas -- borneo_5294
(Malaysia)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5100]
(Costa Rica)
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Cheetah
(Tanzania)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3124
(Malaysia)
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Orange, black, and yellow moth [suriname_2403]
(Suriname)
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African Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)
(Kenya)
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Three-striped poison arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back [suriname_1149]
(Suriname)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Gecko [namibia_0482]
(Namibia)
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Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2367]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan getting a check-up
(Indonesia)
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x -- borneo_4041
(Malaysia)
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Metallic black spider [madagascar_3277]
(Madagascar)
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Male sunbird
(Kenya)
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Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) [madagascar_2467]
(Madagascar)
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Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0679]
(South Africa)
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Indri in Perinet [madagascar_1215]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1153]
(South Africa)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1082]
(South Africa)
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Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) -- tz_2414
(Tanzania)
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Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male)
(0)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
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Indri in Perinet [madagascar_1187]
(Madagascar)
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Rock dassie [namibia_1199]
(Namibia)
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Close-up of infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) searching for prey in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Rock dassie [namibia_1204]
(Namibia)
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Small Amazon forest frog, possibly Leptodactylus pentadactylus
(Colombia)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0598]
(South Africa)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0615]
(South Africa)
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Lioness -- tz_2347
(Tanzania)
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Orangutan finger
(Indonesia)
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Baby sloth hugging a stuffed panda bear [suriname_1994]
(Suriname)
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Scorpion-spider, sometimes known as a wind spider or camel spider
(Belize)
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Phyllobates vittatus poison dart frog
(0)
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Green katydid [costa_rica_5237]
(Costa Rica)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0834]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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A lizard in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Toad [cr_4104]
(Costa Rica)
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Netting birds for a survey
(Costa Rica)
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Grasshopper [madagascar_1635]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow and blue dying poison arrow frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
(Suriname)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1597]
(Namibia)
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Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings [belize_uw0152]
(Belize)
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River
(Zimbabwe)
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Anis in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3135
(Malaysia)
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Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) [south_africa_kruger_0849]
(South Africa)
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Black millipede
(Madagascar)
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O'Shaughnessy's Chameleon (Calumma oshaughnessyi) in the Ranomafana forest
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Red howler monkey [suriname_0284]
(Suriname)
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Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2246
(Tanzania)
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Leaf frog [costa_rica_4688]
(Costa Rica)
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Zebra among scrub trees -- tz_1940
(Tanzania)
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Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
(United States)
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A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0724
(Malaysia)
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A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower
(0)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1623
(Tanzania)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Male Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1524]
(Madagascar)
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Milne-Edwards' Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) [madagascar_4994]
(Madagascar)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Green backed beetle with orange underparts -- borneo_4438
(Malaysia)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4260]
(Costa Rica)
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Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) [costa_rica_5496]
(Costa Rica)
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Common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_0178]
(Madagascar)
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Swallowtail feeding on red flowers
(United States)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2582]
(Madagascar)
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