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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Ring-tailed lemur with baby [madagascar_5718]
(Madagascar)
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Common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_0146]
(Madagascar)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1165]
(Namibia)
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Insect [madagascar_3434]
(Madagascar)
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - headshot
(Kenya)
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana -- tz_1696
(Tanzania)
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Satanic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) [madagascar_0336]
(Madagascar)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_7329]
(Belize)
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Female Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) [madagascar_3410]
(Madagascar)
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Cattle grazing on former rainforest land
(Belize)
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Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) [suriname_1355]
(Suriname)
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White-browed Owl (Ninox superciliaris) [madagascar_2726]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Eastern bamboo lemur [madagascar_1124]
(Madagascar)
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Pearly Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) butterfly
(Costa Rica)
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South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Mabuya skink
(Tanzania)
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African lion -- tz_1595
(Tanzania)
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Pill millipede (Glomeris connexa) -- borneo_3586
(Malaysia)
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Red howler monkey in the canopy [suriname_2533]
(Suriname)
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Namibian desert gecko [namibia_2303]
(Namibia)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Mara zebra
(Kenya)
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African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0025]
(South Africa)
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Yellow weevil
(Indonesia)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1077]
(South Africa)
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Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4792
(Malaysia)
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Sleeping red-eyed tree frog
(0)
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Female Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) [madagascar_4957]
(Madagascar)
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Male ostrich with chicks -- tz_1860
(Tanzania)
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Mongoose Lemur (Eulemur mongoz) [madagascar_2352]
(Madagascar)
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Go-away bird
(Kenya)
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Male Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) -- malaysia1092
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_3286]
(Madagascar)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0948]
(Suriname)
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Oustalet's chameleon in a Plumeria tree [madagascar_7360]
(Madagascar)
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Coquerel's Sifaka eating leaves [madagascar_2421]
(Madagascar)
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Captive ocelot
(Belize)
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Female Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [south_africa_kruger_0376]
(South Africa)
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Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus) [madagascar_3954]
(Madagascar)
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Giant Coua (Coua gigas) [madagascar_2871]
(Madagascar)
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Black and orange banded insect [suriname_8981]
(Suriname)
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Furcifer oustaleti chameleon (juvenile-bright green) [madagascar_7300]
(Madagascar)
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Scrub hare (Lepus saxatilis) [south_africa_kruger_5271]
(South Africa)
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Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5634]
(Costa Rica)
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Phelsuma abbotti [madagascar_4176]
(Madagascar)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1013]
(Egypt)
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Metallic black spider
(Madagascar)
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Dung beetle rolling a dung ball
(Malaysia)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri) [madagascar_0597]
(Madagascar)
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Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) hiding
(Zimbabwe)
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Pink insect with turquoise feet and eyes [suriname_0689]
(Suriname)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Draco flying lizard -- borneo_3932
(Malaysia)
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Yellow and black insect -- borneo_3393
(Malaysia)
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Ring-tail lemur (Lemur catta) [madagascar_1569]
(Madagascar)
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Northern Lepilemur in the Ankarana forest (lemur is in the center of the photo, peeking out of a hollow)
(Madagascar)
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Three-striped poison dart frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) [suriname_2207]
(Suriname)
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Impala [south_africa_kruger_1102]
(South Africa)
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Gemsbok [namibia_2082]
(Namibia)
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Metallic spider -- borneo_4273
(Malaysia)
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Transparent moth [cr_3679]
(Costa Rica)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1090]
(Namibia)
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Red millipede in Madagascar [madagascar_0942]
(Madagascar)
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Mossy stick insect headshot
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4256a]
(Costa Rica)
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Oropendola nest in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green and brown cicada -- borneo_4068
(Malaysia)
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Petter's Chameleon (Furcifer petteri) [female] [madagascar_3424]
(Madagascar)
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Moon Jellyfish
(0)
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Black moth with a pair of orange spots and transparent patches on its wings [madagascar_5268]
(Madagascar)
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Borneo Bloodsucker Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella )
(Malaysia)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0900]
(South Africa)
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Female Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) [south_africa_kruger_0383]
(South Africa)
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Frog [madagascar_1903]
(Madagascar)
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Amber Mountain chameleon (Calumma ambreense) [madagascar_3718]
(Madagascar)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0442]
(South Africa)
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Brown mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) [madagascar_5540]
(Madagascar)
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Plated lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis) [madagascar_1002]
(Madagascar)
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Furcifer gastrotaenia (Andasibe) [Furcifer_gastrotaenia0046]
(Madagascar)
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Sloth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0182]
(South Africa)
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Herd of elephants in a riverbed -- tz_1685
(Tanzania)
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Flatid leaf bug nymphs, resembling white lichen [madagascar_4109]
(Madagascar)
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Brown weevil -- borneo_4034
(Malaysia)
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Eagle nest
(Tanzania)
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Nephila orb spider [costa_rica_5202]
(Costa Rica)
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Turtledove
(Madagascar)
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Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5721b]
(Costa Rica)
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A foal, as a baby zebra is called
(Kenya)
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Heliconius melpomene butterfly with child's hand
(0)
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Springbok [namibia_1092]
(Namibia)
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Common chunk headed snake - Imantodes cenchoa [costa_rica_5512]
(Costa Rica)
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Beetle orgy
(United States)
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Skink [cr_4313]
(Costa Rica)
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Beetle [suriname_0702]
(Suriname)
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Orangutan finger
(Indonesia)
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Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)
(Botswana)
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Metallic black spider [madagascar_3278]
(Madagascar)
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Mother Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) with baby
(Madagascar)
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A local woman carries fish on her head at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0348]
(South Africa)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1488]
(Madagascar)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0448]
(South Africa)
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Herd of hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) wallowing in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3893]
(Costa Rica)
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Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Madagascar giant hognose snakes [madagascar_4565]
(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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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0602]
(South Africa)
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American Crocodile
(Costa Rica)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2866]
(Madagascar)
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Young hippo
(Kenya)
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Colorful long-horned beetle (Family Cerambycidae)
(Laos)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1592]
(Namibia)
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Oustalet's chameleon walking across sand near Isalo [madagascar_7351]
(Madagascar)
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Katydid [madagascar_4919]
(Madagascar)
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Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax)
(Tanzania)
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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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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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Crowned lemur in the forest floor
(Madagascar)
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White-headed vultures
(Kenya)
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Leaf-mimicking butterfly
(Madagascar)
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Spotted Jewel beetle (family Buprestidae, genus Polybothris) [madagascar_5442]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5090]
(South Africa)
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Brownish-red Long-horned Beetle (family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae) [costa_rica_5657]
(Costa Rica)
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Satanic Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) [madagascar_5218]
(Madagascar)
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Oustalet's chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Frog with glowing green spots in Borneo -- borneo_4111
(Malaysia)
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Butterfly [madagascar_3416]
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4270]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-nosed Chameleon (Calumma boettgeri) in leaf litter [madagascar_3550]
(Madagascar)
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Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) [namibia_1615]
(Namibia)
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American Painted Lady or Postman butterfly (Heliconius melpomene)
(0)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Oustalet's chameleon walking across sand near Isalo [madagascar_7343]
(Madagascar)
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Red and orange Galerucinae Leaf Beetle [madagascar_6792]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0453]
(South Africa)
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Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) [madagascar_0047]
(Madagascar)
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Green leaf katydid [belize_8551]
(Belize)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_0668]
(South Africa)
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Cicada that has trapped itself in a leaf -- malaysia0199
(Malaysia)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0087]
(South Africa)
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Male black lemur (Eulemur macaco) [madagascar_4579]
(Madagascar)
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Green and brown grasshopper
(Suriname)
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Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_2042]
(Madagascar)
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Ants on the forest floor [suriname_8779]
(Suriname)
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Birds migrating in formation
(Egypt)
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Birds [namibia_1559]
(Namibia)
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Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) -- borneo_3636
(Malaysia)
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Fly [madagascar_0727]
(Madagascar)
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Orange and black bug
(Madagascar)
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Greenish Bembix wasp (Crabronidae family)
(Madagascar)
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Draco flying lizard
(Malaysia)
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Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) [madagascar_0270]
(Madagascar)
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Katydid at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0315]
(South Africa)
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Agamid Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella ) -- borneo_3059
(Malaysia)
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Metallic orange beetle [madagascar_5347]
(Madagascar)
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Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1501
(Tanzania)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_1113]
(Namibia)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Propithecus diadema diadema lemur (Mantady)
(Madagascar)
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Multi-colored shield bug
(Madagascar)
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Juvenile South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifer) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed fly in Madagascar [madagascar_0689]
(Madagascar)
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Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel [belize_6617]
(Belize)
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Insect
(Indonesia)
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Crested drongo [madagascar_7706]
(Madagascar)
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Lions showing camouflage abilities -- tz_elf_0494
(Tanzania)
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Nile monitor [south_africa_kruger_0008]
(South Africa)
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Beetle [madagascar_5290]
(Madagascar)
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Lion's eye
(Kenya)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Slow loris
(Indonesia)
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Green praying mantis -- borneo_4189
(Malaysia)
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Green iguana in the canopy [belize_8313]
(Belize)
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White butterfly
(Suriname)
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Wasp colonized by parasitic fungus
(Madagascar)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) [madagascar_1323]
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly [madagascar_7215]
(Madagascar)
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Mother elephant with calf
(Kenya)
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Brown frog [costa_rica_5536]
(Costa Rica)
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Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) -- tz_1482
(Tanzania)
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Baboon with a baby on its back
(Kenya)
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Snare injury on the leg of the captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam. The rhino represents the eventual hopes for breeding this Critically Endangered subspecies in captivity.
(Malaysia)
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Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_0415]
(South Africa)
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Camouflaged moth or butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0589]
(South Africa)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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White butterfly feeding on tubular red flowers [belize_8469]
(Belize)
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Mother Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) with baby [madagascar_0081]
(Madagascar)
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Lion approaching a wildebeest herd
(Kenya)
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Verreaux's Sifaka feeding [madagascar_2630]
(Madagascar)
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Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals around a puddle -- malaysia0679
(Malaysia)
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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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Female crowned lemur, carrying baby, feeding on a mango rind
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lion in the morning sun
(Kenya)
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Sakalava's Velvet Gecko (Homopholis sakalava) inatree hollow
(Madagascar)
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Uroplatus sikorae [madagascar_0530]
(Madagascar)
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Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2251
(Tanzania)
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Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3634]
(Madagascar)
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Brown spider
(Suriname)
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Vervet monkey
(Tanzania)
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Maroon Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) running -- borneo_3109
(Malaysia)
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Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane -- borneo_5404
(Malaysia)
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Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.
(Ecuador)
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Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) in flight [belize_0256]
(Belize)
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Flatid leaf bug nymphs, resembling white lichen [madagascar_4117]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) [calacad_045]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1160]
(South Africa)
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Family of ring-tail lemurs (including babies)
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) [costa_rica_5498]
(Costa Rica)
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Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1879
(Tanzania)
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Pair of vervet monkeys standing on rear legs -- tz_2438
(Tanzania)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1017]
(Egypt)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6982]
(Belize)
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3-eyed lizard (Chalarodon madagascarensis)
(Madagascar)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0582]
(South Africa)
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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_5274]
(Costa Rica)
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Birds [namibia_2008]
(Namibia)
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Heron at Wat Phou ruins
(Laos)
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Common Elands (Taurotragus oryx)
(Zimbabwe)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1065]
(South Africa)
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Leaf-mimicking katydid [madagascar_2022]
(Madagascar)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5169]
(Costa Rica)
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Harpy eagle [belize_0154]
(Belize)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1170]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5128]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Female Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) with baby [madagascar_1430]
(Madagascar)
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Frog [madagascar_1894]
(Madagascar)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3142
(Malaysia)
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Male ostrich -- tz_1763
(Tanzania)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0936]
(South Africa)
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Mother topi with calf
(Kenya)
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Light brown frog with a light belly -- borneo_4090
(Malaysia)
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Squirrel in Riau
(Indonesia)
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Unknown moth [costa_rica_4429]
(Costa Rica)
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Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2240
(Tanzania)
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Aardwolf (Proteles cristata) [namibia_2061]
(Namibia)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5102]
(South Africa)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0099]
(South Africa)
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Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes texensis)
(Belize)
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White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a spiny Alluaudia procera plant [madagascar_2487]
(Madagascar)
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Blue-nosed Chameleon (Calumma boettgeri) [madagascar_3666]
(Madagascar)
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Hen, mother pig, piglets
(Laos)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0896]
(Namibia)
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Milne-Edwards' Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) [madagascar_4998]
(Madagascar)
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Red-necked Francolin (Francolinus afer)
(Tanzania)
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Poison dart frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Butterflies
(Indonesia)
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Butterfly [madagascar_3415]
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0295]
(South Africa)
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Springbok [namibia_1797]
(Namibia)
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A researcher handles a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.
(Dominican Republic)
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Warbler feeding on the nectar of the African sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata)
(Kenya)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0250a]
(Suriname)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_8818]
(Suriname)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Bats hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Plains zebra (Equus quagga) [south_africa_kruger_0733]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1022]
(Namibia)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5104]
(South Africa)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) paying in the canopy
(Madagascar)
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Spider monkey [belize_7210]
(Belize)
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White and gray butterfly with an orange head
(Madagascar)
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Blue-and-orange caterpillar
(United States)
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Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) -- tz_1383
(Tanzania)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1175]
(South Africa)
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Red millipede
(Suriname)
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Female Furcifer balteatus preparing to grab an insect [madagascar_5101]
(Madagascar)
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White butterfly with black polkadots -- borneo_6190
(Malaysia)
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Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing [madagascar_2408]
(Madagascar)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0623]
(South Africa)
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Termites [suriname_8941]
(Suriname)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_0938]
(South Africa)
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Red ants -- borneo_6335
(Malaysia)
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Magenta leaf-hopper
(Madagascar)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5051a]
(Costa Rica)
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King vulture at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) in captivity
(Madagascar)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1022]
(Egypt)
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Brown frog [costa_rica_5534]
(Costa Rica)
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Long-legged arthropod -- borneo_3943
(Malaysia)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Male Red-bellied Lemur [madagascar_5252]
(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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Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) [madagascar_1361]
(Madagascar)
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