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Last update: 2017-07-27
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A male orangutan that has lost its arm
(Indonesia)
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Phelsuma abbotti
(Madagascar)
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Caterpillar rolled in a leaf [suriname_1260]
(Suriname)
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Frog in Labuan Bajo
(Indonesia)
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Milne-Edwards' Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) [madagascar_4986]
(Madagascar)
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Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
(Botswana)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5120]
(South Africa)
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Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries [belize_8668]
(Belize)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Vervet Monkeys getting friendly
(Tanzania)
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Dendrelaphis pictus snake eating a frog
(Malaysia)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) showing its fangs [costa_rica_5048]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-gray dragonfly -- borneo_3462
(Malaysia)
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Granulous Poison Frog (Dendrobates granuliferus)
(Costa Rica)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5191]
(South Africa)
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Pair of sleeping dragonflies [costa_rica_5584]
(Costa Rica)
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Golden Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) [madagascar_4864]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan getting fingerprinted
(Indonesia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_5221]
(South Africa)
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Red and orange Galerucinae Leaf Beetle
(Madagascar)
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Green praying mantis -- borneo_4196
(Malaysia)
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Butterflies
(Indonesia)
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Bee approaching a bird-of-paradise flower [cr_3690]
(Costa Rica)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2863]
(Madagascar)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind while perched upon limestone tsingy [madagascar_4363]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Orange and black "Halloween" moth [madagascar_3502]
(Madagascar)
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Lizard [madagascar_6699]
(Madagascar)
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Spider (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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A Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) nest on a vine in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest
(Suriname)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3144
(Malaysia)
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Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Elephants on a riverbed
(Tanzania)
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Elephant -- tz_1898
(Tanzania)
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Grasshopper-like insect with silver eyes -- borneo_4125
(Malaysia)
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Sunbird -- borneo_6213
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) [madagascar_4295]
(Madagascar)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_1000]
(Namibia)
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Unknown bird -- borneo_4106
(Malaysia)
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Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2208
(Tanzania)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) [madagascar_4453]
(Madagascar)
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Sanford's Brown Lemur (Eulemur sanfordi) [madagascar_3345]
(Madagascar)
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Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1577
(Tanzania)
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Saddle-billed Stork [south_africa_kruger_0858]
(South Africa)
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A tern in flight at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0822]
(South Africa)
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Neon pink leafhopper [madagascar_5400]
(Madagascar)
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Green-and-black poison frog
(0)
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White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5187]
(Costa Rica)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0832]
(South Africa)
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Light pink flatid leaf bugs
(Madagascar)
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Sleeping red-eyed tree frog [cr_4301b]
(Costa Rica)
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Impalas on a runway
(South Africa)
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Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
(Zimbabwe)
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African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River
(Zimbabwe)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0765]
(South Africa)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0398]
(South Africa)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0488]
(South Africa)
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Stunning male Calumma crypticum chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Brown Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia superciliaris) [madagascar_0501]
(Madagascar)
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Red ants -- borneo_6336
(Malaysia)
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Giant green millipede
(Indonesia)
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Vultures feeding on a wildebeest killed by lions
(Tanzania)
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Green iguana in the canopy
(Belize)
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Reinwardt's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) asleep on a leaf
(0)
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Ring-tailed lemurs in riverine gallery forest [madagascar_2716]
(Madagascar)
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Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)
(Kenya)
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Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) [madagascar_4321]
(Madagascar)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0594]
(South Africa)
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Ring-tailed lemurs in gallery forest [madagascar_2706]
(Madagascar)
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Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) [suriname_1963]
(Suriname)
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Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), an African grassland antelope
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan getting a check-up
(Indonesia)
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Cape buffalo [south_africa_kruger_1117]
(South Africa)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0460]
(South Africa)
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Antelopes
(South Africa)
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Spider eating an ant -- borneo_3329
(Malaysia)
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Tropical Kingbird
(Suriname)
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Young orangutan eating bananas
(Malaysia)
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Ring-tail lemur (Lemur catta) [madagascar_1571]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2678]
(Madagascar)
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Baboons atop a rock outcropping -- tz_2073
(Tanzania)
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American Crocodiles in the Tarcoles river [costa_rica_6056]
(Costa Rica)
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Tarantula
(Belize)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Madagascar Kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides)
(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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Springbok [namibia_1801]
(Namibia)
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Walking stick
(Tanzania)
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Orange Net-winged Beetle (family Lycidae) with purple antenna [costa_rica_4791]
(Costa Rica)
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Grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
(Kenya)
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Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
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Invasive day gecko in Hawaii
(United States)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4256]
(Costa Rica)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0140]
(South Africa)
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Masai giraffe
(Tanzania)
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Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8705a]
(Belize)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0631]
(Suriname)
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Common zebra [south_africa_kruger_0710]
(South Africa)
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Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_5226]
(South Africa)
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Young female lion -- tz_1725
(Tanzania)
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Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) -- tz_1349
(Tanzania)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8746]
(Belize)
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Moon Jellyfish
(0)
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Leaf frog [costa_rica_4682]
(Costa Rica)
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) [belize_6988]
(Belize)
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Hippo with open mouth
(Kenya)
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Mating caddisflies (Trichoptera)
(Madagascar)
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Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] [madagascar_5067]
(Madagascar)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0188]
(South Africa)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a fight over territory
(Madagascar)
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Red stick insect (Pseudophasma) in Suriname
(Suriname)
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Agami heron (Agamia agami) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0266]
(South Africa)
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Female Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer) [madagascar_4955]
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4247]
(Costa Rica)
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Nursing Verreaux's Sifaka cleaning its foot
(Madagascar)
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Tapir footprint in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Yellow and black insect -- borneo_3395
(Malaysia)
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Heterixalus madagascariensis [Blue and yellow frog]
(Madagascar)
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana -- tz_1693a
(Tanzania)
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Wasp
(South Africa)
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Fury orange caterpillar in Malaysian rain forest -- malaysia0301
(Malaysia)
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Orb spider [mcar_0178]
(Madagascar)
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Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5146]
(South Africa)
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Mother elephant with baby
(Kenya)
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Bird of prey -- borneo_4831
(Malaysia)
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Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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American crocodile [belize_7079]
(Belize)
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Moon Jellyfish
(0)
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Saddle-billed Stork [south_africa_kruger_0867]
(South Africa)
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Raptor [south_africa_kruger_0338]
(South Africa)
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Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1679
(Tanzania)
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Red and blue poison dart frogs (Dendrobates pumilio) modeled in a canopy bromeliad
(0)
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Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1869
(Tanzania)
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Female crowned lemur, carrying baby, feeding on a mango rind [madagascar_4326]
(Madagascar)
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Chickens are a part of a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2850]
(Madagascar)
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Zebra peeing [south_africa_kruger_0744]
(South Africa)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0221]
(Suriname)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0553]
(South Africa)
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Orange and black Reduviidae juvenile bug, with the abdomen sticking up to look like a fierce mantis
(Madagascar)
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A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Female Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) [madagascar_3999]
(Madagascar)
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Mating tiger leeches -- borneo_3595
(Malaysia)
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Ants on a dead leaf in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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White-breasted Mesite (Mesitornis variegata)
(Madagascar)
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African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0019]
(South Africa)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy [madagascar_0121]
(Madagascar)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Silhouette of a forest squirrel in Belize
(Belize)
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Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) [namibia_1617]
(Namibia)
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Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
(Belize)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Relocating an adult male orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Yellow weevil
(Indonesia)
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African hippos [south_africa_kruger_0571]
(South Africa)
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8265]
(Belize)
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Yellow, blue, and black caterpillar [madagascar_5365]
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4214a]
(Costa Rica)
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Frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) [belize_6865]
(Belize)
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Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3890]
(Costa Rica)
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Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) [madagascar_4860]
(Madagascar)
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Insect eggs on a narrow leaf
(Belize)
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Green Tree Dragon ( Bronchocela cristatella ) -- borneo_6230
(Malaysia)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur hanging in a tree [madagascar_1369]
(Madagascar)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Male Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata [madagascar_0707]
(Madagascar)
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Pair of lion cubs -- tz_1734
(Tanzania)
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Green insect [madagascar_1641]
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Mating tomato frogs (Dyscophus antongilii) [madagascar_0399]
(Madagascar)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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White butterfly with black polkadots -- borneo_6192
(Malaysia)
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Poison dart frog [suriname_1436]
(Suriname)
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Brown frog
(Suriname)
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Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) -- tz_2343
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Fox in Namibia [namibia_1611]
(Namibia)
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Giant wildebeest herd -- tz_elf_0618
(Tanzania)
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Cattle egrets on backs of hippos
(Tanzania)
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Lioness -- tz_2337
(Tanzania)
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Large armored beetle -- borneo_3625
(Malaysia)
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Forest lizard [suriname_8870]
(Suriname)
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Orangutan being rehabilitated for re-release into the Sumatran rainforest
(Indonesia)
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Green grasshopper [suriname_1623]
(Suriname)
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Great kiskadees (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange, black, and yellow butterfly
(Suriname)
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Red-fronted brown lemur (Eulemur rufus) [madagascar_2556]
(Madagascar)
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Female Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) holding a stick insect [madagascar_5284]
(Madagascar)
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Wasp (Pompiloidea) dragging a massive spider
(Madagascar)
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana -- tz_1697
(Tanzania)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1027]
(South Africa)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Frog [madagascar_3297]
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0278]
(South Africa)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1507]
(Madagascar)
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Dung beetle in Madagascar
(Madagascar)
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Lizard [madagascar_6696]
(Madagascar)
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Silhouette of a lizard on a sunlit leaf [madagascar_2073]
(Madagascar)
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Cricket [madagascar_3536]
(Madagascar)
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Sifaka straddling a small tree
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0998]
(Suriname)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) -- tz_2420
(Tanzania)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1158]
(South Africa)
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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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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2573]
(Madagascar)
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Chunk-headed Snakes (Imantodes cenchoa) [costa_rica_5570]
(Costa Rica)
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Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
(Kenya)
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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) -- tz_1806
(Tanzania)
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Short-nosed Chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia)
(Madagascar)
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Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus) eating bamboo [madagascar_4857]
(Madagascar)
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Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing
(Madagascar)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_1004]
(Namibia)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind while perched upon limestone tsingy
(Madagascar)
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Coquerel's sifakas grooming
(Madagascar)
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Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus), one of the world's rarest lemurs, eating bamboo [madagascar_5017]
(Madagascar)
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Orange and black adult leafhopper [suriname_0848]
(Suriname)
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Tractor millipede -- borneo_3499
(Malaysia)
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Augur buzzard -- tz_2202
(Tanzania)
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Rock dassie [namibia_1216]
(Namibia)
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Group of hippo
(Kenya)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0786]
(South Africa)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) [madagascar_0819]
(Madagascar)
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Researcher tagging a mouse lemur in Ranomafana for aging research [madagascar_5531]
(Madagascar)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0057]
(South Africa)
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Swainson’s Toucan [costa_rica_5325a]
(Costa Rica)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3134
(Malaysia)
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Male black lemur (Eulemur macaco) [madagascar_4586]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka feeding
(Madagascar)
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Sloth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_0102]
(Madagascar)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1528]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5110]
(South Africa)
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Namibian Rock Agamid [namibia_1301]
(Namibia)
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Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1572
(Tanzania)
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Insect-eating bats in a limstone cave in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Captive male panther chameleon
(0)
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African Hoopoe, Upupa africana
(Kenya)
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Frog [madagascar_6311]
(Madagascar)
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Cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrod)
(0)
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Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
(Belize)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5134]
(South Africa)
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African elephants wading in a swamp
(Tanzania)
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Unidentified insect
(Zimbabwe)
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Moth [madagascar_5315]
(Madagascar)
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Ants feeding from a plant nectary [suriname_1609]
(Suriname)
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A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Polyrhachis pruinosa ant, a species that specializes on pitcher plant feeding -- borneo_5001
(Malaysia)
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Slaty-tailed Trogon
(Belize)
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River landscape in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota
(United States)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_0417a]
(Suriname)
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Trachylepis aureopunctata lizard [madagascar_7699]
(Madagascar)
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A stray dog by the river near the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) -- borneo_4157
(Malaysia)
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Mating frogs [madagascar_6256]
(Madagascar)
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Family of ring-tail lemurs (including babies) [madagascar_7258]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan
(Indonesia)
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Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata) [madagascar_1351]
(Madagascar)
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African elephant -- tz_2086
(Tanzania)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0928]
(South Africa)
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Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata) in the bathroom drinking from a sink faucet
(Madagascar)
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Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3626]
(Madagascar)
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A caterpillar in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis) -- tz_2099
(Tanzania)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
(0)
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Impala in a river bed
(Tanzania)
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Moth [madagascar_1639]
(Madagascar)
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Grasshopper
(Indonesia)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_1030]
(Namibia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
(Madagascar)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5713]
(Costa Rica)
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Brown and grey grasshopper -- borneo_6148
(Malaysia)
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An elk in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
(United States)
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Bird with white head, black wings, and an orange chest -- borneo_3925
(Malaysia)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0999b]
(Suriname)
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Springbok [namibia_1792]
(Namibia)
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Moth or butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Caterpillar with blue and black spines
(Madagascar)
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Black moth with light orange and green spots
(Madagascar)
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Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
(0)
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Juvenile insect, not the giraffe-neck weevil [madagascar_0914]
(Madagascar)
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Elephants -- tz_1785
(Tanzania)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0522]
(South Africa)
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Southern Eland (Taurotragus oryx) -- tz_2014
(Tanzania)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
(0)
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Nursing Verreaux's Sifaka
(Madagascar)
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Giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
(0)
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