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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Black Rhino at a Nairobi rehabilitation center
(Kenya)
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Hyrax [namibia_1241]
(Namibia)
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Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Black honey bee
(Costa Rica)
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Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_0121]
(Belize)
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Orangutan bridge over the Kinabantagan River to connect fragmented populations in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Coati in a tree [belize_7101]
(Belize)
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Baby sea turtle ocean-bound
(Costa Rica)
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African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Chobe Naitonal Park
(Botswana)
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Researchers carry a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) in a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.
(Dominican Republic)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0520]
(South Africa)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1087]
(South Africa)
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Giant green millipede
(Indonesia)
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Lioness on a Ngorongoro road
(Tanzania)
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Ruppell's and White-backed Vultures feeding on a zebra carcass
(Kenya)
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O'Shaughnessy's Chameleon (Calumma oshaughnessyi)
(Madagascar)
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Rock hyrax feeding on moss
(Kenya)
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Red, orange, white, black -- borneo_6197
(Malaysia)
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Buttress roots
(Belize)
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Desert elephant [namibia_0984]
(Namibia)
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) [costa_rica_6049]
(Costa Rica)
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Swallowtail butterfly [madagascar_3602]
(Madagascar)
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Mother Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) with baby [madagascar_0051]
(Madagascar)
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Caged male orangutan awaiting its re-release into the wild
(Indonesia)
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Katydid
(Indonesia)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) [madagascar_4443]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Green iguana eating leaves in the canopy
(Belize)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1166]
(Namibia)
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Brown katydid [costa_rica_5540]
(Costa Rica)
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Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) -- tz_2383
(Tanzania)
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Monitor lizard (unidentified) on the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Insect at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Mating tiger leeches -- borneo_3594
(Malaysia)
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The foot of a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3146
(Malaysia)
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Desert elephant in Namibia [namibia_1033]
(Namibia)
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Bufo guttatus (Smooth-sided toad) [suriname_1318]
(Suriname)
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Radiated tortoise [madagascar_2426]
(Madagascar)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy [madagascar_0126]
(Madagascar)
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Green anole
(Belize)
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Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)
(Botswana)
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Brown praying mantis [madagascar_1053]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher (female) fanning her tail [madagascar_3858]
(Madagascar)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0173]
(South Africa)
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Leaf-mimicking katydid [madagascar_2020]
(Madagascar)
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Dark brown and orange butterfly with blue spots [costa_rica_4465]
(Costa Rica)
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Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae [costa_rica_5623]
(Costa Rica)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Blue-gray dragonfly -- borneo_3466a
(Malaysia)
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Green-backed mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) [madagascar_1967]
(Madagascar)
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Hanging weaver nest [madagascar_3280]
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar plated lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis)
(Madagascar)
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Black moth with orange and green spots [madagascar_3325]
(Madagascar)
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Collared Brown Lemur (Eulemur collaris) outside it range [madagascar_3407]
(Madagascar)
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Cheetah -- tz_2541
(Tanzania)
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Black moth
(Madagascar)
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Long-tailed macaque in Sumatra
(Indonesia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2665]
(Madagascar)
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Group of Southern Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
(Kenya)
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Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas)
(Malaysia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0795]
(South Africa)
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Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1502
(Tanzania)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0523]
(South Africa)
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Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1571
(Tanzania)
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Pair of butterflies [suriname_1647]
(Suriname)
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Pied crow
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_3285]
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan at a conservation center
(Indonesia)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1516]
(Namibia)
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Female black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) with offspring
(Tanzania)
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Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) -- tz_2110
(Tanzania)
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A moth in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Ring-tailed lemur with baby [madagascar_5757]
(Madagascar)
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Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_0543]
(South Africa)
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Pitta-like Ground-roller (Atelornis pittoides) [animals_zh_057]
(Madagascar)
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African elephants -- tz_2082
(Tanzania)
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Orange beetle [suriname_1190]
(Suriname)
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Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) -- borneo_4919
(Malaysia)
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Red Leaf-monkey (Presbytis rubicunda) -- borneo_3208
(Malaysia)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2685]
(Madagascar)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Butterfly on flower
(Costa Rica)
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Chickens are prepared as part of a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok -- borneo_5347
(Malaysia)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0554]
(South Africa)
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Female lion guarding her kill -- tz_2332
(Tanzania)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) showing its fangs [costa_rica_5049]
(Costa Rica)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo [belize_7441]
(Belize)
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Beetles [namibia_2020]
(Namibia)
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Silver-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)
(Tanzania)
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Osama, an orphaned orangutan at Sepilok
(Malaysia)
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Baby orangutan getting a check-up
(Indonesia)
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Jaguar (Panthera onca) licking its lips [belize_7499]
(Belize)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1532]
(Namibia)
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Large green katydid
(Malaysia)
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Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus) with Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
(Botswana)
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Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2298
(Tanzania)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_5232]
(South Africa)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [mcar_0117]
(Madagascar)
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Pionus Parrot [cr_4100]
(Costa Rica)
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Red-headed black spider with yellow markings
(Suriname)
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Orange, yellow, and black Lycaeninae (?) butterfly. Appears to employ mimicry strategy
(Malaysia)
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Jeweled Chameleon (Furcifer campani) [female] [madagascar_0387]
(Madagascar)
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Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_0760]
(Madagascar)
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Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi [belize_7222]
(Belize)
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Orb spider [cr_4060]
(Costa Rica)
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Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) [madagascar_4893]
(Madagascar)
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Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) [costa_rica_5975]
(Costa Rica)
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Female sunbird
(Kenya)
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Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) [namibia_1521]
(Namibia)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5694]
(Costa Rica)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_5130]
(South Africa)
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Fer-de-lance [belize_8290]
(Belize)
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Butterfly [madagascar_3572]
(Madagascar)
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Black-lined Plated Skink (Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus) -- tz_2170
(Tanzania)
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Gray Gentle Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1486]
(Madagascar)
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Mantella madagascariensis (Painted Mantella) [madagascar_0311]
(Madagascar)
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Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
(Kenya)
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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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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0550]
(South Africa)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0628a]
(Suriname)
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Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus)
(Madagascar)
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Common Big-eyed Snake (Mimophis mahfalensis) [madagascar_4473]
(Madagascar)
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Female crowned lemur, carrying baby, feeding on a mango rind [madagascar_4327]
(Madagascar)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_1128]
(South Africa)
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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
(Laos)
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Monitor lizard (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with eye partially closed [costa_rica_5832]
(Costa Rica)
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White spider on an unusual web -- borneo_3488
(Malaysia)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1511]
(Madagascar)
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Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
(Belize)
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Flatid Leaf Bugs Adult (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Atta leaf-cutter ants [cr_4132]
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5033]
(Costa Rica)
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Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptius)
(0)
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Flatid leaf bug nymphs, resembling white lichen [madagascar_4119]
(Madagascar)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0762
(Malaysia)
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Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) scent-marking
(Madagascar)
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Baby orangutan in a diaper
(Indonesia)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4935]
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5061]
(Costa Rica)
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Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1625
(Tanzania)
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Ring-tailed lemur with baby [madagascar_5753]
(Madagascar)
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Spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves
(Madagascar)
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Young orphan orang-utan -- borneo_6599
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_6787]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan hanging from an access rope at Sepilok -- borneo_5275
(Malaysia)
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Lions stalking a herd of wildebeest
(Kenya)
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Burchell's zebra [south_africa_kruger_0699]
(South Africa)
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Great Blue Heron Fishing in Virgin River
(United States)
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Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1678
(Tanzania)
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American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) with its mouth open near the Tarcoles Bridge on the road from Jaco
(Costa Rica)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with its see-through eye lid partially open [costa_rica_5851]
(Costa Rica)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_1001]
(South Africa)
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Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii) [yellow and orange] [madagascar_0225]
(Madagascar)
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Common Flying Lizard, Draco volans
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) on Nosy Be [madagascar_4626]
(Madagascar)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_1565]
(Namibia)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0203]
(Suriname)
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Female Purple Grenadier (Ureaginthus Ianthinogaster)
(Kenya)
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Birds [namibia_1185]
(Namibia)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Captive Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis )
(Kenya)
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Spotted tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) -- borneo_3633
(Malaysia)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_0944]
(South Africa)
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Orb weaving spider
(Madagascar)
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Manta rays
(United States)
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Orangutan hanging from an access rope at Sepilok -- borneo_5274
(Malaysia)
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Male Argusianus argus Pheasant
(Malaysia)
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Lion [south_africa_kruger_0226]
(South Africa)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0458]
(South Africa)
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Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)
(United States)
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Madagascar leaf-nosed snake (Langaha madagascariensis) [calacad_041]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka dancing [madagascar_2583]
(Madagascar)
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Orangutan getting a health check
(Indonesia)
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Red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica) -- tz_xt_3557
(Tanzania)
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Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2261
(Tanzania)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1026]
(Namibia)
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Panther chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Skink [costa_rica_5243]
(Costa Rica)
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Black pill millipede -- borneo_3960
(Malaysia)
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African lion (Panthera leo) [south_africa_kruger_0217]
(South Africa)
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Lion cubs -- tz_1654
(Tanzania)
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Caterpillar [suriname_0197]
(Suriname)
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Ring-tailed lemur with baby [madagascar_5758]
(Madagascar)
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Green-backed mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) [madagascar_1970]
(Madagascar)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0241]
(South Africa)
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Termites [suriname_8947]
(Suriname)
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Black cricket [suriname_2168]
(Suriname)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind [madagascar_4349]
(Madagascar)
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Dendrelaphis pictus snake eating a frog -- malaysia0802
(Malaysia)
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Neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) taking flight
(Belize)
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African elephant [south_africa_kruger_5156]
(South Africa)
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Spider [madagascar_1634]
(Madagascar)
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Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris) -- tz_1398
(Tanzania)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4257]
(Costa Rica)
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Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park
(Botswana)
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Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [belize_0175]
(Belize)
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Bat cave in Ankarana [madagascar_3981]
(Madagascar)
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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0983]
(Namibia)
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Orange, green, and brown grasshopper
(Costa Rica)
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Male blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)
(Kenya)
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Mantidactylus asper?
(Madagascar)
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Butterfly [belize_8335]
(Belize)
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Abdim's Storks (Ciconia abdimii) atop a tree -- tz_1421
(Tanzania)
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Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs
(Suriname)
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A stray dog in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1644
(Tanzania)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri) [madagascar_0599a]
(Madagascar)
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Desert elephant [namibia_0996]
(Namibia)
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Green and brown grasshopper
(Madagascar)
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Metallic spider -- borneo_4260
(Malaysia)
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Insect eggs on a narrow leaf [belize_8197]
(Belize)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0803]
(South Africa)
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Slow loris
(Indonesia)
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Big-nosed Chameleon (Calumma nasutum)
(Madagascar)
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Blue Morpho (M. menelaus) with wings closed while resting on a pink flower
(0)
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Local rangersweigh food for Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)
(Malaysia)
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Bird with white head, black wings, and an orange chest -- borneo_3916
(Malaysia)
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Detail of sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.
(Ecuador)
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Crested forest dragon, Gonocephalus liogaster -- borneo_3673
(Malaysia)
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Rainforest Chameleon (Furcifer balteatus) [male] [madagascar_5083]
(Madagascar)
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Group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
(Kenya)
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Dark gray and red butterfly (Pierella helvetia incanescens) [cr_3727]
(Costa Rica)
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Dark gray moth with metallic-green spots [madagascar_0808]
(Madagascar)
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Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) -- tz_1810
(Tanzania)
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Gaudy locust
(Madagascar)
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Hyrax [namibia_1246]
(Namibia)
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Black Hawk Eagle
(Suriname)
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Green snake with red markings
(Indonesia)
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Vultures feeding on a wildebeest killed by lions -- tz_2554
(Tanzania)
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Hippos and crocs
(Kenya)
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Desert elephant [namibia_1151]
(Namibia)
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White butterfly with black polkadots -- borneo_6191
(Malaysia)
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Vervet monkey feeding on flowers -- tz_1333
(Tanzania)
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Giraffe-necked weevil (Trachelophorus giraffa) [madagascar_0761]
(Madagascar)
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Baby Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) nursing with its mother [madagascar_2880]
(Madagascar)
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Pair of lion cubs
(Tanzania)
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Paroedura bastardi gecko [madagascar_7837]
(Madagascar)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0077]
(South Africa)
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Black and white colobus monkey in a Jacaranda tree
(Kenya)
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Mother Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) with baby [madagascar_0080]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) foraging in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Feral cat in Africa
(Kenya)
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Hippos [south_africa_kruger_0572]
(South Africa)
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Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0063]
(South Africa)
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Plains zebra
(Kenya)
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Toad in Lokichoggio
(Kenya)
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Red stick insect (Pseudophasma) [suriname_2474]
(Suriname)
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Guatusa (Dasyprocta punctata)
(Belize)
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African lion [south_africa_kruger_0236]
(South Africa)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0099]
(Belize)
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Forest squirrel in Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Mossy Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae)
(Madagascar)
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White-faced Capuchin baring its fangs [costa_rica_5132]
(Costa Rica)
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Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus) [madagascar_1495]
(Madagascar)
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African leopard (Panthera pardus) [south_africa_kruger_0958]
(South Africa)
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Indri lemur (Indri indri) [madagascar_0619]
(Madagascar)
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Unknown bird, maybe a chat?
(Botswana)
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White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) [costa_rica_5062]
(Costa Rica)
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Augur buzzard -- tz_2203
(Tanzania)
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White rhino [south_africa_kruger_0450]
(South Africa)
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Blue morpho with wings closed feeding on a bird dropping
(0)
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Invertebrate in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Nyala [south_africa_kruger_1189]
(South Africa)
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Perinet Chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia)
(Madagascar)
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Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena), not the Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
(Belize)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Red millipede with red legs
(Madagascar)
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Lizard [south_africa_hermanus_1371]
(South Africa)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0205]
(Suriname)
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Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle [costa_rica_5688]
(Costa Rica)
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Stick insects mating [madagascar_5416]
(Madagascar)
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Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4262]
(Costa Rica)
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Gila monster
(0)
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Namibian desert elephant [namibia_0911]
(Namibia)
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Elephant [south_africa_kruger_0759]
(South Africa)
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Light brown grasshopper with purple antennae [suriname_1198]
(Suriname)
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Butterfly
(Indonesia)
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Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River -- malaysia0731
(Malaysia)
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Ring-tailed mongoose (Galidia elegans) [madagascar_4016]
(Madagascar)
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Captive spotted hyena
(Kenya)
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Female crowned lemur feeding on a mango rind [madagascar_4329]
(Madagascar)
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Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a fight over territory [madagascar_2903]
(Madagascar)
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Elephants -- tz_1790
(Tanzania)
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Ringtails grooming [madagascar_2964]
(Madagascar)
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Back of the head and neck of a spotted hyena
(Tanzania)
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Red-Eyed Tree Frog on the underside of a banana leaf [costa_rica_5893]
(Costa Rica)
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Ring-tailed lemur
(Madagascar)
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Mountain zebra [namibia_0292]
(Namibia)
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Male Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
(Madagascar)
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Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)
(Belize)
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Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) [south_africa_kruger_0200]
(South Africa)
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Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa [south_africa_kruger_0076]
(South Africa)
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Water bird
(Botswana)
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