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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Bufo guttatus (Smooth-sided toad)
(Suriname)
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Yellow and black Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae on screen (unknown species)
(Peru)
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Red beetle
(Suriname)
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Green; blue; yellow; red; and black grasshopper
(Peru)
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Borneo moth
(Malaysia)
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Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_1023]
(Suriname)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Colorful; but known grasshopper-like insect
(Peru)
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Hot pink insect with turquoise feet and eyes
(Suriname)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange, yellow, and black butterfly
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black and yellow centipede
(Peru)
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Butterfly
(Suriname)
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Orange adult iguana
(Costa Rica)
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Juvenile South American common toad (Rhinella margaritifer) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green grasshopper with gray-black legs and a yellow stripe down its back
(Peru)
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Phoebis philea and Anteos menippe butterflies in large group feeding on minerals in mud [manu-Manu_1022_1656]
(Peru)
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Dark brown centipede
(Peru)
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Butterfly with eye-spots
(Suriname)
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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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Juvenile frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Possibly a Heliconius butterfly (species unknown)
(Peru)
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Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Violet, blue, and brown butterfly
(Suriname)
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Black; gray; white and red spider
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly
(Peru)
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Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Walking stick insects mating
(Peru)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Scarlet macaw
(Costa Rica)
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White butterfly
(Peru)
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Nest of colony spiders (family: Araneidae)
(Peru)
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Black wasp on canopy platform
(Peru)
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Stick insect on the bathroom floor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Walking stick in the Peruvian rainforest
(Peru)
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Adelpha iphiclus butterfly on pebbles
(Peru)
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Large white and yellow fury caterpillarthat resembles a shitzu
(Peru)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Erotylidae Beetle with black body; white and black back; and turquoise legs
(Peru)
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A bug's life: insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Unknown butterfly with light and dark brown patterned wings and orange on the upper wing [manu-Manu_1023_2426]
(Peru)
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Adult male green iguana
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Black and orange banded insect
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe
(Suriname)
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Hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Silver-gray millipede in eating leaf Amazon rainforest
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Panacea prola butterfly; wings open
(Peru)
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Blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus)
(Peru)
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Stick insect
(Peru)
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Arawacus butterfly
(Peru)
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Hyla tree frog in Peru
(Peru)
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Three-striped poison dart frog (Epipedobates trivittatus)
(Suriname)
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Click beetle with glowing spots (Elateridae)
(Peru)
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Beetle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0943]
(Suriname)
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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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Butterfly on hand
(Peru)
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Bee burrowing in the sand
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Heraclides thoas butterfly on muddy bank
(Peru)
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Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
(Peru)
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Ants on the forest floor [suriname_8778a]
(Suriname)
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Unknown small frog (Epipedobates hahneli ?)
(Peru)
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Three-striped poison arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back [suriname_1156]
(Suriname)
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Rust-colored moth with yellow and red markings and a black fringe [suriname_1254]
(Suriname)
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Masoala peninsula beetle
(Madagascar)
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Red-and-green macaws
(Peru)
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Green insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Geoffroy's Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)
(0)
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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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Phelsuma Day Gecko in leaf (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Orange and dark green beetle [suriname_2193]
(Suriname)
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Unknown frog [manu-Manu_1023_2472]
(Peru)
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Gigantic ant on forest floor
(Peru)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_1095]
(Suriname)
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Bufo guttatus (Smooth-sided toad) [suriname_1308]
(Suriname)
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Calumma brevicornis (female) (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Dyeing dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
(Suriname)
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White insect
(Suriname)
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Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea)
(0)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds
(Peru)
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Orange and dark green beetle
(Suriname)
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Eastern Mountain gorilla
(Uganda)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Moth or butterfly at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue-eyed butterfly [suriname_1654]
(Suriname)
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Frog eggs floating on the surface of a pool in the Amazon
(Suriname)
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Critically endangered Mountain gorilla in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
(Uganda)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2849a]
(Peru)
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Macaws feeding on clay wall [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_3982a]
(Peru)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4099]
(Peru)
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Blue-spotted butterfly or moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Spider [suriname_8957]
(Suriname)
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Cattle egret stalking
(Guyana)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight [manu-Manu_1024_2650]
(Peru)
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Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0987]
(Suriname)
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Yellow and blue dyeing poison dart frog
(Suriname)
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Orange beetle
(Suriname)
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Stick insect at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue and black insect
(Suriname)
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Turquoise insect with orange legs [suriname_2250a]
(Suriname)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Large centipede
(Guyana)
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Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) in flight
(Peru)
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Close-up 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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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2736]
(Peru)
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Red howler monkey in the canopy
(Suriname)
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Tachigali stem cut to reveal ant passages.
(Peru)
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Long-tailed macaques rummaging through trash on a beach
(Indonesia)
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Tree boa (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Three-striped arrow poison frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back
(Suriname)
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Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick
(Peru)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Hyla tree frog in Peru
(Peru)
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Red clear-wing butterfly (Nymphalidae: Acraea lia)
(Madagascar)
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Female Calumma crypticum (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Atelopus frog
(Suriname)
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Golden lion tamarin
(0)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Camouflaged frog
(Suriname)
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Eastern Mountain gorilla in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
(Uganda)
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Red millipede on log
(Madagascar)
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Black caiman in action
(Guyana)
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Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
(0)
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Guide Oscar handling fruit dislodged by feeding macaws
(Peru)
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Phelsuma Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1173]
(Costa Rica)
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Several side-necked turtles (Podocnemis sp.) on log
(Peru)
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Critically endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Bwindi jungle
(Uganda)
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Monkeys on a beach
(Indonesia)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog climbing a tree trunk
(Suriname)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
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Golden lion tamarin
(0)
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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rehabilitation at Sepilok
(Malaysia)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight
(Suriname)
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Slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) in flight
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Parrots (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0580]
(Suriname)
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Macaw clay lick from a distance
(Peru)
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Hot pink and turquoise nymph of some leafhopper
(Suriname)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight [suriname_2628]
(Suriname)
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Black wasp
(Suriname)
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Ants
(Peru)
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Red, orange, black, and yellow spider
(Suriname)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
(Suriname)
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Centipedes
(Guyana)
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Lizard on the beach
(Suriname)
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Mertens' Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi)
(0)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1284]
(Suriname)
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Anole lizard (Anolis sp.) in Peru
(Peru)
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Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri)
(0)
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Capybara totally covered in mud on bank of the Rio Tambopata
(Peru)
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Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_8890]
(Suriname)
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Critically endangered Eastern Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
(Uganda)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan swallowing a flower
(Costa Rica)
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Green grasshopper
(Suriname)
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Plethodontohyla notosticta frog on Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Giant walking stick [suriname_0321a]
(Suriname)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4125]
(Peru)
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Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)
(Madagascar)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0909]
(Suriname)
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White-fronted brown lemur (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala]
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
(Peru)
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Three-striped poison arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back [suriname_1153]
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Mountain gorilla
(Uganda)
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Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall
(Peru)
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Frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Leaf-cutter ant nest
(Peru)
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Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0963a]
(Suriname)
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Deer in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota
(United States)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4179]
(Peru)
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Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis)
(0)
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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
(Uganda)
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Red-Eyed Bush Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
(0)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea)
(0)
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Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1153]
(Costa Rica)
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Common Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) [costa-rica_0071a]
(Costa Rica)
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Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) with crazy eyes
(Suriname)
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Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
(0)
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Caterpillar [suriname_0196]
(Suriname)
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Ant nest made of leaves
(Peru)
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Anole lizard
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Caterpillar
(Suriname)
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The Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) is found on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica [costa-rica_0121]
(Costa Rica)
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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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Millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4450]
(Peru)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2815a]
(Peru)
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Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
(0)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red howler monkey silhouetted in the canopy
(Suriname)
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Sumatran tiger yawning
(0)
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Black and orange banded insect [suriname_8974]
(Suriname)
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Metallic blue beetle
(Suriname)
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Poison dart frog [suriname_1444]
(Suriname)
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Black and orange banded insect [suriname_8975]
(Suriname)
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Forest lizard [suriname_8907]
(Suriname)
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Poison dart frog [suriname_1429]
(Suriname)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog climbing toward the canopy
(Suriname)
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Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand
(Madagascar)
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Agouti [suriname_1402]
(Suriname)
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Furcifer pardalis (panther chameleon) outside Maroantsetra (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Green katydid
(Suriname)
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Dusky-headed parakeets (Aratinga weddellii)
(Peru)
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Peccary
(Suriname)
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Metallic green beetle [suriname_2119]
(Suriname)
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Javan lutung (Trachypithecus auratus)
(Indonesia)
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Black beetle with white spots and an orange thorax
(Suriname)
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Turquoise bug with orange legs
(Suriname)
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Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0014]
(Madagascar)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake [manu-Manu_1022_2166]
(Peru)
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Hot pink insect with light blue feet and eyes
(Suriname)
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Ugandan mountain gorilla
(Uganda)
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Red beetle [suriname_1494]
(Suriname)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1276]
(Suriname)
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Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Bwindi gorilla hanging from a tree
(Uganda)
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Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
(0)
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Male Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul)
(0)
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Critically endangered Eastern Mountain gorilla in the Bwindi jungle
(Uganda)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) [suriname_1958]
(Suriname)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2817a]
(Peru)
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Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0008]
(Madagascar)
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Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1156]
(Costa Rica)
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Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
(0)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Katydid at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Anhinga in Oxbow lake
(Peru)
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Northern treeshrew (Tupaia belangeri)
(0)
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Critically endangered mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
(Uganda)
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Orange translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Tiny spider in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Giant walking stick [suriname_0319]
(Suriname)
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Leaf mimicking toad
(Suriname)
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Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon [manu-Manu_1022_2247a]
(Peru)
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Small bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4128]
(Peru)
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Three-striped poison dart frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) [suriname_2211]
(Suriname)
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Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Critically endangered Eastern Mountain gorilla in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
(Uganda)
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Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Scarlet macaws atop a cecropia tree [costa-rica_1120]
(Costa Rica)
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Furcifer pardalis chameleon near Maroantsetra (close head shot)
(Madagascar)
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Mountain gorilla in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
(Uganda)
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Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Calumma Parsoniia (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0027a]
(Madagascar)
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Rainforest canopy trees
(Peru)
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
(Peru)
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Furcifer gastrotaenia (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4177]
(Peru)
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Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) [suriname_0418]
(Suriname)
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Iguanas
(Costa Rica)
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Grasshopper on a flower
(Suriname)
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Yellow and blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius) guarding its nest
(Suriname)
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Bright green male anole lizard on canopy tower
(Peru)
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Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) [suriname_1351]
(Suriname)
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Lizard in the Gymnoptalmidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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