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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana)
(Peru)
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Cat-eyed frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti)
(Peru)
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Silverback feeding while seated in leafy vegetation
(Uganda)
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Anole lizard on vine
(Peru)
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Monkey frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) being handled by researcher [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4606a]
(Peru)
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Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
(0)
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Ant [suriname_0866]
(Suriname)
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Metallic green beetle [suriname_2120]
(Suriname)
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Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_2445]
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Female Western lowland gorilla nursing a baby
(0)
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Metallic blue beetle [suriname_2259]
(Suriname)
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Insect [suriname_1488]
(Suriname)
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Silhouette of a hornbill (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Large snail in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Metallic green Euglossa bee
(Suriname)
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White fly
(Panama)
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Phelsuma day gecko in Morondava (Morondava)
(Madagascar)
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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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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Caterpillar rolled in a leaf
(Suriname)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
(Peru)
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Termites [suriname_8942]
(Suriname)
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Red lored parrots in flight
(Costa Rica)
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Juvenile red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Rhinatrema bivittatum caecilian (not a giant earthworm) with bottle cap for size comparison
(Suriname)
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Egret (unidentified) flying over the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia
(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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Phelsuma gecko near Maroantsetra
(Madagascar)
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Red-headed spider with yellow and black markings [suriname_0736]
(Suriname)
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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1155]
(Costa Rica)
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Reeds along oxbow lake in the Amazon
(Peru)
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Wild Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
(Peru)
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Baby sloth hugging a stuffed panda
(Suriname)
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Atelopus toad
(Suriname)
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Leaf cutter ant carrying leaf
(Peru)
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Rainforest ant [suriname_8799]
(Suriname)
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Mountain gorilla in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
(Uganda)
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Pair of butterflies
(Suriname)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1267]
(Suriname)
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Ants [manu-Manu_1023_1964b]
(Peru)
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Calumma nasuta chameleon on hand
(Madagascar)
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Mountain gorilla in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Leaf-cutter ants
(Suriname)
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Cicada and anole lizard sharing a tree trunk
(Peru)
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Brown insect (zoomed)
(Panama)
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Phelsuma gecko (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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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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Choreographed Gray-winged Trumpeters
(Suriname)
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Eastern Mountain gorilla in Bwindi
(Uganda)
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Gecko's eye
(Suriname)
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Damselfly
(Suriname)
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Ants [manu-Manu_1023_1963a]
(Peru)
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Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2840]
(Peru)
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Eastern Mountain gorilla in Uganda
(Uganda)
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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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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Jaguar skull
(Guyana)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0218]
(Suriname)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan in its nest
(Costa Rica)
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Smokey jungle frog (Leptodactylus pentadactylus)
(Peru)
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Black cricket
(Suriname)
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Striped Civet (Fossa fossana) (Ranomafana N.P.) [Striped_Civet_0187]
(Madagascar)
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Frog in the leaf litter of the rainforest
(Suriname)
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Leaf toad (Bufo species?) [suriname_8917]
(Suriname)
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Three-striped poison arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) with tadpoles on its back [suriname_1146]
(Suriname)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds
(Peru)
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Tarantula laying eggs at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4390]
(Peru)
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Pair of Red-fan Parrots (Deroptyus accipitrinus)
(0)
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Hyla tree frog in Peru [tambopata-Tambopata_1028_4615]
(Peru)
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New Guinea Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
(0)
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Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei)
(Peru)
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Agouti
(Suriname)
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Dark brown cricket
(Suriname)
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Eastern Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi
(Uganda)
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Leaf toad (Bufo typhonius alatus) in Soberania National Park
(Panama)
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Borneo moth [sabah_kinabatangan_0185]
(Malaysia)
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White faced saki monkey (Pithecia pithecia)
(0)
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Raptor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Dead millipede in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Black-headed parrot (Pionites melanocephala) [suriname_1553]
(Suriname)
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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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Hyla tree frog
(Peru)
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Light brown grasshopper with purple antennae
(Suriname)
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Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1189a]
(Costa Rica)
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Chameleon (Polychrus liogaster) lizard in the Peruvian Amazon
(Peru)
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Neotropic cormorant
(Peru)
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Calumma brevicornis chameleon (female) (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2836]
(Peru)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok (Ceiba) seeds
(Peru)
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Orange and black adult leafhopper
(Suriname)
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Harlequin toad (Atelopus spumarius) [suriname_1129]
(Suriname)
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Yellow spotted Side-necked turtle (Podocnemis sp.) on log
(Peru)
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Hummingbirds on bird feeder
(Peru)
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Squirrel monkey
(Suriname)
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Leaf-mimicking praying mantis [suriname_0928]
(Suriname)
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Amazon foxtail; aquatic plant; in its wild habitat
(Peru)
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Ants on the forest floor
(Suriname)
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Female Western lowland gorilla nursing a baby
(0)
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Brown insect
(Panama)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(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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Frog [suriname_1460]
(Suriname)
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Yellow, green, blue, and gray lizard [suriname_2520]
(Suriname)
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Adult male green iguana [costa-rica_0015]
(Costa Rica)
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Gecko in lodge
(Guyana)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0218a]
(Suriname)
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Rain forest canopy
(Peru)
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Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1115]
(Costa Rica)
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Unknown frog
(Peru)
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Invertebrate in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green tree python with turquoise spots (Morelia viridis)
(0)
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Swainson's Toucan
(Costa Rica)
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Eastern Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
(Uganda)
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Female Western lowland gorilla nursing a baby
(0)
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Black caiman
(Guyana)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Bwindi
(Uganda)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Pardalis chameleon near Maroantsetra (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Black pill millipede
(Madagascar)
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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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Leaf frog [suriname_0762]
(Suriname)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) in Kapok tree
(Peru)
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Passion vine blossom with resident ant species
(Suriname)
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Striated heron
(Peru)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2848a]
(Peru)
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Gecko in lodge
(Guyana)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor) [suriname_1345]
(Suriname)
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Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon [manu-Manu_1022_2241a]
(Peru)
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Hanging Oropendola nests in canopy tree
(Peru)
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Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1142]
(Costa Rica)
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Three-striped poison dart frog (Epipedobates trivittatus) [suriname_1161]
(Suriname)
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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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Red millipede compared with size of hand
(Madagascar)
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Cattle Egret
(Suriname)
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Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1139]
(Costa Rica)
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Furcifer pardalis chameleon in Maroantsetra (head shot) (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Giant damselfly [suriname_2185]
(Suriname)
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Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Blue and black insect [suriname_2237]
(Suriname)
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Yellow and blue poison arrow frog climbing a tree trunk [suriname_2579]
(Suriname)
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Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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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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Cabybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) with babies along riverside
(Peru)
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Three-striped poison arrow frog (Epipedobates trivittatus)
(Suriname)
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Brookesia superciliaris (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Juvenile frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) [costa-rica_0064]
(Costa Rica)
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Orange, black, and yellow moth
(Suriname)
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Male anole lizard on trunk of Kapok tree
(Peru)
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Spider on web
(Guyana)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Bees pollinating a pink and yellow flower [suriname_0333]
(Suriname)
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Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) and Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) feeding on clay wall
(Peru)
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Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
(0)
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Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Wasps clustered on a leaf [suriname_0249]
(Suriname)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4182a]
(Peru)
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Mottled cricket
(Suriname)
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This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
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Anole lizard showing its bright orange dewlap in a territorial display
(Peru)
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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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Critically endangered Eastern Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the Bwindi jungle
(Uganda)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Green pill millipede on tree trunk
(Madagascar)
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Boissonneaua matthewsii hummingbird feeding
(Peru)
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Golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)
(0)
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Guide picking up a bom jardim toad (Rhinella dapsilis) with a leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4228]
(Peru)
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Female silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) scratching away in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Smooth-sided toad "ducking"
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Turtle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Spider [suriname_0391a]
(Suriname)
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Many-banded aracaris (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) 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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Hornbill (unidentified species) in tree at dusk in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
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Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Frog
(Suriname)
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Sumatran tiger
(0)
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King vulture
(Suriname)
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Group of green iguanas in a tree [costa-rica_0007]
(Costa Rica)
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Examining a large snake
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake [manu-Manu_1022_2099]
(Peru)
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Vulture
(Peru)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Frog in the Pristimantis genus camouflaged in the leaf litter in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) [manu-Manu_1022_2067]
(Peru)
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Green-and-red macaw feeding on a banana
(Peru)
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Metallic green, orange, and brown beetle
(Suriname)
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Basilisk
(Mexico)
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Yellow and black insect
(Panama)
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Wasp
(Suriname)
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Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio indigenous community [suriname_2004]
(Suriname)
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Calumma nasuta chameleon
(Madagascar)
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Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Green-and-red macaw feeding on crackers after stealing them from a room
(Peru)
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White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
(Peru)
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Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) [machu_picchu-Machu_1019_1129]
(Peru)
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White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
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Unknown frog
(Peru)
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Bufo guttatus (Smooth-sided toad) [suriname_1315]
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Anis in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
(Peru)
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Yellow form (with brown and white markings) of the green tree python (Morelia viridis)
(0)
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Count Raggi's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
(0)
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White lined leaf frog (Phyllomedusea vaillanti)
(Peru)
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Caterpillar
(Madagascar)
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Graphium cyrnum, a common buterfly in Masoala/ Nosy Mangabe
(Madagascar)
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Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Silverback Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in captivity
(0)
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Young Panther chameleon (Maroantsetra)
(Madagascar)
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Termites [suriname_1504]
(Suriname)
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Butterfly or moth caught in a spider's web in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight [manu-Manu_1024_2688]
(Peru)
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Phelsuma day gecko (Ranomafana N.P.)
(Madagascar)
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Indri lemur in Andasibe (Andasibe)
(Madagascar)
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Rainforest ant [suriname_8791a]
(Suriname)
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Leaf toad (Bufo species?) [suriname_0817]
(Suriname)
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Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe) [calumma_parsonii0010a]
(Madagascar)
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Turniptail Gecko or Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda) on tree trunk in Peru
(Peru)
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Green garden lizard (Ameiva ameiva) [suriname_1536]
(Suriname)
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Red howler monkey [suriname_0282]
(Suriname)
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King vulture [suriname_1686]
(Suriname)
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Green pill millipede rolled in ball
(Madagascar)
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Spider
(Suriname)
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Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Olive green, orange, and brown beetle
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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White-faced saki monkey (Pithecia pithecia)
(0)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2804a]
(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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Spider on forest floor
(Guyana)
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Snake
(Suriname)
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Black caiman
(Guyana)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0565]
(Suriname)
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Insect with black and red legs
(Suriname)
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Hot pink and turquoise leafhopper nymph (insect)
(Suriname)
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White-faced saki monkey (Pithecia pithecia)
(0)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Silverback feeding while sitting in nettles
(Uganda)
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Scarlet macaws nesting in a tree hollow [costa-rica_1252]
(Costa Rica)
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Leaf-cutter ant nest [tambopata-Tambopata_1026_3348]
(Peru)
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Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4178]
(Peru)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2839]
(Peru)
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Pink insect with turquoise feet and eyes [suriname_0681a]
(Suriname)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Red-eyed tree frog
(Costa Rica)
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Insect [suriname_2477]
(Suriname)
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Mantidactylus pulcher [mantidactylus_pulcher_0093]
(Madagascar)
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Numerous many-banded aracaris (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (look closely)
(Ecuador)
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Termites
(Guyana)
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Mottled moth
(Suriname)
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Greater ani (Crotophaga major)
(Peru)
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White-lined monkey frog (Phyllomedusa vaillantii) at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Red-eyed treefrog
(Costa Rica)
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Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight [costa-rica_1109a]
(Costa Rica)
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
(Peru)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4176]
(Peru)
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Orange and black leafhopper
(Suriname)
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Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
(0)
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Bats hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Spider on web
(Guyana)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
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Magenta insect with turquoise feet and eyes
(Suriname)
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Olive green, orange, and brown beetle [suriname_0720]
(Suriname)
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Canopy trees
(Peru)
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Lizard with its back arched and it tail and head up
(Suriname)
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Adult pardalis chameleon (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
(Uganda)
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Critically endangered Mountain gorilla in the Bwindi jungle
(Uganda)
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Phelsuma Day Gecko; Nosy Mangabe (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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