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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Unknown frog in Gabon (Gabon)
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African darter perched atop a bush (Gabon)
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Brown lizard (Uganda)
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Yellow-billed stork in a water hole (Gabon)
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Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus) (Suriname)
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Orb spider (Gabon)
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Rust-colored frog (Gabon)
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Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher?) (Uganda)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower (Gabon)
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Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates variegatus) (Gabon)
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Cape buffalo eating (Uganda)
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Great White Egret (Ardea alba), a wading egret (Uganda)
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Forest buffalo on savanna (Gabon)
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White-throated blue swallow (Hirundo nigrita) (Gabon)
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Palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) (Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree (Gabon)
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Redtail Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) (Uganda)
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Grass spider (Gabon)
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Lizard on boards (Gabon)
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Male Yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) on grass (Uganda)
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Juvenile West African slender-snouted crocodile, Crocodylus cataphractus, being surveyed (Gabon)
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African pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx pictus ferruginus) (Gabon)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly (top view) (Gabon)
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Light brown tree frog with yellow-green stripes (Gabon)
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Cichlids in Gabon (Gabon)
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Giant kingfisher eating a catfish while perched on a branch (Gabon)
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Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu) [captive] (Suriname)
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African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) heading from swamp into rain forest (Gabon)
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Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) with wings spread (Gabon)
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Crowned hornbill in treetop (Uganda)
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Transparent crab near Iguela (Gabon)
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Elephant using its trunk to feed (Uganda)
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Rain forest squirrel (Gabon)
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Brown praying mantis (Gabon)
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Brown katydid on leaf (Gabon)
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Infant eastern gorilla feeding on plant shoots (Uganda)
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Pair of Cinnamon-chested bee-eaters (Merops oreobates) (Uganda)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower (Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest (Uganda)
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Leaf frog in Gabon (Gabon)
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Pelicans and cormorants on the shore of Lake Edward (Uganda)
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African crowned crane (Uganda)
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Turtle orgy (Uganda)
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Black and yellow butterflies gathered on elephant dung (Uganda)
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Giant African Forest Hog (Uganda)
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Ugandan kob humping (Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop (Uganda)
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Palm nut vulture resting on dead tree (Gabon)
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Butterfly on dark green leaf (Uganda)
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Vieillot's black weaver perched near a nest (Uganda)
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Pair of Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus) in treetop (Uganda)
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Crabs scurrying on beach (Gabon)
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Bird on cactus (Uganda)
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Male copper sunbird (Cinnyris cuprea) feeding on yellow flower (Uganda)
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Gorilla feeding on fruit (Gabon)
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Pair of tortoises (Uganda)
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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) in flight (Gabon)
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Pair of Helmeted guinea fowl walking on a dirt road (Uganda)
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African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) (Uganda)
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Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) in grass (Uganda)
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Female Bohor Reedbuck (Uganda)
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Transparent crab on sand (Gabon)
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Chamaeleo ellioti (Uganda)
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Woodland kingfisher in flight (blurred) (Uganda)
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Yellow bird (Gabon)
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Honey bee feeding on yellow flower (Gabon)
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Young captive chimp (Uganda)
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Red-necked Francolin (Uganda)
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Small frog with broad tan and brown stripes (Gabon)
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Butterflies gathered on the edge of a puddle (Uganda)
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Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk (Gabon)
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Male Yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) eating a seed (Uganda)
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Pair of African crowned cranes (Uganda)
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Dark brown to black butterfly with purple, red, and pale yellow markings showing its light brown underwings (Uganda)
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Grey-headed kingfisher flying (Uganda)
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Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) (Uganda)
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Three tortoises getting frisky (Uganda)
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Montane Side-striped Chameleon (Chamaeleo ellioti) with eye looking in reverse (Uganda)
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Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with a cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on its back (Uganda)
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Juvenile Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, captured in Gabon (Gabon)
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Young male gorilla standing with belly out (Gabon)
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Forest elephant on the savanna in Loango (Gabon)
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Young male gorilla standing (Gabon)
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Young male gorilla running (Gabon)
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Beetle with long antenna (Gabon)
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Raptor in flight over a crater lake (Uganda)
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Artistic elephant -- blurred (Gabon)
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Skink on tree branch (Gabon)
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Hippo tracks leading into the Atlantic Ocean (Gabon)
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Pair of Pied Kingfishers, one taking flight (Uganda)
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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) with great white herons (Gabon)
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Group of Hartlaub's duck (Pteronetta hartlaubi) in flight (Gabon)
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Bright green grasshopper (Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest (Uganda)
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Pair of Rhino in captivity (Uganda)
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Black and yellow butterflies gathered on elephant waste (Uganda)
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Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis, on a log (Uganda)
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Male weaver building a nest in a papyrus plant (Uganda)
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Red tail Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) (Uganda)
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Green grasshopper on blade of grass (Uganda)
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Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) (Uganda)
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African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) (Gabon)
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Raptor in flight (Gabon)
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Male Vieillot's black weaver (Gabon)
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Shoebill in swamp (Uganda)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) eating a catfish (Gabon)
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Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) on grass (Gabon)
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Raptor in a savanna tree (Uganda)
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Forest buffalo in Loango, Gabon (Gabon)
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Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) (Uganda)
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Domestic bull in Uganda (Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree (Uganda)
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Palm nut vulture perched on dead tree (Gabon)
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Dancing gorilla (Gabon)
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Uganda's beautiful and diverse butterfly fauna in the grill of our Land Rover (Uganda)
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Ploceus aurantius guarding its nest (Uganda)
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Pair of giant forest hogs (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) (Uganda)
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Red dragonfly (Gabon)
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Juvenile West African slender-snouted crocodile, Crocodylus cataphractus, captured for a population survey (Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree (Gabon)
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Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) (Gabon)
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Headshot of a pair of grey crowned cranes (Uganda)
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Hyena asleep (Uganda)
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Young Bwindi gorilla (Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Soldier ant (Gabon)
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Beige mantid (Gabon)
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Crocodile eye (Gabon)
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Cloud of lake flies in flight (Uganda)
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Hadada ibis in a swamp in Gabon (Gabon)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Olive baboon gnawing on a stick (Uganda)
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Male cape buffalo in profile (Uganda)
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Chimps (Uganda)
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Chamaeleo ellioti (Uganda)
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Blue and green butterfly (Gabon)
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Ugandan tortoise (Uganda)
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Black and yellow butterflies (Belenois creona) gathered on elephant droppings (Uganda)
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Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) (Uganda)
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Yellow-lined skink (Gabon)
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Hippo peaking out of the water in Iguela lagoon (Gabon)
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Bird species in Loango lagoon (Gabon)
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Warthog visible through the sananna grass of QENP (Uganda)
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Baboons on a dirt road (Uganda)
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Beige praying mantis in grassy savanna (Gabon)
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Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator sharpii (Gabon)
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Old tortoise eating grass (Uganda)
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Brown tree frog (Gabon)
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Banded mongoose digging in a hole (Uganda)
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African buffalo walking on a beach with waves breaking in the background (Gabon)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Young male gorilla dancing (Gabon)
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Chimpanzee in Chumbura Gorge (Uganda)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Mushroom-shaped terminte nest (Gabon)
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Headshot of Ugandan tortoise (Uganda)
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Ants defending host tree (Gabon)
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Orb spider in Uganda (underside) (Uganda)
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Dung beetle in Uganda (Uganda)
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African cape buffalo, egrets, and Uganda kob together on the savanna (Uganda)
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Male yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) (Uganda)
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Weaver bird colony in a palm tree (Gabon)
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Juvenile Nile crocodile captured for a population survey in Gabon (Gabon)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon)
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African darter (Anhinga rufa) perched in a tree (Gabon)
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A pile of banded mongoose, highly social animals (Uganda)
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Many birds in Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Leaves wrapped in a spider web (Uganda)
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Close up head shot of silverback gorillas (Gabon)
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Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) (Uganda)
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Baboons along a road in Uganda (Uganda)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon)
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African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in swamp in Loango National Park (Gabon)
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Male weaver perched on a papyrus stem (Uganda)
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Forest beetle (Gabon)
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Grey-backed Fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides, in the savanna (Uganda)
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Mating tortoises (Uganda)
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Orange beetle with black spots (Gabon)
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Young gorilla in the underbrush at Bwindi (Uganda)
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Yellow bird (Gabon)
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Partially submerged hippo (Gabon)
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Bohor Reedbuck doe (Uganda)
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Mother baboon with juvenile (Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Adult baboon sitting under a tree (Uganda)
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Piping Hornbill in flight and silhouetted by the sky (Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in flight (Gabon)
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Waterbirds with a Kazinga Channel village in the background (Uganda)
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Chimp in the tropical rainforest canopy (Uganda)
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Butterfly (Uganda)
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A day on the savanna (Uganda)
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Pair of great blue turacos (Gabon)
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Black caterpillar with red and yellow bands, resting on a green leaf (Uganda)
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Juvenile Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, captured for a population survey in Gabon (Gabon)
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African darter (Anhinga rufa) taking flight (Gabon)
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Praying mantis on underside of a leaf (Gabon)
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Brown katydid spotted with flashlight at night (Gabon)
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Male Waterbuck chewing (Uganda)
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Buffalo feeding on a beach at sunset (Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest (Uganda)
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Chimp feeding in a canopy tree (Uganda)
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Weaver bird (Ploceus aurantius) guarding its nest (Uganda)
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Mudskippers (Periopthalmus) in Gabon (Gabon)
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Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus) working on a nest (Gabon)
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Red colobus monkey huddled in the canopy (Uganda)
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Roach in a glass (Gabon)
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Finding frogs by flashlight (Gabon)
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House gecko in Gabon (Gabon)
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Silverback gorilla seated (Gabon)
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Wild chimps in a tree (Uganda)
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Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) (Gabon)
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Silverback gorilla examining a plant shoot (Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (Uganda)
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Tortoise feeding on grass (Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in a tree (Gabon)
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Hamerkop in flight (Gabon)
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Mantid on underside of a leaf (Gabon)
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Lake flies in an orb spider's web (Uganda)
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Orange skipper butterfly (Uganda)
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Monster or monitor lizard? (Gabon)
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Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched in a tree (Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree (Uganda)
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Pale orange butterfly with black and white markings (Uganda)
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Black and yellow honey bee (Uganda)
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Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) on a papyrus stalk (Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree (Gabon)
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Pair of olive baboon (Papio anubis) (Uganda)
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African jacana (Actophilornis africana) on riverbank (Gabon)
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Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Loango National Park (Gabon)
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Elephants at daybreak (Uganda)
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African buffalo walking on a beach with waves breaking in the background (Gabon)
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Giant forest hogs (Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica) (Gabon)
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Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, in flight (Uganda)
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Eastern Black & White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus guereza) (Uganda)
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Headshot of Acanthocerus atricollis (Uganda)
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Beetle with long antenna (Gabon)
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Young male gorilla running (Gabon)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly (Gabon)
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Pack of giant forest hogs (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) (Uganda)
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A group of young waterbuck crossing a dirt road in Uganda (Uganda)
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Pair of Rhino feeding in captivity (Uganda)
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Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) (Uganda)
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Silverback gorilla (Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest (Uganda)
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Palm-nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, atop a Euphorbia plant (Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) in captivity (Uganda)
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Insect egg case (Gabon)
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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (Gabon)
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Green fly (Gabon)
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Gray agama lizard (Uganda)
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Hippos in the Iguela lagoon (Gabon)
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Adult mudskipper (Gabon)
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Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis, with a fish in its mouth (Uganda)
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Black and white worm on a plant stem (Uganda)
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Skink on tree trunk (Gabon)
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Orange skipper butterfly (Uganda)
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African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) (Uganda)
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Headshot of Shoebill (Uganda)
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Baby croc in Gabon (Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest (Uganda)
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Hundreds of butterflies gathered on elephant droppings (Uganda)
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Wild chimp high in the forest canopy (Uganda)
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Dominant male baboon walking on a dirt road in Uganda (Uganda)
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Wild chimp with fruit "lipstick" (Uganda)
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Elongated grasshopper (Gabon)
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Hippo yawning at Iguela estuary (Gabon)
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Chamaeleo ellioti (Uganda)
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Sea foam approaching crab on beach (Gabon)
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Gorilla caretaker with infant gorilla (Gabon)
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African slender-snouted crocodile, Cocodrilo hociquifino africano, sunning on a log (Gabon)
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Dominant male gorilla showing his silverback (Uganda)
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Pair of hippos with eyes and ears exposed (Gabon)
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Termite nests that have emerged followed savanna burning (Gabon)
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Gabonese house gecko (Gabon)
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Mother baboon protecting baby (Uganda)
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A group of waterbuck crossing a dirt road (Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator sharpii (Gabon)
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Black and white butterfly (Uganda)
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Red river hogs barely visible against forest background (Gabon)
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Family of forest elephants (Gabon)
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Unknown rust-colored frog on forest floor (Gabon)
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Lion lounging in a tree (Uganda)
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Adult male gorilla feeding (Uganda)
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Running olive baboon (Uganda)
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Male silverback gorilla (Gabon)
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African slender-snouted crocodile sunning on a log in Loango National Park (Gabon)
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Chamaeleo ellioti (Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon)
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Male Waterbuck chewing (Uganda)
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Chimpanzee in the rain forest canopy (Uganda)
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Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates variegatus) (Gabon)
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Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Loango river estuary (Gabon)
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Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator sharpii, feeding on palm fruit (Gabon)
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Colorful caterpillars eating rainforest vegetation (Uganda)
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Hippo with head peaking out of water (Uganda)
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