Acting images - Joel Sartore

An eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. To prevent herp deaths, this section of road is closed in the spring and fall when snakes are migrating.

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An eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos) plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. To prevent herp deaths, this section of road is closed in the spring and fall when snakes are migrating.

Photo: An eastern hognose snake plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois.

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An eastern hognose snake plays dead on the Snake Road, a three-mile stretch of road in the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois. To prevent herp deaths, this section of road is closed in the spring and fall when snakes are migrating.

Photo: Actors prepare for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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Actors prepare for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: Actors prepare for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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Actors prepare for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: Actors prepare for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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Actors prepare for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: Actors prepare for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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Actors prepare for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowlat Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: People gather for a showing of "Cats" at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

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People gather for a showing of “Cats” at the Pinewood Bowl at Pioneers Park in Lincoln.

Photo: Pretend casualties of a pretend shootout draw crowds at NebraskaLand days in North Platte.

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Pretend casualties of a pretend shootout draw crowds at NebraskaLand days in North Platte.

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