Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A Philippine mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila multicincta) at the Avilon Zoo.

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A Philippine mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila multicincta) at the Avilon Zoo.

Picture of a Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Northern Luzon cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of a silvery mole rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A silvery mole rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Picture of a crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) at the LA Zoo.

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A crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) at the LA Zoo.

A male and a female Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. The male's name is Lamydoc. The female's name is Katanga. Listed as critically endangered and federally endangered

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered male and female Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Lamydoc, the male, was born in 1962. Katanga, the female, is his mate, and was born in 1964.

A critically and federally endangered male and female Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Lamydoc, the male, was born in 1963. The female (light gray in color) is his mate, and was born in 1963.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered male and female Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Lamydoc, the male, was born in 1962. Katanga, the female, is his mate, and was born in 1964.

A federally endangered West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) from the private collection of Curt Harbsmeier.

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A federally endangered West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) from a private collection.

A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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A cross-banded mountain rattlesnake (Crotalus transversus) at the San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas.

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