Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A Chilean brown recluse (Loxosceles laeta) at Buin Zoo.

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A Chilean brown recluse (Loxosceles laeta) at Buin Zoo.

Photo: A Chilean brown recluse (Loxosceles laeta) at Buin Zoo.

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A Chilean brown recluse (Loxosceles laeta) at Buin Zoo.

Photo: A white-backed stilt (Himantopus himantopus melanurus) at Buin Zoo.

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A white-backed stilt (Himantopus himantopus melanurus) at Buin Zoo.

Photo: Two juvenile brown-hooded gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) at Buin Zoo.

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Two juvenile brown-hooded gulls (Chroicocephalus maculipennis) at Buin Zoo.

Photo: A South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) at Buin Marino.

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A South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) at Buin Marino.

Photo: Photo Ark, studio shot, no people, animal theme, captivity, animal portrait, front view, side view, animal head, close up, birds, mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, black background, grid, 49, 15th, anniversary, montage, 11x17

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Photo Ark, studio shot, no people, animal theme, captivity, animal portrait, front view, side view, animal head, close up, birds, mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, black background, grid, 49, 15th, anniversary, montage, 11×17

Photo: A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

Photo: A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

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A Burmese narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra vandijki) from a private collection.

Photo: An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase.

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An endangered keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii) in an ivory color phase. This individual is from a private collection.

Photo: An Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata’) from a private collection.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from a private collection. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

Photo: An Asian box turtle (Cuora 'serrata’) from a private collection.

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An Asian box turtle (Cuora ‘serrata’) from a private collection. Wild occurring hybrids between Coura galbinifrons, Coura bourreti, and Coura mouhotii combine to make this hybrid species in the wild.

Photo: An Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) from a private collection.

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An Oaxaca mud turtle (Kinosternon oaxacae) from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle
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Photo: A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Chinese three-striped box turtle
(Cuora trifasciata trifasciata) from a private collection.

Photo: A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

Photo: A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

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A variable mud turtle (Pelusios rhodesianus) from a private collection.

Photo: An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from a private collection.

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An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from a private collection.

Photo: An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from a private collection.

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An Ivory Coast mud turtle (Pelusios cupulatta) from a private collection.

Photo: An Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from a private collection.

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An Okavango mud turtle (Pelusios bechuanicus) from a private collection.

Photo: A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from a private collection.

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A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from a private collection.

Photo: A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from a private collection.

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A Kimberley long neck turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) from a private collection.

Photo: A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from a private collection.

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A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from a private collection. This species was recently described, in 2019.

Photo: A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from a private collection.

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A Darwin snake-necked turtle (Chelodina kurrichalpongo) from a private collection. This species was recently described, in 2019.

Photo: A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from a private collection.

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A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from a private collection.

Photo: A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from a private collection.

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A Southern black-knobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda delticola) from a private collection.

Photo: An Upemba mud turtle (Pelusios upembae) from a private collection.

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An Upemba mud turtle (Pelusios upembae) from a private collection.

Photo: An Upemba mud turtle (Pelusios upembae) from a private collection.

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An Upemba mud turtle (Pelusios upembae) from a private collection.

Photo: A Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) from a private collection.

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A Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi) from a private collection.

Photo: A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) from a private collection.

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A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) from a private collection. This individual is from the Brownsville/Rio Grande locality.

Photo: A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) from a private collection.

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A red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) from a private collection. This individual is from the Brownsville/Rio Grande locality.

Photo: A critically endangered yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata dabieshani) at the Turtle Survival Center.

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A critically endangered yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata dabieshani) at the Turtle Survival Center.

Photo: A critically endangered yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata dabieshani) at the Turtle Survival Center.

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A critically endangered yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata dabieshani) at the Turtle Survival Center.

Photo: An endangered spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) at the Turtle Survival Center.

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An endangered spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) at the Turtle Survival Center.

Photo: An endangered spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) at the Turtle Survival Center.

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An endangered spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) at the Turtle Survival Center.

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