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Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) at the Bramble Park Zoo.

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Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) at the Bramble Park Zoo.

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Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) at the Bramble Park Zoo.

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Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) at the Bramble Park Zoo.

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A veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure.

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A black-sided meadow katydid (Conocephalus nigropleurum) found at Spring Creek Prairie near Denton, Nebraska.

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El Segundo flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus terminatus). This insect was thought to be extinct since the end of the 1960s but a small remnant population of less than 100 individuals was discovered in the early 2000s.

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A honeybee (Apis mellifera) photographed in a studio in Lincoln, NE.

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A honeybee (Apis mellifera) photographed in a studio in Lincoln, NE.

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A group of Augochlorine green sweat bees (Augochlorirni) photographed at a studio in Lincoln, NE.

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Black and gold bumblebee (Bombus auricomus). This is a female, and is one of the most “primitive” New World bumble bees.

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A Tiger longwing butterfly (Heliconius hecale) at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.

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A wolf spider (Hogna osceola) at the Archbold Biological Station.

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A Sabah stick insect (Aretaon asperrimus) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure.

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A female pink orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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An ocellated uromastyx lizard (Saara hardwickii) at the Denver Zoo.

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A tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) at Reptile Gardens. This snake is venomous.

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A rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, Kansas.

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West Indian iguana (Iguana delicatissima) at the Detroit Zoo. This species is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.

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A rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, Kansas.

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A rosy boa (Lichanura trivirgata) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack in Manhattan, Kansas.

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A New Calendonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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A New Calendonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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A critically endangered Malaysian giant turtle (Orlitia borneensis) at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.

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An ocellated uromastyx lizard (Saara hardwickii) at the Denver Zoo.

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A federally endangered three-year-old cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) named Hasari, at White Oak Conservation Center.

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Vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) named ‘Usi’ from the Omaha Zoo.

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A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally-endangered clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa nebulosa) at the Houston Zoo. The population trend of the clouded leopard is decreasing with less than 10,000 in the wild.

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Hasari, a federally endangered three-year-old cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) at White Oak Conservation Center.

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A federally endangered, American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at the Kansas City Zoo.

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A fan foot gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquisti) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack.

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A ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis) at the Sutton Avian Research Center.

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A musk ox (Ovibos moschatus moschatus) at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, AK.

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