Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: captivity

Picture of a fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata) at Wild Life Sydney Zoo.

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A Fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata crassicaudata) at Wild Life Sydney Zoo.

Photo: Egg pouch containing a small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Egg pouch containing a small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Egg pouch and baby small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Egg pouch and baby small-spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Sargo or white seabream, Diplodus sargus, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Sargo or white seabream, Diplodus sargus, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Sargo or white seabream, Diplodus sargus, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Sargo or white seabream, Diplodus sargus, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Sargo or white seabream, Diplodus sargus, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Sargo or white seabream, Diplodus sargus, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Senegal seabream, Diplodus bellottii, a saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Senegal seabream, Diplodus bellottii, a saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Senegal seabream, Diplodus bellottii, a saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Senegal seabream, Diplodus bellottii, a saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Senegal seabream, Diplodus bellottii, a saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Senegal seabream, Diplodus bellottii, a saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris, saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris, saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris, saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Common two-banded sea bream, Diplodus vulgaris, saltwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Small red scorpionfish, Scorpaena notata, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Critically endangered Boga-do-sudoeste, Iberochondrostoma almacai, rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Critically endangered Boga-do-sudoeste, Iberochondrostoma almacai, rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Critically endangered Boga-do-sudoeste, Iberochondrostoma almacai, rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Critically endangered Boga-do-sudoeste, Iberochondrostoma almacai, rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: A critically endangered Boga portuguesa, Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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A critically endangered Boga portuguesa, Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: A critically endangered Boga portuguesa, Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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A critically endangered Boga portuguesa, Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: A critically endangered Boga portuguesa, Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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A critically endangered Boga portuguesa, Iberochondrostoma lusitanicum, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: An endangered Ruivaco-do-oeste, Achondrostoma occidentale, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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An endangered Ruivaco-do-oeste, Achondrostoma occidentale, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: An endangered Ruivaco-do-oeste, Achondrostoma occidentale, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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An endangered Ruivaco-do-oeste, Achondrostoma occidentale, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: An endangered Ruivaco-do-oeste, Achondrostoma occidentale, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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An endangered Ruivaco-do-oeste, Achondrostoma occidentale, a rare freshwater fish at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

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Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus carnifex, at the Vasco da Gama Aquarium.

Photo: A vulnerable, yellow-spotted newt (Neurergus crocatus) from a private collection.

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A vulnerable, yellow-spotted newt (Neurergus crocatus) from a private collection.

Photo: A vulnerable, yellow-spotted newt (Neurergus crocatus) from a private collection.

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A vulnerable, yellow-spotted newt (Neurergus crocatus) from a private collection.

Photo: A Balkan crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) from a private collection.

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A Balkan crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) from a private collection.

Photo: A Balkan crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) from a private collection.

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A Balkan crested newt (Triturus ivanbureschi) from a private collection.

Photo: An unidentified mayfly nymph (Ephemerella sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified mayfly nymph (Ephemerella sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

Photo: An unidentified stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

Photo: An unidentified caddisfly larvae in the family Limnephilidae, aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified caddisfly larvae in the family Limnephilidae, aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

Photo: An unidentified stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

Photo: An unidentified mayfly nymph (Ameletus sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified mayfly nymph (Ameletus sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

Photo: An unidentified stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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An unidentified stonefly nymph (Isoperla sp.), aquatic invertebrate from Mores Creek near Idaho City, Idaho.

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