Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Carry

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

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An endangered, mint morph, male terrible poison dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) from a private collection. The male carries several tadpoles on his back. In the wild, males carry tadpoles to places where they can grow protected from predators. Often, they use the pools of water that collect in bromeliad plants, high in trees.

Photo: Quinceanera party at Our Lady of Guadalupe church, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Quinceanera party at Our Lady of Guadalupe church, Salt Lake City, Utah. The celebration is a traditional rite of passage for 15-year-old Hispanic girls.

Photo: A Mexican family wade across the Rio Grande beneath the International bridge, leaving Matamoros and entering Brownsville, Texas illegally.

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A Mexican family wade across the Rio Grande beneath the International bridge, leaving Matamoros and entering Brownsville, Texas illegally.

Photo: Skiers ride a lift at a resort near Sun Valley, Idaho.

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Skiers ride a lift at a resort near Sun Valley, Idaho.

Photo: A young man carries his girlfriend away after graduating from high school in Salmon, Idaho.

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A young man carries his girlfriend away after graduating from high school in Salmon, Idaho.

Photo: A Louisiana-built oil drilling and production platform is carried by a Barge toward the Gulf of Mexico.

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A Louisiana-built oil drilling and production platform is carried by a Barge toward the Gulf of Mexico.

Photo: A garbage truck makes post-Christmas collections in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A garbage truck makes post-Christmas collections in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A garbage truck makes post-Christmas collections in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A garbage truck makes post-Christmas collections in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A garbage truck makes post-Christmas collections in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A garbage truck makes post-Christmas collections in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

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A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

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A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

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A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

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A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

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A 1-year-old boy carries a pot of flowers in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: An ant carries more than its own weight in Brazil's Pantanal.

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An ant carries more than its own weight in Brazil’s Pantanal.

Photo: For fear she and her pack might harm cattle, Opal was captured and collared by USFWS workers.

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For fear she and her pack might harm cattle, Opal was captured and collared by USFWS workers. She was then released as a “Judas wolf” — once she lead the workers back to her pack, they were all exterminated.

Photo: For fear she and her pack might harm cattle, Opal was captured and collared by USFWS workers.

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For fear she and her pack might harm cattle, Opal was captured and collared by USFWS workers. She was then released as a “Judas wolf” — once she lead the workers back to her pack, they were all exterminated.

Photo: Bill Flournoy carries a calf to his truck -- he'll leave it there for a while to keep it warm.

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Bill Flournoy carries a calf to his truck — he’ll leave it there for a while to keep it warm.

Photo: A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

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A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

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A local hunter/gatherer carries pupunha fruit he collected with his children in the forests of the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: A bison calf is carried back to a pen to join its mother at the Fort Niobrara NWR in Nebraska.

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A bison calf is carried back to a pen to join its mother at the Fort Niobrara NWR in Nebraska.

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