Keyword: Claws
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BIR070-00158
A common or eastern great horned owl (Bubo virginianus virginianus) named Halsey from a private collection.
Halsey was hit by a car in February 1997. Though nothing was broken, he suffered a concussion and is brain damaged because of it.
He is estimated to be 29 years old as of November of 2020. In the wild a great horned owl lives to be about 20. In captivity, where risks are few, they have lived into their 60’s making them the longest living raptor on record.
Halsey’s caretaker does all the “hunting” and provides him food but he is a generous bird, always willing to share his meal. His well-balanced diet includes freshly thawed rats and mice.
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BIR070-00133
Magellanic owl feet (Bubo magellanicus) at the Santiago Zoo in Chile.
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INV002-00494
A vulnerable common yabby (Cherax destructor) at the Healesville Sanctuary.
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INV002-00493
A vulnerable common yabby (Cherax destructor) at the Healesville Sanctuary.
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INV002-00492
A vulnerable common yabby (Cherax destructor) at the Healesville Sanctuary.
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BIR025-00307
The feet of a striped owl (Asio clamator forbesi) at the Nispero Zoo.
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INV002-00076
A longhorn decorator crab (Chorilia longipes) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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INV002-00075
A tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
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BIR024-00202
A Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus unicinctus) at the National Aviary of Colombia (Aviario Nacional de Colombia).
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BIR025-00414
The talons of a South American great horned owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu) at Parque Jaime Duque near Bogota, Colombia.
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BIR025-00413
The talons of a South American great horned owl (Bubo virginianus nacurutu) at Parque Jaime Duque near Bogota, Colombia.
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ANI062-00308
A brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) at the PanAmerican Conservation Association in Gamboa, Panama.
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ANI062-00309
A brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) at the PanAmerican Conservation Association in Gamboa, Panama.
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ANI098-00006
A Yuman fringe-toed lizard (Uma rufopunctata) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.
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ANI080-00250
The foot of a vulnerable Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
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BIR025-00252
The feet of a Spanish eagle owl (Bubo bubo hispanus) at the Palm Beach Zoo.
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ANI016-00010
A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.
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ANI016-00001
A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.
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ANI014-00086
The feet of a greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus) at the Omaha Zoo.
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ESA002-00029
A federally endangered light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes).
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SCE051-00109
Detail of the foot of a Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.
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BEA020-00009
A grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.
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ESA001-00537
Sara, the endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered whooping crane (Grus americana), at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. This is an educational bird.
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ANI080-00046
A vulnerable (IUCN) and federally threatened Arizona desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure.
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ESA001-00156
Fragmentation of fragile habitat has added to the woes of the once-hardy desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi). They are collected from soon-to-be-developed lands and sent to a center where they are adopted, euthanized (if ill), or used for research.
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ANI062-00098
A juvenile skunk (Mephitis mephitis).
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ANI017-00357
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI017-00358
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI017-00359
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI017-00356
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI017-00355
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI017-00354
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI017-00353
A Mexican spiny-tail iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), at the Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, Mexico.
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ANI014-00041
A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) at the Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo, New York.
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ANI014-00036
A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) at the Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo, New York.
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ESA001-00003
An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. This animal has a very limited range, existing only in the Mill Creek watershed which runs from downtown Nashville to its suburbs. Habitat loss has restricted its range even further within Mill Creek, with more than of it developed in recent years.
