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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.

This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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An endangered and federally endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) named Elizabeth Ann at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center in Colorado. She’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.

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A red cattleheart butterfly (Parides photinus) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A silver king shoemaker butterfly (Archaeoprepona demophoon) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato cyrbia) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A silver king shoemaker butterfly (Archaeoprepona demophoon) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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Branching frogspawn coral (Euphyllia paradivisa) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado. This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

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Branching frogspawn coral (Euphyllia paradivisa) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado. This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

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A blue-banded hermit crab (Pagurus samuelis) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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Several blue-banded hermit crabs (Pagurus samuelis) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A female Costa Rican striped knee tarantula (Aphonopelma seemanni) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A female Costa Rican striped knee tarantula (Aphonopelma seemanni) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A male Hispaniolan giant tarantula (Phormictopus cancerides) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A male Hispaniolan giant tarantula (Phormictopus cancerides) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A male metallic pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia metallica) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A male metallic pinktoe tarantula (Avicularia avicularia metallica) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A red cattleheart butterfly (Parides photinus) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A royal blue butterfly (Myscelia cyaniris) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A royal blue butterfly (Myscelia cyaniris) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A silver-spotted flabeau (Dione juno ssp.) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A silver-spotted flabeau (Dione juno ssp.) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A silver-spotted flabeau (Dione juno ssp.) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A silver king shoemaker butterfly (Archaeoprepona demophoon) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato cyrbia) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A red postman butterfly (Heliconius erato cyrbia) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A female Malay cruiser (Vindula dejone) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A female Malay cruiser (Vindula dejone) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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The underside of a jazzy leafwing butterfly (Hypna clytemnestra) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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The underside of a jazzy leafwing butterfly (Hypna clytemnestra) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A jazzy leafwing butterfly (Hypna clytemnestra) at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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