Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Berlin Tierpark.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Berlin Tierpark.

Photo: Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Berlin Tierpark.

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Sumatran tiger cubs (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at Berlin Tierpark.

Photo: An Eastern Javan lutung, Trachypithecus auratus, at Taman Safari.

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An Eastern Javan lutung, Trachypithecus auratus, at Taman Safari. This species is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list.

Photo: Chilean round ray (Urotrygon chilensis) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

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Chilean round ray (Urotrygon chilensis) photographed at Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

Photo: Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

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Baby silvery gibbon (Hylobates moloch) at Bali Safari on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: Baby aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) named Tonks, 16 days old, at the Denver Zoo.

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Baby aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) named Tonks, 16 days old, at the Denver Zoo.

Photo: Baby aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) named Tonks, 16 days old, at the Denver Zoo.

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Baby aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) named Tonks, 16 days old, at the Denver Zoo.

An eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus fisheri) at the New York State Zoo.

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An eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus fisheri) at the New York State Zoo.

Photo: Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center.

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Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center. His name is ‘Osprey’. This species keeps fat stored in its tail in order to go into hibernation or torpor for several weeks in the winter.

Photo: Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center.

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Western fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheiroqaleus medius) at the Duke Lemur Center. His name is ‘Osprey’. This species keeps fat stored in its tail in order to go into hibernation or torpor for several weeks in the winter.

Photo: A cordilleran parakeet (Psittacara frontatus minor) at Loro Parque Fundacion.

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A cordilleran parakeet (Psittacara frontatus minor) at Loro Parque Fundacion.

Photo: A juvenile muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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A juvenile muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

Photo: A juvenile muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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A juvenile muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her. Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Ten-week-old fennec fox kits (Vulpes zerda) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

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Ten-week-old fennec fox kits (Vulpes zerda) at the Saint Louis Zoo.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A 13-week, female Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius) named Wahine (Hawaiian for little girl) at Sia, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative.

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A 13-week, female Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius) named Wahine (Hawaiian for little girl) at Sia, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative.

Photo: A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

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A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

Photo: A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

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A southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) named Brook, age 19.

Photo: Two-day-old mourning dove hatchlings (Zenaida macroura) at Wildlife Care Association

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Two-day-old mourning dove hatchlings (Zenaida macroura) at Wildlife Care Association

Photo: Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque or snow monkey, Macaca fuscata, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn't nurse her.

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Gigi, a two-week-old Japanese macaque or snow monkey, Macaca fuscata, at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, IA. She is being hand-raised for the first couple months because her mom wouldn’t nurse her.

Gigi will be re-integrated into the rest of the troop by the time she’s four-months-old.

Photo: Pemba flying fox (Pteropus voeltzkowi) at the Phoenix Zoo. This animal, a female named 'Sweetheart', is likely the last of her kind in captivity.

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Pemba flying fox (Pteropus voeltzkowi) at the Phoenix Zoo. This animal, a female named ‘Sweetheart’, is likely the last of her kind in captivity.

Photo: Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Amargosa Vole Captive Breeding Colony

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Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Amargosa Vole Captive Breeding Colony

Photo: Baby muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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Baby muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.

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