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A critically endangered Vogelkop blue-eye (Pseudomugil reticulatus) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany.

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A little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany.

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A little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany.

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A green flying frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany.

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A green flying frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany.

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A green flying frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany.

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A Borneo splash frog (Staurois parvus) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A Borneo splash frog (Staurois parvus) at Tierpark Berlin in Germany. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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A silver form Malagasy cat-eyed snake (Madagascarophis meridionalis) at Drayton Manor Park in England.

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A female Central African egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis fasciatus) at Drayton Manor Park in England.

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A female Central African egg-eating snake (Dasypeltis fasciatus) at Drayton Manor Park in England.

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An endangered Higgins’ eye mussel (Lampsilis higginsii) displays a fish-like lure at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery. The mussel has evolved the lure, full of its young, to entice fish to strike it. When a fish bites down, the tiny young mussels explode and grab onto the fish’s gills. By hitchhiking on host fish, the mussel species is able to move throughout a watershed this way. This is one of 44 species of freshwater mussels still found in the upper Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien, WI.

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An endangered Higgins’ eye mussel (Lampsilis higginsii) displays a fish-like lure at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery. The mussel has evolved the lure, full of its young, to entice fish to strike it. When a fish bites down, the tiny young mussels explode and grab onto the fish’s gills. By hitchhiking on host fish, the mussel species is able to move throughout a watershed this way. This is one of 44 species of freshwater mussels still found in the upper Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien, WI.

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A Haitian giant anole (Anolis ricordii) at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, California.

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A Haitian giant anole (Anolis ricordii) at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo in Fresno, California.

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A mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) at Bahitoo Farm in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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A mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) at Bahitoo Farm in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

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An elegant gecko (Stenodactylus sthenodactylus) at Josh’s Frogs in Michigan.

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A New Calendonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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A New Calendonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus leachianus) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

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An ocellated uromastyx lizard (Saara hardwickii) at the Denver Zoo.

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A fan foot gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquisti) at Scaly Dave’s Herp Shack.

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A mallard duckling (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) at Wildlife Rescue Team Inc. in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Pakistan saw scale viper (Echis carinatus carinatus) at Reptile Gardens.

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A chapa bug-eyed frog (Theloderma bicolor) at the Bristol Zoo.

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The eye of a Lake Junin giant frog (Telmatobius macrostomus) at Parque Zoológico Huachipa in Lima, Peru. This species is listed as endangered by the IUCN.

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A bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) at Saint Louis Zoo.

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A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden.

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A European common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden.

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A Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) at Balsa de los Sapos. This species is a part of a breeding study center at the Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito.

This individual was from Parque Nacional Yasuni, Ecuador.

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A Surinam horned frog (Ceratophrys cornuta) at Balsa de los Sapos. This species is a part of a breeding study center at the Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito.

This individual was from Parque Nacional Yasuni, Ecuador.

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A fruit bat (Lissonycteris angolensis) hanging with wings folded, from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Greater arid-land katydid (Neobarrettia spinosa) at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.

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An ocellated uromastyx lizard (Saara hardwickii) at the Denver Zoo.

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A Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) at the New York State Zoo in Watertown, NY.

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