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Ellen and Spencer Sartore clown around amid his photo gear on the floor of the living room.

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A Mexican pygmy rattlesnake (Crotalus ravus) at the Houston Zoo.

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White-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) at the Houston Zoo.

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White-crested turaco (Tauraco leucolophus) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) at the Houston Zoo.

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A superb bird of paradise (Lophorina superba) displays iridescent chest feathers at the Houston Zoo.

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A critically endangered Madagascar big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis) at the Houston Zoo.

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A critically endangered Madagascar big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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The hand of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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The tail of a blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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A northern red fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus) at the Houston Zoo. This unusual Amazon basin parrot has a crown of brightly-colored head feathers it raises when it feels threatened or aggressive.

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A critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) at the Miller Park Zoo.

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A Mexican pygmy rattlesnake (Crotalus ravus) at the Houston Zoo.

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A dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) at the Sunset Zoo.

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A vulnerable big-headed Amazon river turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus) at the National Aquarium, Baltimore.

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An Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) in winter plumage at the National Aquarium in Baltimore.

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A razorbill (Alca torda torda) in summer plumage at the National Aquarium, Baltimore.

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A dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) at the Sunset Zoo.

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A federally endangered maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) at the Sunset Zoo.

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Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered Edwards’s pheasants (Lophura edwardsi) at the Sunset Zoo. The male has the color, while the hen is brown. This bird is so rare it’s now nearly gone in the wild. Zoos play a critical role as modern day arks, preserving species that would otherwise be lost to extinction.

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A red bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) at the Houston Zoo. Listed as near threatened on IUCN.

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Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi) at the Houston Zoo.

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A blue spiny lizard (Sceloporus cyanogenys) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Prevost’s squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii prevostii) named ‘Walnut’ at the Houston Zoo.

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