Fruit images - Joel Sartore

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An endangered Peruvian woolly monkey (Lagothrix cana) at Cetas-IBAMA, a wildlife rehab center in Manaus, Brazil. This is administered by IBAMA, the government wildlife agency of Brazil.

This is a juvenile female. She had severe growth deformities due to poor nutrition as she was being reared as a pet by a citizen here. Her mother was likely killed so that she could be sold into the pet trade.

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

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

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An Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo.

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An orphaned Philippine long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis philippensis) eats watermelon on Mindoro Island in the Philippines.

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Acrobat ants (Crematogaster ashmeadi) at the Urban Entomology Lab at the University of Florida at Gainesville.

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Acrobat ants (Crematogaster ashmeadi) at the Urban Entomology Lab at the University of Florida at Gainesville.

A red-knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix) named Kong at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.

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A red-knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix) named Kong at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm.

Picture of a vulnerable male Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) at the Gibbon Conservation Center.

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A vulnerable male Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) at the Gibbon Conservation Center.

Picture of endangered pileated gibbons, including an eight-month-old infant (Hylobates pileatus) at the Gibbon Conservation Center

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Endangered pileated gibbons, including an eight-month-old infant (Hylobates pileatus) at the Gibbon Conservation Center

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A vervet monkey with her baby steals fruit at a lodge.

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A form of prickly pear cactus on Rabida in the Galapagos Islands.

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Apples in an abandoned farmhouse sink.

Like all gibbons, the gray gibbon has unusually long arms which are used to move through trees and to forage. This endangered species is being 'phased out' at zoos because there are too few in captivity to keep bloodlines vital and the species isn't showy.

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Like all gibbons, the gray gibbon has unusually long arms which are used to move through trees and to forage. This endangered species is being ‘phased out’ at zoos because there are too few in captivity to keep bloodlines vital and the species isn’t showy.

The endangered grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) may not be seen in captivity much longer. There are now too few in captivity to keep their population sustained and too few in the wild to bring more in. With limited space and funding, zoos must make hard choices every year in deciding which species to breed and which to let go, or 'phase out'.

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The endangered grey gibbon (Hylobates muelleri muelleri) may not be seen in captivity much longer. There are now too few in captivity to keep their population sustained and too few in the wild to bring more in. With limited space and funding, zoos must make hard choices every year in deciding which species to breed and which to let go, or ‘phase out’.