Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: hairy

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: 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.

Photo: A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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A hairy field spider (Neoscona sp.) collected on the mountain in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Photo: A Peruvian blonde tarantula (Lasiodorides polycuspulatus) at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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A Peruvian blonde tarantula (Lasiodorides polycuspulatus) at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Photo: A Peruvian blonde tarantula (Lasiodorides polycuspulatus) at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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A Peruvian blonde tarantula (Lasiodorides polycuspulatus) at the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Photo: A unicorn beetle (Dynastes tityus) at the Houston Zoo.

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A unicorn beetle (Dynastes tityus) at the Houston Zoo.

Photo: A unicorn beetle (Dynastes tityus) at the Houston Zoo.

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A unicorn beetle (Dynastes tityus) at the Houston Zoo.

A picture of a geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

A picture of a geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: A geometrid moth (Euangerona valdiviae) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Euangerona valdiviae) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

A picture of a geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Macrolyrcea moesta) at Fauna Andina at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: A geometrid moth (Euangerona valdiviae) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Euangerona valdiviae) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: A geometrid moth (Syncirsodes primata) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Syncirsodes primata) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: A geometrid moth (Syncirsodes primata) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A geometrid moth (Syncirsodes primata) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: An unidentified caterpillar species at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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An unidentified caterpillar species at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: An unidentified caterpillar species at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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An unidentified caterpillar species at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

Photo: A buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile.

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A buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation center near south-central Chile. This species is invasive to the region where it was photographed.

Photo: A metallic green bee (Corynura chloris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation and research center near south-central Chile.

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A metallic green bee (Corynura chloris) at Fauna Andina, a conservation and research center near south-central Chile. This bee is native to Chile.

Picture of a Pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) at the Dallas Zoo.

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A Pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) at the Dallas Zoo.

Picture of a Pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) at the Dallas Zoo.

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A Pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) at the Dallas Zoo.

Picture of a Pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

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Pink zebra beauty tarantula (Eupalaestrus campestratus) at the Santa Barbara Zoo.

Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Photo: Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center.

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Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center.

Photo: Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center.

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Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center.

Photo: Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center.

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Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center.

Picture of Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center. Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered

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Harapan, a four-year-old male Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), at White Oak Conservation Center. Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered

Picture of a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) walks along a mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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A mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) walks along a mountain in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Picture of a mother mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and her baby walk along a rocky path in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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A mother mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and her baby walk along a rocky path in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Picture of a mother mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and her baby rest on a rocky ledge in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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A mother mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and her baby rest on a rocky ledge in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Picture of a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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A mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) in Glacier National Park, Montana.

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