human hand images - Joel Sartore

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A Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A walking leaf (Phyllium giganteum) at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A Jameson’s firefinch (Lagonostricta rhodopareia jamesoni) at a field museum in Gorongosa National Park.

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A beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) at SeaWorld San Diego. This individual is named Fernando and he is one of the oldest belugas in human care.

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A stick insect (Phryganistria heusii yentuensis) from a private collection.

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A Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) at White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, Florida. This adult bird was hatched here last year.

This bird is part of a captive breeding program for this critically endangered species, a few of which still live in the vanishing prairies of central Florida. There are nearly 100 adults, nestlings and hatch year birds here now at White Oak. This is likely more than are left in the wild now.

Picture of a Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) at Tracy Aviary.

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Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) at Tracy Aviary.

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A dead-leaf mantis (Deroplatys desiccata) on the hand of an assistant at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.

Southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (Onychomys torridus torridus) at Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.

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Southern grasshopper mouse or scorpion mouse (Onychomys torridus torridus) at Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.

A white-striped gecko (Gonatodes vittatus) from a private collection.

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A white-striped gecko (Gonatodes vittatus) from a private collection.

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A studio portrait of an golden-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus poensis).

Delalande's gecko (Tarentola delalandii) at Wroclaw Zoo.

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Delalande’s gecko (Tarentola delalandii) at Wroclaw Zoo.

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Two-month old yellow-faced turtles (Emydura tanybaraga) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Two-month old yellow-faced turtles (Emydura tanybaraga) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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An America robin (Turdus migratorius nigrideus) at the Carolina Waterfowl Rescue.

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Oriole warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) at Nebraska Wildlife Rehab.

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Rough earth snake (Virginia striatula) at Wildcare in Noble, Oklahoma.

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A giant deep-sea roach (Bathynomus giganteus) held by a staff member at the Virginia Aquarium.

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A female giant winged walking stick (Phasma gigas “Jailolo”) at the Budapest Zoo.

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Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum passerinum) at Alpenzoo in Innsbruck, Austria.

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Malayan giant stick insect (Pharnacia cantori) at Zoo Negara.

A ring-tailed lemur and her pups (Lemur catta) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A ring-tailed lemur and her pups (Lemur catta) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

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A 24-day-old slow loris (Nycticebus) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. This baby is named ‘Captain Hook’ because he is missing a hand.

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A 24-day-old slow loris (Nycticebus) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. This baby is named ‘Captain Hook’ because he is missing a hand.

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A 24-day-old slow loris (Nycticebus) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. This baby is named ‘Captain Hook’ because he is missing a hand.

"Luna", a hand-raised, 56-day-old red-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. Critcially Endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered.

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“Luna”, a hand-raised, 56-day-old red-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. Critically endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered.