Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: A hermit crab (Coenobita brevimanus) at the Safari Land Pet Store.

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A hermit crab (Coenobita brevimanus) at the Safari Land Pet Store.

Vietnamese forest centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) at the Audubon Zoo.

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Vietnamese forest centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes) at the Audubon Zoo.

Photo: A giant desert centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha). At the Riverside Zoo.

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A giant desert centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha). At the Riverside Zoo.

Photo: Leaf-imitating katydid (Corycoides jurinei) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Leaf-imitating katydid (Corycoides jurinei) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Green katydid (Arantia accrana) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Green katydid (Arantia accrana) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Green katydid (Arantia accrana) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Green katydid (Arantia accrana) from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: A cowboy stands on a country road in the Nebraska Sandhills.

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A cowboy stands on a country road in the Nebraska Sandhills.

Picture of a red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros heros) at the LA Zoo.

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A red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros heros) at the LA Zoo.

Picture of a red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros heros) at the LA Zoo.

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A red-headed centipede (Scolopendra heros heros) at the LA Zoo.

Photo: A woman watches a marathon from the comfort of her home.

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A woman watches a marathon from the comfort of her home.

Photo: Two people watch a marathon from the comfort of theirhome.

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Two people watch a marathon from the comfort of theirhome.

Picture of an Atlantic sea spider (Pycnogonida sp.) at Pure Aquariums from the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab.

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An Atlantic sea spider (Pycnogonida sp.) at Pure Aquariums from the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab.

Picture of an Atlantic sea spider (Pycnogonida sp.) at Pure Aquariums from the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab.

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An Atlantic sea spider (Pycnogonida sp.) at Pure Aquariums from the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab.

Picture of a purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida.

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Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, FL.

Picture of a purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida.

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Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, FL.

Picture of a purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida.

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Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, FL.

Picture of a purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, Florida.

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Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus poliocephalus) at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, FL.

Picture of an American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: A zig zag spider, Neoscona cooksoni, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

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A zig zag spider, Neoscona cooksoni, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

Picture of American flamingos, Phoenicopterus ruber, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

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American flamingos, Phoenicopterus ruber, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

Picture of an American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

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An American flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, on Floreana Island in Galapagos National Park.

Picture of a North American millipede (Narceus americanus) at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.

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A North American millipede (Narceus americanus) at the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans.

Photo: A long-tailed chinchilla at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

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A long-tailed chinchilla at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

Photo: Rutherford, a guinea pig, at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

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Rutherford, a guinea pig, at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

Photo: Ten week-old Springer spaniel mix puppies at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

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Ten week-old Springer spaniel mix puppies at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

Photo: Ten week-old Springer spaniel mix puppies at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

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Ten week-old Springer spaniel mix puppies at the Capital Humane Society in Lincoln.

Photo: Peruvian green and gold millipede (Orthoporus sp.) at the Miller Park Zoo.

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Peruvian green and gold millipede (Orthoporus sp.) at the Miller Park Zoo.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Sara, the endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered whooping crane (Grus americana), at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. This is an educational bird.

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Sara, the endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered whooping crane (Grus americana), at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. This is an educational bird.

A small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma texanum) from a private collection.

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A small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma texanum) from a private collection.

Red knot (Calidris canutus ssp. rufa), a candidate species for listing due to a rapid decline in population. The bird is dependent on one food during it's northward migration: horseshoe crab eggs. Overfishing of the crabs has led a dramatic the decline of both knots and crabs. This bird was captured as part of a banding study by the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project.

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A red knot (Calidris canutus rufa) in Gandys Beach, New Jersey.

Photo: A leopard gecko (Eublpharis macularis) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A leopard gecko (Eublpharis macularis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Three pairs of legs stick out of the water in Lake McConaughy, as a thunderstorm creeps forward in the distance.

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Three pairs of legs stick out of the water in Lake McConaughy, as a thunderstorm creeps forward in the distance.

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