Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Madidi National Park

Photo: This orphaned black-faced spider monkey, named Pulgoso, is full of surprise.

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This orphaned black-faced spider monkey, named Pulgoso, is full of surprise. Pulgoso, which translates to “full of fleas” was raised by a logger in Madidi after its mother was killed by poachers.

Photo: A journal written by photographer Joel Sartore chronicling his journey through Bolivia's Madidi National Park, while on assignment for National Geographic.

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A journal written by photographer Joel Sartore chronicling his journey through Bolivia’s Madidi National Park, while on assignment for National Geographic.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A three-toed sloth clings to an ambaibo tree in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A boat travels up a river in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A boat travels up a river in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Rosa Maria Ruiz, a guide from Bolivia, holding a laminated photograph in the rain to make sure they are waterproof.

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Rosa Maria Ruiz, a guide from Bolivia, holding a laminated photograph in the rain to make sure they are waterproof. She will use the photos in a traveling exhibition to remote villages to educate the Bolivians about the importance of protecting Madidi.

Photo: A wild jaguar snarls over her meal in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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A wild jaguar snarls over her meal in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: A wild jaguar snarls over her meal in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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A wild jaguar snarls over her meal in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park. The wounds in her shoulder are from a fight with another cat.

Photo: A wild jaguar snarls over her meal in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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A wild jaguar snarls over her meal in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park. The wounds in her shoulder are from a fight with another cat.

Photo: A moth blends in perfectly with the bark of a tree in the rainforests of Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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A moth blends in perfectly with the bark of a tree in the rainforests of Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: Red-and-green macaws groom each other in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Red-and-green macaws groom each other in Madidi National Park, Bolivia. Macaws mate for life.

Photo: Four green-banded urania moths, Urania leilus, from Madidi National Park.

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Four green-banded urania moths, Urania leilus, from Madidi National Park.

Photo: A tiger swallowtail butterfly near Tuichi in Madidi National Park.

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A tiger swallowtail butterfly near Tuichi in Madidi National Park.

Photo: A hoatzin (Opisthocomidae Opisthocomus) near a swamp in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A hoatzin (Opisthocomidae Opisthocomus) near a swamp in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

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Piranha fishing in the Tuichi River in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

Photo: A native of Madidi National Park in Bolivia holds up a fishcaught in the Park's Tuichi River.

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A native of Madidi National Park in Bolivia holds up a fishcaught in the Park’s Tuichi River.

Photo: Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: A native mother and her child bathe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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A native mother and her child bathe in the Tuichi River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

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Natives bathe in the Tuichi river, a tributary of the Amazon, in Madidi National Park, Bolivia.

Photo: Workers in the kitchen at an EcoBolivia lodge in Madidi National Park (Bolivia).

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Workers in the kitchen at an EcoBolivia lodge in Madidi National Park (Bolivia).

Photo: Workers in the kitchen at an EcoBolivia lodge in Madidi National Park (Bolivia).

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Workers in the kitchen at an EcoBolivia lodge in Madidi National Park (Bolivia).

Photo: Rafts made of mahogany are smuggled out of Madidi National Park on the Tuichi River (Bolivia.) Groups like EcoBolivia work to educate the locals on the real value of their land in hopes of preventing logging and deforestation.

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Rafts made of mahogany are smuggled out of Madidi National Park on the Tuichi River (Bolivia.) Groups like EcoBolivia work to educate the locals on the real value of their land in hopes of preventing logging and deforestation.

Photo: Workers at an EcoBolivia lodge in Madidi National Park, Bolivia, look at fish that will be cooked for a meal.

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Workers at an EcoBolivia lodge in Madidi National Park, Bolivia, look at fish that will be cooked for a meal.

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