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A ornate reef sea snake (Hydrophis ornatus) photographed at Al Mayya Sanctuary.

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A veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure.

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A Ohio lamprey (Ichthyomyzon bdellium) collected on the Little River near Maryville Tennessee.

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A Ohio lamprey (Ichthyomyzon bdellium) collected on the Little River near Maryville Tennessee.

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A Ohio lamprey (Ichthyomyzon bdellium) collected on the Little River near Maryville Tennessee.

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A Ohio lamprey (Ichthyomyzon bdellium) collected on the Little River near Maryville Tennessee.

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A federally endangered, American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at the Kansas City Zoo.

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A hippopotamus bares its teeth at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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A Nicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica, at the Omaha Zoo.

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A green tree python (Morelia viridis) at the Riverside Zoo.

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A fisher (Martes pennanti) at the New York State Zoo, Watertown, New York.

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A hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) at the San Antonio Zoo. (IUCN: Vulnerable).

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An illustration of a stream of water coming out of the mouth of a young boy.

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An Eastern collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris collaris) at the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge near Lawton, OK.

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Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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Red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

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A sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni) at the Tulsa Zoo.

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An American green anole or Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis) at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A critically endangered and federally endangered male Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) named Lamydoc, at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas. Lamydoc was born in 1962.

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Common dwarf mongooses (Helogale parvula) at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo.

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A female gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus floridanus), This fox was taken to St. Francis Wildlife Association, a wildlife rescue center near Quincy, Florida, after it had been hit by a car.

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A female gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus floridanus), This fox was taken to St. Francis Wildlife Association, a wildlife rescue center near Quincy, Florida, after it had been hit by a car.

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A Marigold lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus) named Linguini at the Dallas Zoo.

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A near threatened Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica nicobarica) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, Nebraska.

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An endangered big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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An endangered big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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An endangered big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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An endangered big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Southeast Asian softshelled turtle (Amyda cartilaginea cartilaginea) a vulnerable species at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A federally endangered jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) at Bear Creek Feline Center.

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A federally endangered jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) at Bear Creek Feline Center.

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A federally endangered jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) at Bear Creek Feline Center.

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A Southern screamer (Chauna torquata) at the Kansas City Zoo.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered, 21-year-old, lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) named Babu at the Cincinnati Zoo. These primates are kept in very few zoos now and are rarer in the wilds of India each year.

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