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Keyword: Mud

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. This species is listed as critically endangered by IUCN and federally endangered.

Photo: Zookeepers capture a critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) in an enclosure at the Suzhou Zoo in China.

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Zookeepers capture a critically endangered Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) in an enclosure at the Suzhou Zoo in China. Both Yangtze turtles held at this facility are over 100 years old, if biologist can’t get this species to breed soon, the species will become extinct.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

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Organically raised pigs on a farm near Palmyra, Nebraska.

Photo: Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) flying into their mud nests under a county bridge near Raymond, Nebraska.

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Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) flying into their mud nests under a county bridge near Raymond, Nebraska.

Photo: Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) flying into their mud nests under a county bridge near Raymond, Nebraska.

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Cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) flying into their mud nests under a county bridge near Raymond, Nebraska.

Photo: Mud-covered doll at a south Florida landfill, where debris from the storm were taken.

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Mud-covered doll at a south Florida landfill, where debris from the storm were taken.

A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) at the Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

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A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) at the Bayou De View in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A mudskipper (Periophthalmus sp.) on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Photo: Tire tracks in the mud at a pumpkin farm near Roca, NE.

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Tire tracks in the mud at a pumpkin farm near Roca, NE.

Photo: Shorebirds forage on a mudflat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada.

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Shorebirds forage on a mudflat in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada.

Photo: A yellow mud turtle, (Kinosternon flavescens) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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A yellow mud turtle, (Kinosternon flavescens) at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

Photo: Pawprint of a gray wolf surrounded by ferns on the floor of the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Pawprint of a gray wolf surrounded by ferns on the floor of the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Deep mud has taken hold of this truck in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Deep mud has taken hold of this truck in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Human and equine feet dig into the mud in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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Human and equine feet dig into the mud in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A horse's hooves dig into the mud in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A horse’s hooves dig into the mud in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: A man curses the deep mud that has taken hold of his truck in Brazil's Pantanal region.

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A man curses the deep mud that has taken hold of his truck in Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Photo: Ellen Sartore shines her father's shoes for the low, low price of $1/pair outside her home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Ellen Sartore shines her father’s shoes for the low, low price of $1/pair outside her home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Ellen Sartore shines her father's shoes for the low, low price of $1/pair outside her home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Ellen Sartore shines her father’s shoes for the low, low price of $1/pair outside her home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Joel Sartore's boots wait for a shine outside his home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Joel Sartore’s boots wait for a shine outside his home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Ellen Sartore shines her father's shoes for the low, low price of $1/pair outside her home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Ellen Sartore shines her father’s shoes for the low, low price of $1/pair outside her home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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