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Two Elliot’s groove-throated chameleons (Trioceros ellioti) at Zoopark Zajezd. The male is darker and smaller. The female is brighter green and larger.

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A bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) an endangered (IUCN) and federally threatened species at the Atlanta Zoo.

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A vulnerable Parker’s snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri).

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A vulnerable reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure near Salina, Kansas.

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Asian Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus episcopus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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Two vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese, Branta sandvicensis, at Great Plains Zoo, leaning forward.

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Two vulnerable (IUCN) and federally endangered Nene geese (Branta sandvicensis) at Great Plains Zoo, leaning forward.

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A rainbow scarab (Phanaeus vindex) with parasites riding on its neck, at the Houston Zoo.

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A female Bewick’s swan, Cygnus columbianus bewickii, at Sylvan Heights Bird Park.

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A vulnerable reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas.

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Zambezi flapshelled turtle (Cycloderma frenatum) at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.

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A Giant snake-necked turtle (Chelodina expansa) at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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A Giant snake-necked turtle (Chelodina expansa) at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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A Giant snake-necked turtle (Chelodina expansa) at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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A Giant snake-necked turtle (Chelodina expansa) at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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A Giant snake-necked turtle (Chelodina expansa) at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

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

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A great blue heron (Ardea herodias herodias) in Galapagos National Park.

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A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in Galapagos National Park.

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A great blue heron (Ardea herodias), in Galapagos National Park.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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A crew working to clean a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at the rehab center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana. This is where the majority of the oiled birds were brought in from the deep water horizon oil spill.

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Reimann’s snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni). (IUCN: Near Threatened)

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A northern black-nobbed map turtle (Graptemys nigrinoda nigrinoda).

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Sara the whooping crane (Grus americana), an educational bird at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. (US: Endangered; IUCN: Endangered)

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A Bermuda diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). This may soon be designated as a separate subspecies or even a full species, and was photographed at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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A Bermuda diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin). This may soon be designated as a separate subspecies or even a full species, and was photographed at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.

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