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Photo: A queen long-legged desert ant (Aphaenogaster cockerelli) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A queen long-legged desert ant (Aphaenogaster cockerelli) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

Photo: A queen long-legged desert ant (Aphaenogaster cockerelli) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

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A queen long-legged desert ant (Aphaenogaster cockerelli) at Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado.

Picture of a queen paper wasp (Polistes perplexus) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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A queen paper wasp (Polistes perplexus) at the St. Louis Zoo.

Picture of a queen paper wasp (Polistes perplexus) at the St. Louis Zoo.

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A queen paper wasp (Polistes perplexus) at the St. Louis Zoo.

Photo: The king and queen of the Shrimp festival in Biloxi, Mississippi, pose with a cardboard shrimp while presiding over a Cajun-style fais-dodo, or country dance.

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The king and queen of the Shrimp festival in Biloxi, Mississippi, pose with a cardboard shrimp while presiding over a Cajun-style fais-dodo, or country dance.

Photo: A clean up crew hired by BP tries to sop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, along the shoreline on Queen Bess island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

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A clean up crew hired by BP tries to sop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, along the shoreline on Queen Bess island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

Photo: Aerial view of the oil booms deployed around Queen Bess Island in an attempt to protect it from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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Aerial view of the oil booms deployed around Queen Bess Island in an attempt to protect it from the Deepwater Horizon spill. They proved largely ineffective in keeping this important bird rookery safe from oil.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

A man holds a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.

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A man holds a brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

Photo: Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washed ashore on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana in Barataria Bay.

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Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washed ashore on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana in Barataria Bay.

Photo: A clean up crew hired by BP tries to sop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, along the shoreline on Queen Bess island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

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A clean up crew hired by BP tries to sop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, along the shoreline on Queen Bess island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana.

A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

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A brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), covered with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill, on Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. The bird was taken to a rehab center.

Photo: A BP clean up crew tries to sop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.

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A BP clean up crew tries to sop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill at Queen Bess Island, Louisiana.

Photo: A rodeo queen's belt buckle at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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A rodeo queen’s belt buckle at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

Photo: Two young cowgirls at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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Two young cowgirls at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

Photo: Two young cowgirls at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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Two young cowgirls at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

Photo: Two young cowgirls at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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Two young cowgirls at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

Photo: Miss Rodeo Nebraska at Nebraska's Big Rodeo in Burwell.

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Miss Rodeo Nebraska at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo in Burwell.

Photo: The king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet) wave to the crowd.

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The king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet) wave to the crowd.

Photo: A former king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet), toss candy to the crowd.

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A former king and queen of the Morgan City LA Shrimp Festival (part of the Blessing of the Fleet), toss candy to the crowd.

Photo: Candidates for "Shrimp Queen" at the Biloxi, Miss.

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Candidates for “Shrimp Queen” at the Biloxi, Miss. Blessing of the Fleet festival at a coming out party at historic Tullis manor.

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