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A hibernating forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) at the Moscow Zoo.

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A hibernating thick-tailed pygmy jerboa (Salpingotus crassicauda) at the Moscow Zoo.

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A Linda’s treefrog (Hyloscirtus lindae) at Balsa de los Sapos. This species is a part of a breeding study center at the Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito.

This individual was from Papallacta.

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A pair of pallid foxes (Vulpes pallida) at Cub Creek Science Camp in Rolla, MO. The female on the left is named Pallida and the male on the right in named Gadget.

This species is not well-studied. They come from Sub-Saharan Africa. Their large ears not only assist with hearing prey and threats, but serve to regulate their body temperature.

Cub Creek Science Camp is a residential animal and science summer camp located in central Missouri. Here children from all over the world come to learn about the Earth’s creatures and to gain an appreciation for science and nature.

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An endangered sleeping Ecuadorian monkey frog (Callimedusa ecuatoriana) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Paquisha, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Mining is the major threat to this species, as well as habitat destruction due to urban development, agriculture, and deforestation.

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An endangered sleeping Ecuadorian monkey frog (Callimedusa ecuatoriana) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Paquisha, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Mining is the major threat to this species, as well as habitat destruction due to urban development, agriculture, and deforestation.

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An endangered sleeping Ecuadorian monkey frog (Callimedusa ecuatoriana) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Paquisha, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Mining is the major threat to this species, as well as habitat destruction due to urban development, agriculture, and deforestation.

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An endangered sleeping Ecuadorian monkey frog (Callimedusa ecuatoriana) at Centro Jambatu in Quito, Ecuador. This animal is originally from Paquisha, Zamora Chinchipe Province, Ecuador. Mining is the major threat to this species, as well as habitat destruction due to urban development, agriculture, and deforestation.

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A male African lion (Panthera leo) naps in the sun at the Houston Zoo.

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Visayan leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis rabori) at the Avilon Zoo.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother a couple days ago in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A pair of four-week-old old Asian leopard cats, (Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis). These two were found abandoned by their mother in a burning field and brought to the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a wildlife rehab center in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An elementary aged boy rests on the bleachers before his t-ball game.

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An endangered Phayre’s leaf monkey (Trachypithecus crepusculus) from the Endangered Primate Rescue Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam.

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A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young woman appears to have just shot a man in bed in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young woman prepares to shoot a man in bed in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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An unconscious woman lays on the floor in Elkhorn, Nebraska.

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A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman appears to be dead in an infrared image in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Gladys, a six-week-old baby gorilla, at the Cincinnati Zoo. She was abandoned by her mother at the Gladys Porter Zoo, and the Cincy Zoo staff agreed to take her in. They care for her 24 hours a day. Listed as critically endangered and federally endangered

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A teenage girl sleeps while marathoners run by her house in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A teenage girl sleeps with her dog while marathoners run by her house in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A federally endangered Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) named Lucy at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo.

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An English springer spaniel, asleep on the floor in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A warthog lies down and gets cleaned of parasites by a group of banded mongoose near Mweya Lodge. This is the only place in the world where such a ‘mammal cleaning station’ is known.

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Blue waxbills (Uraeginthus angolensis niassensis) (awake or dozing off) are a common sight in Gorongosa’s dry, bushy grasslands. So far, nearly 400 bird species have been documented in the park.

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Endangered Galapagos sea lions (Zalophus wollebaeki) on Fernandina Island in Galapagos National Park.

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