Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

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Photo: Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) at the Saint Louis Zoo. This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

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Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) at the Saint Louis Zoo. This species is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.

Picture of an alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) at the Saint Louis Zoo. This species is listed a vulnerable on IUCN.

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A alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) at the Saint Louis Zoo. This species is listed a vulnerable on IUCN.

Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Green crab, Carcinus maenas, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata), with red beard sponge that it has attached to its shell at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata), with red beard sponge that it has attached to its shell at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Picture of a long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata), with red beard sponge that it has attached to its shell at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata), with red beard sponge that it has attached to its shell at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Common spider crab, also known portly spider crab or nine-spined spider crab (Libinia emarginata) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Picture of a long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, with bushy bryozoans attached to its shell.

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Long-clawed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus, with bushy bryozoans attached to its shell. Bryozoans are tiny colonial animals that feed by filtering plankton from seawater.

Photo: A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A pigeon, Columbidae sp., at the home of bird rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Young grackles, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Young grackles, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Young grackles, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Young grackles, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Young grackles, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Young grackles, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

A young grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Possibly a baby robin, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Possibly a baby robin, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Picture of a baby robin, Turdus migratorius, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A baby robin, Turdus migratorius, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Photo: Possibly a baby robin, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Possibly a baby robin, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

A picture of a juvenile barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A juvenile barn swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Picture of a young robin, Turdus migratorius, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young robin, Turdus migratorius, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Picture of a young robin, Turdus migratorius, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young robin, Turdus migratorius, from the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Western kingbird chick, Tyrannus verticalis, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Western kingbird chick, Tyrannus verticalis, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Western kingbird chick, Tyrannus verticalis, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Western kingbird chick, Tyrannus verticalis, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Western kingbird chick, Tyrannus verticalis, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Western kingbird chick, Tyrannus verticalis, at the home of wildlife rescuer in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The egg from a diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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The egg from a diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

The egg from a diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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The egg from a diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Shore shrimp, Palaemonetes sp. at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Shore shrimp, Palaemonetes sp. at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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Sand shrimp, Crangon septemspinosa, at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center in the Sedge Islands Marine Conservation Zone, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey.

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