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An endangered Higgins’ eye mussel (Lampsilis higginsii) displays a fish-like lure at the Genoa National Fish Hatchery. The mussel has evolved the lure, full of its young, to entice fish to strike it. When a fish bites down, the tiny young mussels explode and grab onto the fish’s gills. By hitchhiking on host fish, the mussel species is able to move throughout a watershed this way. This is one of 44 species of freshwater mussels still found in the upper Mississippi River near Prairie du Chien, WI.

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A fringed darter (Etheostoma crossopterum), center, from North Fork Creek in Bedford County, Tennessee.

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A fringed darter (Etheostoma crossopterum), center, from North Fork Creek in Bedford County, Tennessee.

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Three slate-colored juncos (Junco hyemalis hyemalis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota. Males are known to be more gray and females are more brown.

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Three slate-colored juncos (Junco hyemalis hyemalis) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota. Males are known to be more gray and females are more brown.

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A group of three blacktail bay shrimp (Crangon nigricauda) from San Francisco Bay. Photographed at the East Bay Regional Parks Mobile Education Program.

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Three Colombian earth snakes (Geophis brachycephalus) from the wild near the town of La Libia, Costa Rica.

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Three Colombian earth snakes (Geophis brachycephalus) from the wild near the town of La Libia, Costa Rica.

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Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

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An adult eyelash viper (Bothriechis schlegelii) with two juveniles of different color morphs from the Tapir Valley, Costa Rica.

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Three Indian Ocean twospot cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus novemstriatus) at the Sharjah Aquarium in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

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Ten-day-old western gull chicks (Larus occidentalis occidentalis) at the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Oregon.

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Ten-day-old western gull chicks (Larus occidentalis occidentalis) at the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Oregon.

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Ten-day-old western gull chicks (Larus occidentalis occidentalis) at the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Oregon.

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A margined madtom (Noturus insignis) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. This individual was collected from PaddyÕs Creek, part of the Catawba River, NC.

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Three margined madtoms (Noturus insignis) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. These individuals were collected from PaddyÕs Creek, part of the Catawba River, NC.

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White shiners (Luxilus albeolus) at the Marion Conservation Aquaculture Center. These individuals were collected from Barton Creek, Neuse River, NC.

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A pair of males and a female pygmy killifish (Leptolucania ommata) from a private collection in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fish are originally from the Florida Panhandle.

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Four-week-old caracal kittens (Caracal caracal caracal) at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Four-week-old caracal kittens (Caracal caracal caracal) at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Four-week-old caracal kittens (Caracal caracal caracal) at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Four-week-old caracal kittens (Caracal caracal caracal) at the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere in Nashville, Tennessee.

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An Eyton`s whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), a Hottentot teal (Spatula Anas hottentota) and a ringed teal (Calonetta leucophrys) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

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Three federally endangered oval pigtoe mussels, Pleurobema pyriforme, from the Chipola River drainage in Jackson County, FL photographed with the USFWS. These animals were collected from Waddell Creek.

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Three endangered Choctaw bean mussels (Obovaria choctawensis) from the Choctawhatchee River drainage photographed with the USFWS. These animals were collected from Bruce Creek, Walton County, FL.

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An adult and two juvenile tapered pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia burkei) from the Choctawhatchee River drainage photographed with the USFWS. These animals were collected from Bruce Creek, Walton County, FL.
Juveniles are smaller, and lighter in color.

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Three rainbow shiners (Notropis chrosomus) photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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Three rainbow shiners (Notropis chrosomus) photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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Three rainbow shiners (Notropis chrosomus) photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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Three glassy darters (Etheostoma vitreum) photographed at Conservation Fisheries.

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Three partula snails (Partula hebe) at the Zoological Society of London.
This species is listed as extinct in the wild by IUCN.

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Three partula snails (Partula hebe) at the Zoological Society of London.
This species is listed as extinct in the wild by IUCN.

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Three common river frogs (Amietia angolensis) from Gorongosa National Park.

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Wild burros, descendants of animals left behind after the gold rush, at Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada.

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Two captive bred Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) with their mother at the Sedgwick County Zoo.

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