velvet images - Joel Sartore

A bull elk with his antlers in velvet (Cervus canadensis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

A bull elk with his antlers in velvet (Cervus canadensis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

A bull elk with his antlers in velvet (Cervus canadensis) at the Oklahoma City Zoo.

A federally threatened northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) being photographed by Joel Sartore.

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