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    • Addra gazelle face

      Addra Gazelle

    • Elephant in Watani Grasslands

      African Elephant

    • Male African lion

      African Lion

    • African pancake tortoise

      African Pancake Tortoise

    • Alligator snapping turtle

      Alligator Snapping Turtle

    • An American Alligator

      American Alligator

    • American bison

      American Bison

    • Arctic Fox

      Arctic Fox

    • Asian fairy bluebird

      Asian fairy-bluebird

    • Barking treefrog

      Barking Treefrog

    • Barred owl on tree branch

      Barred Owl

    • Mexican beaded lizard

      Beaded Lizard

    • Black bear laying on rock

      Black Bear

    • Blue-crowned hanging parrot

      Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot

    • Blue-naped mousebird

      Blue-naped Mousebird

    • blue-tongued skink profile face with tongue out

      Blue-tongued Skink

    • Blue-winged leaf bird

      Blue-winged Leafbird

    • Bobcat

      Bobcat

    • Bongo

      Bongo

    • Burrowing owl face

      Burrowing Owl

    • Sea lion

      California Sea Lion

    • Cape porcupine

      Cape Porcupine

    • Flamingo

      Chilean Flamingo

    • A mama chimp holds a baby chimp

      Chimpanzee

    • Copperhead snake coiled

      Copperhead

    • Eastern cottonmouth

      Cottonmouth

    • Cougar

      Cougar

    • Crested coua

      Crested Coua

    • Desert pupfish

      Desert Pupfish

    • Desert tortoise

      Desert Tortoise

    • Elk

      Elk

    • Fringe-eared oryx

      Fringe-eared Oryx

    • Gila monster

      Gila Monster

    • Giraffe

      Giraffe

    • Golden-crested mynah on branch

      Golden-crested Myna

    • Greater kudu

      Greater Kudu

    • Grizzly bear face

      Grizzly Bear

    • A male baboon is groomed by another

      Hamadryas Baboon

    • A harbor seal

      Harbor Seal

    • Honey bee

      Honey Bee

    • Horned puffin

      Horned Puffin

    • Laughing kookaburra

      Laughing Kookaburra

    • Longnose gar

      Longnose Gar

    • Madagascar hissing cockroach

      Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

    • Masked Lapwing

      Masked Lapwing

    • Nicobar pigeon

      Nicobar Pigeon

    • North American river otter

      North American River Otter

    • Ocelot

      Ocelot

    • Ornate uromastyx

      Ornate Uromastyx

    • Ostrich face profile

      Ostrich

    • Panamanian golden frog

      Panamanian Golden Frog

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      Peregrine Falcon

    • Polar bear

      Polar Bear

    • Red River hog

      Red River Hog

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      Red Wolf

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      Red-footed Tortoise

    • Red ruffed lemur on log

      Red-ruffed Lemur

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      Ring-tailed Lemur

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      Ringed Teal

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      Sand Cat

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      Sidewinder

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      Sitatunga

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      Skunk (hybrid)

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      Southern White Rhinoceros

    • Speckled mousebird

      Speckled Mousebird

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      Spiny-tailed Monitor

    • Sunbittern

      Sunbittern

    • Thomson's gazelle pair

      Thomson’s Gazelle

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      Timber Rattlesnake

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      Vampire Bat

    • Victoria crowned pigeon

      Victoria Crowned Pigeon

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      Waterbuck

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      Western Lowland Gorilla

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      White-faced Whistling Duck

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      White-headed Mousebird

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      Zebra

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