Young boy crouched down to get a better look at a baby tiger cub at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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acacia

Mother cheetah laying in grass with cub

African cheetah

African dwarf crocodile walking on sand dotted with crab grass

African dwarf crocodile

African elephant with ears extended

African elephant

Male African lion

Closeup of an African penguin in front of a field of tall dry grass

African penguin

Allen's swamp monkey face.

Allen's swamp monkey

Alula AKA “cabbage on a stick”

American Alligator

American alligator

Mother flamingo sits on a mud mound nest as her chick rests folded under her wing with tiny fuzzy gray head peeking out.

American flamingo

Anaconda curled up

Andean bear

Male Anna's hummingbird perched on a small branch

Anna's hummingbird

Arabian oryx eating hay.

Arctic fox laying on pine forest floor.

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Axolotl floating in water.

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Babirusa with tusks.

bald cypress

Bald eagle looking left in front of a green leafy background

bamboo

A honeybee on honeycomb

Bee-eater with bee in its beak.

Tanimbar blue tongue skink

Blue-tongued skink

An Emerald Tree Boa coiled on a tree branch

bonobo looking right.

Grizzly Bear in front of pool of water

A burrowing owl cocks its head slightly to the right as it stares straight into the camera

A small orange, black, brown and white spotted butterfly drinks nectar from a small pink flower

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Cacao

cactuses

California condor perched in tree.

California condor

California sea lion looking right as it sits on a sandy beach

California sea lion

Baby capybara climbing on mother's back.

A sideview of a Chinese Giant Salamander swimming through its tank

Chinese Giant Salamander

Coati on a large boulder.

Male cock-of-the-rock

Cock-of-the-rock

Coconut crab hanging onto a wood log behind a small palm frond

Cockerel's sifaka with mouth sightly agape

Coquerel's Sifaka

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Turtle on a rock

Desert tortoise

Dhole standing in front of a green shrub.

A dung beetle sitting atop a small ball of dung

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East African crowned crane standing in green field.

East African crowned crane

Australian echidna walking down a dirt path.

Emu looking straight into the camera

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Ficus-figs

Fiji iguana sitting on a piece of wood

Fire salamander climbing over a small wood branch

Fire salamander

Fishing cat behind bamboo.

Greater flamingos

Adult fossa looking off to the left, standing in front of rocky wall.

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Frog hopping.

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A pair of Galapagos tortoises standing on dirt ground.

Galápagos tortoise

New Caledonian Crested Gecko

Gharial laying on sandy river bank.

A panda cub on a tree branch looks at us.

Gila monster lizard facing camera flicking black forked tongue

Baby giraffe standing in front of adult giraffes' haunches

Goliath bird-eating spider

Goliath bird-eating spider

Great horned owl with wings spread

Great horned owl

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Golden orb weaving spider

golden orb weaver

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Male hamadryas baboon looking off to the side.

Hamadryas baboon

Harpy eagle looking off to the right with its crown feathers flared.

hibiscus

Honey badger, or ratel

Honey badger (ratel)

Replete honeypot ant with swollen abdomen

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Close-up of rock iguana sitting on a rock

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Jacaranda

Male Jackson's chameleon perched on a dried piece of wood.

Jackson's chameleon

Jaguar looking to the left as it climbs down a tree trunk

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Close-up of King Cobra head. Its scales are brown, tan, and black. It's neck is partially flattened into a hood shape.

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Klipspringer peaking out from in between large kopje boulders.

Koala mother holding baby

Komodo dragon facing left with it's large forked tongue sticking out.

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Kookaburra

Laughing kookaburra

lavender

A pair of leafcutter ants carrying a piece of leaf.

Leafcutter Ants

Leopard shark swimming in front of tall kelp trees

Closeup of a Green Lord Howe Island Stick Insect sitting in a pine tree.

Lord Howe Island stick insect

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Lizard standing on the sand.

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Close-up of a Man Mountain pit viper with it's pink tongue flicking

Mang Mountain pit viper

A meerkat stands on all fours on a dirt mound, looking at the camera

Monarch butterfly on flowers.

Monarch butterfly

Caputchin monkey in a tree.

Mountain lion

Frog on a rock.

Mountain yellow-legged frog

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Naked mole rat in a burrow tube.

New guinea singing dog with mouth open in a howl

New Guinea singing dog

North American porcupine holding onto a piece of gnawed wood

North American porcupine

North American raccoon walking across log in the woods.

North American raccoon

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Okapi

Male orangutan face with cheek pads

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Ostrich standing in habitat with head and neck lowered

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PAlm cockatoo with crest feathers flared and bright red cheek patch partially concealed

Peacock displaying his elaborate tail feathers

An adult peccary standing next to a baby peccary

Platypus on semi-submerged log.

Blue poison frog sitting on a bright green tropical leaf

Polar bear standing on snow

Parrie dog standing

Ball python curled up onto itself.

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pumpkin

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Rattlesnake wit rattle raised

A pair of Southern White Rhinos

Ring-tailed lemur face

Ring-tailed lemur

Young hippo half peeking out of the water

Rodrigues fruit bat

Rodrigues fruit bat

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Newt on a rock

Salamander and newt

Secretary bird looking straight at the camera

Snake coiled up in the jungle.

Snow leopard sitting on a snow-covered rock cliff

Southern Cassowary

Southern cassowary

spanish moss

Orb-weaver spider on dew covered web

Spotted hyena

Sun Bear on branch

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Siamang sitting on a fallen tree with a stick in its mouth

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Takin baby and mother nuzzling

Baird's tapir on a grass field

Mexican fireleg tarantula sitting on rocky ground next to green succulents

Tasmanian devil standing on tall green grass

Tasmanian devil

Three-banded armadillo walking across a grass field

Three-Banded armadillo

Sumatran tiger prowling

Toco toucan

Matschie's Tree kangaroo

Turtle standing on a rock looking up.

Turtles and tortoises

Two-toed sloth eating a red apple with one claw while hanging upside down.

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venus_flytrap

Virginia opossum on dried leaves.

Virginia opossum

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Warthog with tusks

Western lowland gorilla silverback

Western lowland gorilla

Southern white rhino

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Woma head peaking out of foliage

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A pair of zebras with their muzzles close together

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Close up picture of an alala bird.

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