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Female Calumma crypticum chameleon
Female Calumma crypticum chameleon

Horned screamer [colombia_4818]
Horned screamer [colombia_4818]

Yellow, orange, blue, and green insect
Yellow, orange, blue, and green insect

Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2850]
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) [madagascar_2850]


Panda eating bamboo

Adult mantled howler monkey
Adult mantled howler monkey

Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_6352]
Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_6352]

Bluish beetle
Bluish beetle

Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1272]
Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1272]

Neon green skipper butterfly [west-papua_5525]
Neon green skipper butterfly [west-papua_5525]

Tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) [costa_rica_la_selva_1400]
Tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) [costa_rica_la_selva_1400]

Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1102]
Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1102]


Black crested macaque

Gecko lizard with black markings (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
Gecko lizard with black markings (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)

Red lored parrot on a palm tree [costa-rica_1232]
Red lored parrot on a palm tree [costa-rica_1232]

Malay Red Harlequin butterfly (Paralaxita damajanti) [kalbar_2143]
Malay Red Harlequin butterfly (Paralaxita damajanti) [kalbar_2143]

Giant red centipede [sumatra_9020]
Giant red centipede [sumatra_9020]


Black and orange beetle

Greater Ani, Crotophaga major [brazil_1859]
Greater Ani, Crotophaga major [brazil_1859]

Banded convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) in a swampy pond in Costa Rica
Banded convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) in a swampy pond in Costa Rica


Peacock showing off to a peahen


Birds flying in V-formation

Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)

Young wattled jacana
Young wattled jacana

Juvenile green iguana (Iguana iguana) [colombia_2517]
Juvenile green iguana (Iguana iguana) [colombia_2517]

Horned screamer [colombia_6202]
Horned screamer [colombia_6202]

Gecko [madagascar_6540]
Gecko [madagascar_6540]

Group of buffalo eyeing two spotted hyena
Group of buffalo eyeing two spotted hyena

Big-nosed chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_5197]
Big-nosed chameleon (Calumma nasutum) [madagascar_5197]

Male and female Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [west-papua_0288]
Male and female Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [west-papua_0288]


Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight


Orange and black insect


Orb weaving spider


Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) eating a fish

Baby capybara
Baby capybara

Agouti [panama_0013]
Agouti [panama_0013]

Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0062]
Eyelash viper [costa-rica_a_0062]


Frogs in a lake in India

Baby bird [colombia_5252]
Baby bird [colombia_5252]

Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4201]
Sea turtle hatchlings [cr_4201]

Common bush-tanager [manu_0140]
Common bush-tanager [manu_0140]

Bug
Bug

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [costa-rica_0259]
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) [costa-rica_0259]

Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica [cr_3762]
Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) feeding on a flower in Costa Rica [cr_3762]

Green grasshopper with turquoise legs [west-papua_6314]
Green grasshopper with turquoise legs [west-papua_6314]


Flat-tailed house gecko (Cosymbotus platyurus)

Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1388]
Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1388]

Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3485]
Brookesia antakarana [madagascar_3485]


Black crested macaque

Halfbeaks in Borneo
Halfbeaks in Borneo


White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1499]
Insect [costa_rica_la_selva_1499]


Brown katydid

Red insect with giant antennae [sumatra_1232]
Red insect with giant antennae [sumatra_1232]


Chinese butterfly

Juvenile green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0626]
Juvenile green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0626]


Giraffe


Black crested macaque

Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) standing on its hind legs
Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) standing on its hind legs


King penguin

Furcifer oustaleti chameleon in an aloe plant
Furcifer oustaleti chameleon in an aloe plant

Lizard holding a pose with its back arched and it tail and head up
Lizard holding a pose with its back arched and it tail and head up

Green katydid in hiding posture [kalbar_0417]
Green katydid in hiding posture [kalbar_0417]

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Bright green crested forest dragon [kalbar_1960]
Bright green crested forest dragon [kalbar_1960]


Scarlet macaw


Water turkey

Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) [wayquecha-andes_0487]
Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) [wayquecha-andes_0487]

Colorful grasshopper
Colorful grasshopper

Water monitor in a clear river [sumatra_1401]
Water monitor in a clear river [sumatra_1401]


Male proboscis monkey [sabah_sepilok_0353]

Sumatran elephants bathing in a river [sumatra_9410]
Sumatran elephants bathing in a river [sumatra_9410]


Orangutan

Allobates talamancae poison dart frog
Allobates talamancae poison dart frog

Fly with orange eyes and blue and black legs [west-papua_6501]
Fly with orange eyes and blue and black legs [west-papua_6501]

Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5907]
Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5907]


Tiny mantid

Green iguana headshot [colombia_6455]
Green iguana headshot [colombia_6455]

Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) [brazil_0713]
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus) [brazil_0713]

Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0632
Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach -- malaysia0632

Young Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768)
Young Rhinella margaritifera (Laurenti, 1768)


Kingfisher


Baby warthogs nursing

Green katydid in hiding posture [kalbar_0414]
Green katydid in hiding posture [kalbar_0414]


Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1675]
Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1675]


Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)


Sri Lankan elephant

Rainforest cockroach
Rainforest cockroach

Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) on a man's arm
Male panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) on a man's arm

Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_0287]
Moth [costa_rica_la_selva_0287]

Spider eating an ant -- borneo_3345
Spider eating an ant -- borneo_3345

Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi

Yellow butterly
Yellow butterly

Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0887]
Stick insect [costa_rica_siquirres_0887]


Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight


Squirrel monkey

Ring-tail lemur licking its penis [madagascar_5703]
Ring-tail lemur licking its penis [madagascar_5703]

Ring-tail lemur licking its balls
Ring-tail lemur licking its balls

Ring-tail lemur licking its penis [madagascar_5705]
Ring-tail lemur licking its penis [madagascar_5705]

Ring-tail lemur licking its penis [madagascar_5702]
Ring-tail lemur licking its penis [madagascar_5702]

Ring-tail lemur licking its penis
Ring-tail lemur licking its penis

Bird with black back, red chest, and heavy white beak (a type of seedcracker? Or barbet)
Bird with black back, red chest, and heavy white beak (a type of seedcracker? Or barbet)

Piping hornbill perched on tree limb
Piping hornbill perched on tree limb

Mushroom-shaped terminte nest in a burned savanna landscape
Mushroom-shaped terminte nest in a burned savanna landscape

Elephants at daybreak
Elephants at daybreak

Olive baboon gnawing on a stick
Olive baboon gnawing on a stick

Aqua and black butterfly found on our car windshield
Aqua and black butterfly found on our car windshield

A group of young waterbuck crossing a dirt road in Uganda
A group of young waterbuck crossing a dirt road in Uganda

Forest elephant in a swampy area in Gabon
Forest elephant in a swampy area in Gabon

Beige praying mantis in grassy savanna
Beige praying mantis in grassy savanna

African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer)
African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer)

Lines of termites moving across forest floor
Lines of termites moving across forest floor

Hamerkop in flight
Hamerkop in flight

Black and white butterfly on a dead flower
Black and white butterfly on a dead flower

Hippos at Iguela
Hippos at Iguela

Red-billed quela (Quela quela) flock
Red-billed quela (Quela quela) flock

Breeding male Village Weaver bird on a beach in Ombue, Gabon
Breeding male Village Weaver bird on a beach in Ombue, Gabon

Male Silverback
Male Silverback

Pair of Rhino in captivity
Pair of Rhino in captivity

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree
Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree

Silverback gorilla seated
Silverback gorilla seated

Mudskippers (Periopthalmus) in Gabon
Mudskippers (Periopthalmus) in Gabon

Brown tree frog at night
Brown tree frog at night

Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) in captivity
Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) in captivity

Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Loango National Park
Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Loango National Park

Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas)
Patas Monkeys (Erythrocebus patas)

Female Bohor Reedbuck
Female Bohor Reedbuck

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree
Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree

Eastern Black & White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus guereza)
Eastern Black & White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus guereza)

African slender-snouted crocodile sunning on a log in Loango National Park
African slender-snouted crocodile sunning on a log in Loango National Park

Mantid on underside of a leaf
Mantid on underside of a leaf

Rain forest squirrel
Rain forest squirrel

Mushroom-shaped terminte nest
Mushroom-shaped terminte nest

Mother vervet monkey with offspring
Mother vervet monkey with offspring

Uganda kob (Adenota kob thomasi) getting frisky
Uganda kob (Adenota kob thomasi) getting frisky

Young captive chimp
Young captive chimp

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed

Chimp feeding in a canopy tree
Chimp feeding in a canopy tree

Male Waterbuck chewing
Male Waterbuck chewing

White moth on leaf litter
White moth on leaf litter

Brown tree frog
Brown tree frog

Two young gorillas playing
Two young gorillas playing

Juvenile Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, captured in Gabon
Juvenile Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, captured in Gabon

Yellow dragonfly resting on a vine's leaf
Yellow dragonfly resting on a vine's leaf

Beetle with long antenna
Beetle with long antenna

Many birds in Loango estuary
Many birds in Loango estuary

Group of Hartlaub's duck (Pteronetta hartlaubi) in flight
Group of Hartlaub's duck (Pteronetta hartlaubi) in flight

Atlantic Ghost Crab in Gabon
Atlantic Ghost Crab in Gabon

Chimps
Chimps

Crane in oceanside lagoon
Crane in oceanside lagoon

Silverback gorilla examining a plant shoot
Silverback gorilla examining a plant shoot

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in flight
Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in flight

Cinnamon-chested bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested bee-eater

African pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx pictus ferruginus)
African pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx pictus ferruginus)

A group of African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) on a mudflat
A group of African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) on a mudflat

Adult mudskipper
Adult mudskipper

Silverback gorilla in Gabon
Silverback gorilla in Gabon

Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower

Bird species in Loango lagoon
Bird species in Loango lagoon

Young Bwindi gorilla
Young Bwindi gorilla

Uganda's beautiful and diverse butterfly fauna in the grill of our Land Rover
Uganda's beautiful and diverse butterfly fauna in the grill of our Land Rover

Orb spider
Orb spider

Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched in a tree
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched in a tree

Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)

Male weaver bird building a nest in a papyrus plant
Male weaver bird building a nest in a papyrus plant

Black and white colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) in treetop
Black and white colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza) in treetop

Adult baboon sitting under a tree
Adult baboon sitting under a tree

Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica)
Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica)

Piping Hornbill in flight and silhouetted by the sky
Piping Hornbill in flight and silhouetted by the sky

Nile crocodile in lagoon along ocean beach
Nile crocodile in lagoon along ocean beach

Forest roach
Forest roach

Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower

Dancing gorilla
Dancing gorilla

Crab watching sunset
Crab watching sunset

Giant African Forest Hog
Giant African Forest Hog

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) nest
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) nest

Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)
Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)

Tree-climbing lion of Isasha climbing out of a tree
Tree-climbing lion of Isasha climbing out of a tree

Long-tailed or reed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) on the Mpivie river
Long-tailed or reed cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus) on the Mpivie river

Green katydid with yellow eyes
Green katydid with yellow eyes

Black green and white grasshopper on a leaf
Black green and white grasshopper on a leaf

Hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Loango river estuary
Hippopotami (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Loango river estuary

Brown praying mantis
Brown praying mantis

Red-headed caterpillar
Red-headed caterpillar

Iridescent flies feasting on animal droppings
Iridescent flies feasting on animal droppings

African darter (Anhinga rufa) perched in a tree
African darter (Anhinga rufa) perched in a tree

Termites in forest leaf litter
Termites in forest leaf litter

Male yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)
Male yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)

Orb spider in Uganda (underside)
Orb spider in Uganda (underside)

Pied Kingfishers, Ceryle rudis
Pied Kingfishers, Ceryle rudis

Pair of tortoises
Pair of tortoises

Green caterpillar on a red background
Green caterpillar on a red background

Dung beetle in Uganda
Dung beetle in Uganda

Olive baboon in a Abyssinian Erythrina Tree (Erythrina abyssinica)
Olive baboon in a Abyssinian Erythrina Tree (Erythrina abyssinica)

Green grasshopper on blade of grass
Green grasshopper on blade of grass

Cichlids in Gabon
Cichlids in Gabon

Honey bee feeding on yellow flower
Honey bee feeding on yellow flower

Butterflies gathered on the edge of a puddle
Butterflies gathered on the edge of a puddle

Headshot of a pair of grey crowned cranes
Headshot of a pair of grey crowned cranes

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