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Subscribe to RSSA waxy monkey frog, a chameleon and an elephant are some of the world's rarest and most stunning species. Photographer Joel Sartore captures these beautiful zoo animals in striking portraits.
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A veiled chameleon.
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A female African elephant.
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Black-footed ferret.
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A waxy monkey frog.
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A gray wolf.
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A grizzly bear.
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A hippopotamus.
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A captive, five-month-old mandrill.
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California tiger salamander.
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Joel Sartore photographs an American crocodile at the Omaha Zoo.
Sartore, a National Geographic photographer from Nebraska, created the "Biodiversity Project" to highlight the importance of the animals and encourage people to pay closer attention to endangered species.
Though he started with amphibians, today he photographs "anything that will hold still on a background long enough for me to take a picture," he said on his website.
These photos were all taken between 2006 to 2010, a lengthy project due to the extensive travelling to remote parts of the world to find and photograph the rare species. The photos are featured in a recently released book entitled "Rare."
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Nice photography, would like to see what kind of camera/lens EXIF data for these..
The right picture can say a million words! And I hope these beautiful photographs will get a million activists to demand that we immediately do more to protect our great legacy of nature and wildlife on earth for their future generations and ours! - Sir William the Cat from the new book "In Defense of Cats!"
As an employee of the US Department of The Interior, these photgrapghs say so much without ever saying anything at all. Alot more could and will be said in defense for those who can not defend themselves. As we encroach on that which was wild,we all need to reflect on the course we shuold be going and give thought to what must be saved. Muir, Ansel Adams and a long list of others said it best , " when we pull at a single strand of the web of life, only then do we realize how far flung that web has been weaved". Mr. Sartore , do more of this....do ALOT more of this. I see it...and others will too.
I want this book! .. What a cool coffee table book..
I love all these creatures! Are we the next endangered species on the list?