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A baby gorilla dangles from a rope with a chip of something edible in their mouth, looking over their shoulder at a parent off-camera

A baby gorilla with a serious expression, holding on to a rope with one hand and reaching out to a parent with the other.

A side-on portrait of a tiger. They have beautiful orange and black facial markings, and long white whiskers.

A close up of a camel's face, limned by bright sunlight.

A head-on photo of a camel, looking at the camera. Their ears and the tuft of fur along the top of their head bloom with sunlight.

A photo of a very small owl, behind a mesh fence. They are looking murderous.

A large Mangalitza pig, sleepy in the sun. Their fur is dense and golden, and the sun hitting their back makes their golden curls glow.

A meerkat standing up tall and looking into the distance, against a dark green background.

A meerkat looking off to the right, against a dark green background. They have sand on their nose.

A meerkat standing up tall and looking over their shoulder to the left, against a dark green background.

A small coati with pale brown fur, fast asleep in a sunbeam with a paw over their face.

An iridescent blue/green bird with a startling yellow eye. They are perched on a branch, amidst the leaves.

A bird with a brown head and shoulders and bright red plumage on their lower half, perched on a twig.

A small blue and yellow bird, clinging to the side of a tree, hunting for food.

A brown-and-white bird with an iridescent blue/green head, and a circular red patch on their chest. Their wings are raised in display.

A bird with a iridescent green head and shoulders, and a bright red lower half, separated by a line of white. They're perched on a thin branch against a white backdrop.

A small brown bird with a white chest dotted with dark patches. They are perched on a thin metal pipe and surveying their domain.

A gorgeous multicolored pigeon-like bird with brown underfeathers and a bright red heart patch on their chest. Their blue-green head is tucked between their shoulders, and one eye is peering out.

A wider shot of the multicolored pigeon-like bird with the red chest, showing the progression of feathers, brown through two-tone grey to dark red from front to back.

A front-on view of the multicolored pigeon-like bird. From this angle they have the energy of a mafia boss.

A bright red parrot with a black patch at the top of their head and variegated green wings. They're perched on a reddish-brown branch, and are yelling.

A giant Galapagos tortoise with their eyes closed and mouth open, munching on a green shoot.

A giant Galapagos tortoise with their eyes open and mouth closed around the shoot they're chewing on.

A close-up of a grey heron. Their neck is bent in an s-shape.

A grey heron in the process of cleaning themself. Their neck forms a full 180 degree bend, as if they're a splash of water dripping from a sea of feathers.

Two penguins swimming in a circle together. One has raised their beak and is giving a little yell. The other one is closer, and slightly out of focus.

A Humboldt penguin swimming at the surface with a twig in their mouth. The water sluices of their back as they swim.

A cluster of three Humboldt penguins walking together on a stony beach. They each have different multicolored bands around the top of their right fin.

A Humboldt penguin standing on the shore, facing to the left. Their eyes are closed, and they look like they might be sleeping standing up.

A Humboldt penguin, trotting to the right on a stony beach.

A Humboldt penguin standing in front of a rock. They've stopped beside a leafy twig, and are looking directly at the camera.

A Humboldt penguin standing behind a rock, in a sunbeam. They are looking up towards the sun, expectantly.

A close-up of a large Atlas moth, in various shades of pink and orange. Their wings are decorated with teardrop-shaped reflective eyes. In the foreground, a few leaves have crept into the shot, forming patches of bright green.

A close-up of a scarlet ibis, with a long black beak and a crisp navy-blue eye.

A scarlet ibis on a tree branch in a pond full of bright-green algae. The red and green offset each other in striking fashion.

A close-up of an Abdim's stork, a black and white bird with a mottled blue face and red bill. Their bill is pointing towards the water below, and their eye is banded blue, in the process of blinking their nictitating membrane.

An Abdim's stork standing on a tree stump, picking at the wood with their bill. They've recently been foraging in the algae-filled pond below, and the blue and red of their face and the red of their feet is speckled with pops of green.

A wallaby, asleep on the grass in the sunshine. Their back legs are stretched out as long as they can.

A wallaby, waking up in the sunshine and looking off camera to the right.

A close-up of a grey and white ring-tailed lemur grooming another member of their troop while they sleep in the sun. A little pink tongue can be seen.

A ring-tailed lemur strides meaningfully to the right, in front of a black netting and bright green light beyond.

A close-up of a ring-tailed lemur looking to the left. They have deep orange-brown eyes, and the details of their fur are visible.

A close-up of a ring-tailed lemur looking to the right. Their eyes are golden-brown, their nose is black and shiny, and little black whiskers can be seen around their eyes and snout.

A ring-tailed lemur cuddles another in the sunshine. Little fuzzy piles of lemur are visible all around them.

A close-up of ring-tailed lemur back paws as they climb tree branches. Their striped tail dangles down to the right.

A ring-tailed lemur looking over their shoulder to the right.

An otter sat on a rock in the dappled sunshine. Their fur is still slick with water, and their little hands are splayed out in wet patches on the rock.

An otter on a rock in the sunshine. The sun reflects off their wet forehead and catches the array of bristly whiskers drooping from their snout.

An otter on a rock in the sunshine, with their eyes half-closed. The sun catches the array of bristly whiskers drooping from their snout and their little forepaws, flexed against the rock.

An otter sitting contentedly on a rock in the dappled sunlight. They're looking off to the left.

An otter on a rock in the sunshine, their back leg in the process of being raised to their face.

An otter on a rock in the sunshine, reaching over their shoulder to groom their back paw.

An otter in the sunshine, reaching round to groom themself. The background is abstract greens and greys, further distorted by rippled water.

A close-up of a giraffe, standing in front of a green door in the sunshine.

A close-up of a giraffe facing the camera, lolling their tongue out.

A close-up of a giraffe, sticking its tongue out. The background is a pleasingly abstract scattering of blue, green and orange.

A giraffe, reaching up into the sunshine to investigate a tree branch. The branch has clearly been stripped of bark through repeated investigations.

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