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Skunks are not always black with a white stripe.
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Sometime they’re white with a black one.
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Our little family is proof of that.
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Diversity.
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Ya gotta love it.
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A veritable skunk mosaic.
Tag Archives: diversity
The Photo Ark… Part 5.
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I’m going to continue to share photos from this marvelous book until you get tired of them and ask me to stop.
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Oncilla.
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Okay, maybe not even then. But I do promise to consider it.
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Hibernating arctic ground squirrels.
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Wish I could send our red squirrel from Hell to the arctic circle for a long winter’s nap.
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Gee’s Golden Langur.
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Tell me you don’t see the humanity in that portrait. I dare you.
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Giant Anteater and pup.
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Love the giant anteater! I could totally see one of those curled up on the couch beside me.
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Himalayan Griffon.
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You have to love a bird who can rock a feather boa. It’s not an easy look to pull off.
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Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse.
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Hang in there little mouse. We’ve all been there.
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Common Spider Crab.
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Mother Nature is marvelous.
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Coquerel’s Sifaka.
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No doubt about it.
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The Photo Ark
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Have you heard of Joel Sartore?
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Arctic Fox.
If not, let me rectify that.
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Tiger Striped Tree Frog.
Joel has made it his mission in life to photograph the approximately 12,000 species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries.
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Brown Throated Sloth.
But Joel’s photographs are different.
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Springbok Mantis.
They’re special.
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Mandrill.
Because they’re portraits.
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Spectacled Eiders.
Stunning portraits of glorious diversity.
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California Sea Lion.
Joel believes if we see these marvelous creatures… we’ll feel something.
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Andean Condor.
We’ll care.
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Sumatran Rhinoceros.
And if we care, we’ll fight to preserve not only them, but the habitats they need to thrive.
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DeBrazza’s Monkey.
Joel is my hero. And I’ve bought all 3 of his incredible books.
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As I make my way through them, I’m going to share some of his work.
Because they make me feel.
Because they make me care.
Not all of the animals are beautiful.
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Common Warthog.
But all of them are perfect… and worth protecting.
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