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Wild animals in the places they really live β€” from penguins in Antarctica to dragons in Indonesia.

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A Darwin's finch in the GalΓ‘pagos sun
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Darwin's Finches

Little brown birds with different beaks helped Charles Darwin figure out how animals change over time.

πŸ“ GalΓ‘pagos Islands, Ecuador
A blue poison dart frog β€” its bright colour is a warning
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Poison Dart Frogs

Tiny frogs so bright they look painted β€” and their colours are a warning to stay away.

πŸ“ Amazon Rainforest, Peru
Emperor penguins β€” adults and a youngster β€” on Snow Hill Island, Antarctica
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Emperor Penguins

The tallest penguins on Earth raise their babies in the coldest, darkest winter on the planet.

πŸ“ Snow Hill Island, Antarctica
Red kangaroos in the Australian outback
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Red Kangaroos

The biggest jumping animal on Earth lives in the red centre of Australia β€” and baby kangaroos ride in a pocket.

πŸ“ Alice Springs, Australia
A polar bear on the drift ice north of Svalbard
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Polar Bears

The biggest hunters on land live where the sea freezes β€” and under their white fur, their skin is black.

πŸ“ Svalbard, Norway
A blue whale seen from above (NOAA aerial photo)
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Blue Whales

The biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth β€” bigger than any dinosaur β€” swims in our oceans right now.

πŸ“ Monterey Bay, United States
Giant pandas at the Chengdu research centre in China
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Giant Pandas

Black-and-white bears that spend almost all day eating bamboo β€” and have a secret extra thumb to hold it.

πŸ“ Chengdu, China
An African elephant with her calf in the Serengeti
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African Elephants

The biggest land animals on Earth, with trunks that can pick up a single leaf β€” and ears shaped like Africa.

πŸ“ Serengeti, Tanzania
A Komodo dragon β€” the world's biggest lizard
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Komodo Dragons

Real dragons! The biggest lizards on Earth live on just a few small islands in Indonesia.

πŸ“ Komodo Island, Indonesia
A snow leopard β€” a close portrait; this animal was photographed in a wildlife park
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Snow Leopards

The 'ghost of the mountains' β€” a spotted cat so shy and well camouflaged that few people ever see one.

πŸ“ Ladakh, India

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