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Orange butterfly in Borneo (Indonesia)	Caimen (Brazil)	Leucippus chionogaster hummingbird Common name: White-bellied Hummingbird. Local name: Amazilia ventriblanca Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru)
Black beeetle with white spots and an orange thorax (Suriname)	Giant black bee feeding on morning glory flower nectar (Indonesia)	Marianas Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
Pair of butterflies (Suriname)	Bright red insect on leaf in rainforest (Indonesia)	Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)
Orang-utan (Indonesia)	Entire clay lick Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)	Silverback gorilla preparing to charge (Gabon)
Forest elephant on the open savanna in Gabon (Gabon)	Bearded pigs (Sus barbatus) feeding on rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) (Indonesia)	Green grasshopper feeding on a leaf
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)	Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)	Surveying crocodile hatchlings (Gabon)
Green Arrow Frogs	Blood-sucking leech reaching for a person's hand (Indonesia)	Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)
Light orange bristly caterpillar in Parque Tayrona	Green grasshopper (Suriname)	Golden Mantella; Madagascar
Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) eating fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis) (Malaysia)	Harlequin frog (Atelopus spumarius) (Suriname)	Brown butterfly with white wing markings (Indonesia)
Hanging Oropendula nests in canopy tree Location: Tambopata rainforestV (Peru)	Gray frog changing from tadpole to adult form	Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)	Red-and-green macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru)	Orange-headed lizard in Gabon (Gabon)
Giant walking stick (Suriname)	Frog being examined by researcher Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru)	Calumma Parsonii (Andasibe)