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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist
Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel
German embryologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
British biologist and writer
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark
American ichthyologist
Steller's sea cow
Georg W. Steller
zoologist and botanist
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
American artist
Charles Henry Turner.
Charles Henry Turner
American scientist
Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin
American scientist and industrial designer
Flannery, Tim
Tim Flannery
Australian zoologist
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
British ethologist
Peter B. Medawar, 1960.
Sir Peter B. Medawar
British zoologist

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greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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