PHOTOGRAPHY - PG 4

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Giant Tortoise goes for a walk across a field

This giant tortoise suddenly decided to take a walk across this field. I managed to get a close up photo of the big turtle before it could escape. It's said that this old turtle is nearly 150 years old, and may live to be 200 years of age.

Northern Map Turtle sits on a river rock sunbathing

This particular reptile species is the Graptemys geographica, better known as the northern map turtle. I found this beautiful turtle sitting comfortably on a river rock and sunbathing. It's impressive how this tortoise identified the perfect rock and climbed onto it for a nice afternoon sunbathe.

Brown bears plays on his back rolling and maintaining eye contact

This silly brown bear rolled around on his back for some time, while maintaining eye contact with me. I can tell he doesn't have many cares in this world.

Patty Bear died the oldest Andean Spectacled Bear in the Houston Zoo

Patty Bear died at the age of 31 in the Houston Zoo where she spent most of her happy long life. She was the oldest known Andean Bear when she died. They're more commonly known as the South American Spectacled bear. They have an average life expectancy of 25 years when cared for in a habitat. On this day, she seemed happy and was just relaxing like that for a while. She showed me her teeth and was curious.

An Arctic wolf paces around in its habitat

This pacing wolf is the Arctic Wolf, whose species is the Canis Lupus Arctos. Arctic wolves are in the gray wolf family and many people call them Polar wolves due to their color and region of origin. They primarily inhabit Greenland and some parts of North America. They are closely related to the Northwestern wolf which is species Canis Lupus Occidentalis and are typically more gray in color.

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