Constantinos Petrinos / Banded sea krait {Laticauda colubrina} Sulawesi Indonesia prized for skin in Philippines - leather snakeskin industry
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Tony Wu / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) spermaceti in bottles, on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum, Massachusetts, USA. This spermaceti was taken from a 46-foot male sperm whale that stranded on...
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Richard Herrmann / Totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) swimming, prized for its swim bladder used in asian cuisine, Ensenada, Mexico
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Staffan Widstrand / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) head profile showing highly prized horn, iMfolozi National Park, South Africa
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Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) pair, wild Andean camelid prized for extremely fine wool, Aguada Blanca Nature Reserve, Peru
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Tui De Roy / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) wild high Andean camelid, prized for extremely fine wool, Aguada Blanca Nature Reserve, Peru
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Mark Jones / Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) South American camelid of the high Andes, prized for its fine wool, Apurimac, Peruvian Andes, Peru
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Colin Monteath / Shahtoosh poster discouraging killing Chiru for their highly prized wool, World Wildlife Federation, Ladakh, northwest India
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Tony Wu / Male catkins of East Asian alder tree (Alnus japonica), highly prized food among Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii). Hokkaido, Japan. March.
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Dried Japanese sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus). This highly prized species can cost over US$3500 per kg. Displayed for sales at a store in Hong Kong Island, 2019.
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Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Dorsal fin of a Bottlenose wedgefish (Rhynchobatus australiae) measured by a researcher at a fish landing site, Ranong Province, Thailand. Despite being scientifically classified as rays, the fins f...
