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Text by Aline Alexander Newman

Photographs by John Sparks/Nature Picture Library (elephants, above); Stephen Frink/Index Stock Imagery (dolphins); Michael Nichols/ National Geographic Image Collection (tamarin); Shedo Aquarium/Edward G. Lines (octopus); Tim Flach/Getty Images (orangutan); Joel Sartore/National Geographic Image Collection (prairie dog)