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Up Close with Wildlife: 17 Breathtaking Animal Portraits

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Pedro Jarque Krebs, an award-winning Peruvian photographer, has photographed different wild animals in a deeply unique style. Krebs takes close-up photographs of these animals to highlight the alarming decline in animal populations over the past half century, which has decreased by 60%. Many of these could easily be mistaken for paintings! Scroll down to see the amazing work of this talented photographer.

1. A pair of Amazonian jaguars

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2. Red fox

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3. Giant panda

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4. Arctic wolf

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5. Puma

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6. Black fury

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7. Leopard

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8. Fennec fox

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9. Grey-crowned cranes

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10. A battle between flamingos

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11. Chimpanzee

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12. Zebras

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13. De Brazza’s monkey

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14. Toucan

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15. Wolves

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16. Scarlet Ibis

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17. Brown bear

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Check out more works by the photographer on his Instagram page.

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