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From the Smithsonian Museums

Erin Stromberg

This leaf-tailed gecko hatchling receives his medication from a syringe, which he laps up with his impressive tongue.

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Learn how zookeepers give medicine to animals, from salamanders to siamangs and everything in between.

Western lowland gorilla Baraka forages in the outdoor gorilla habitat at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The silverback takes mealtime seriously, say his keepers.

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