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Humans have hunted colorful and wild creatures since the Stone Age．And Gabby Salazar, an American teenager is 1 different from her ancestors(祖先)in her 2 to track down(追捕)animals． 3 Gabby doesn’t shoot animals with a gun, she uses her camera to 4 beautiful images of wildlife．Now the teenager has found herself in the spotlight after a 5 she took of a green lizard(蜥蜴)won her the award Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004, on October 20．
6 a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association, the 17-year-old, from North Carolina, 7 she can encourage people to 8 wildlife．“We’re trying to educate people about the environment by using photographs 9 by our members,” she said．“I jumped around a little bit－went 10 and screamed for a couple of minutes,” Gabby said of her reaction(反应)to winning the 11 ．Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the world’s most important wildlife photographic competition．It is 12 each year by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine．
Gabby began to take 13 at the age of 12, 14 her father gave her a camera as a gift．It is mainly from her father, an amateur(业余的) photographer that she has 15 her skills．
On family vacations they 16 carry big bags of photographic equipment with them．She has traveled to many places within the US 17 Russia, in her short photography career(生涯)．She says she also wants to travel and take pictures in China．
Despite her 18 , Gabby says she will study chemistry in college, not 19 ．
“Photography for me isn’t about trying to shoot the world,” she said．“Taking pictures just makes me 20 , and I’m going to continue to do it as long as I enjoy it．”
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