Thomas D. Mangelsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1946
Place of Birth: Grand Island, Nebraska, United States
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
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About Thomas D. Mangelsen
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- Mangelsen (born January 6, 1946) is an American nature and wildlife photographer and conservationist.
- He is most famous for his photography of wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, as he has lived inside the zone in Jackson, Wyoming, for over 40 years.
- In 2015, he and nature author Todd Wilkinson created a book, The Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek, featuring a grizzly bear known as Grizzly 399, named so due to her research number.
- He has been active in the movement to keep the Yellowstone area grizzly bears on the Endangered Species List.
- Mangelsen is also known for trekking to all seven continents to photograph a diverse assortment of nature and wildlife.
- A photograph he took in 1988 titled, "Catch of the Day" has been labeled "the most famous wildlife photograph in the world".
- In May 2018, he was profiled on CBS 60 Minutes.
- He has received dozens of accolades throughout the decades.
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