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Eastern grey kangaroo at Pebbly Beach, Murramarang National Park, New South Wales, Australia.
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A whitetailed buck is ready for the hunting season. / ...as is..
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Big buck hiding in an old country cabin.
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Female Elephant Seal at the San Simeon Reserve in CA First place: Straight in the eye challenge, October 2009 / 2nd Place: Un-domesticated animals! challenge, October 2009 Featured: Cards: Animals and pets, October 2009 50% of all proceeds from the sale of this image will be donated to the Marine Conservation Organization Consider my other images of Elephant Seals
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The Amur Leopard
by Cheri McEachinMy Amur Leopard / / ...
My Amur Leopard / / / Most of you know that I spend a lot of time at the Philadelphia Zoo, in PA. I do have to say, I wish I lived next door instead of an hour away, but as I make the busy drive into Pennsylvania (from NJ) and have to wait in traffic as I try to make my way to the other side of Philadelphia, my thoughts are always, always with one animal that I just can’t wait to see. Yes, the baby Amur Tigers were stunning, when they were babies, but I always ended up at MY AMUR LEOPARD. The two photos above, the first one is the Male and the second is the Female The Amur Leopard is the rarest and critically endangered cat in the world. It is said that there is fewer that 40 of these majestic cats left in the wild, due to habitat loss and natural disasters such as fires, not to mention poaching. It is hard to believe when I see these stunning cats that they are becoming to be extinct in the wild To learn more please visit Amur Leopard
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Amur Leopard….My favourite cat of all- Endangered
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Sunrise at the Carpinteria Harbor Seal Rookery
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Cheetah – original photograph, digitally accented. Taken at the National Zoo, Washington, DC. / / Name: Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah) Distribution and population / Once found throughout Asia and Africa, the species is now only scattered in Iran and various countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Home ranges in Namibia for males can be up to 1500 square km and for females, 1200-1500 square km. Only 12,500 cheetahs remain in 25 African countries, and 200 cats survive in Iran. Namibia has the world’s largest number of cheetahs, yet over + 3,000 remain the wild. Conservation status / Protected species in Namibia. Endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act. Listed on CITES Appendix I. (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species.) Ecology: habitat and diet / Cheetahs thrive in areas with vast expanses of land where prey is abundant. Cheetahs have been found in a variety of habitats, including grasslands, savannahs, dense vegetation, and mountainous terrain. In Namibia 95 percent of cheetahs live on commercial farms. A cheetah’s diet consists of small antelope, young of large antelope, warthog, hare, and game birds. Physical characteristics / The cheetah has a slender, long-legged body with blunt semi-retractable claws. Its coat is tan with small, round, black spots, and the fur is coarse and short. The cheetah has a small head with high-set eyes. Black “tear marks,” which run from the corner of its eyes down the sides of the nose to its mouth, keep the sun out of its eyes and aid in hunting. Adult body length 112-135 cm;tail length 66-84 cm; shoulder height 73+ cm; weight 34-54 kg. The male is slightly larger then the female. Adaptations and specializations / The cheetah’s flexible spine, oversized liver, enlarged heart, wide nostrils, increased lung capacity, and thin muscular body make this cat the swiftest hunter in Africa. Covering 7-8 meters in a stride, with only one foot touching the ground at a time, the cheetah can reach a speed of 110 km/h in seconds. At two points in the stride, no feet touch the ground. Social behaviour / Cheetahs have a unique, well-structured social order. Females live alone except when they are raising cubs. The females raise the cubs on their own. The first 18 months of a cub’s life cubs learn survival lessons on knowing how to hunt wild prey species and avoid other predators such as the leopards, lions, hyenas, and baboons. At 18 months, the mother leaves the cubs, which then form a sibling group, staying together for another 6 months. At about 2 years, the female siblings leave the group, and the young males remain together for life. Males live alone or in coalitions made up of brothers from the same litter. Some coalitions maintain territories in order to find females with which they will mate. Fierce fights between male coalitions, resulting in serious injury or death, can occur when defending territories. Cheetahs hunt in the late morning and early evening. They capture their prey by stalking – until the prey is within 10-30 meters – before chasing. The prey is suffocated when a cheetah bites the underside of the throat. Chases last about 20 seconds, and rarely longer then 1 minute. About half of the chases are successful. In Namibia, cheetahs use play-trees (trees with sloping trunks and large horizontal limbs, usually camelthorns) to observe their surroundings and mark the area. Cheetahs make chirping sounds, and hiss or spit when angered or threatened. They purr very loudly when content. Cheetahs do not pose a threat to humans. Sexual reproduction / Sexual maturity occurs at 20-23 months. The gestation period is about 95 days, and the average litter size is 4-5 cubs. Cubs are smoky-grey in colour with long hair, called a mantle, running along their backs; they are up to 30 cm long and weigh 250-300 grams at birth. The mantle has several purposes: it is thought to camouflage the cub in dead grass, hiding it from predators, and to work as a mimicry defence, causing the cub to resemble a honey badger. Life span / Studies have not been conducted in the wild on longevity; 8-12 years is average in captivity. Cub mortality is high for the species in both the wild and captivity. On average 30 percent of all cubs born in captivity die within one month of birth, and in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, about 90 percent die before reaching 3 months of age. Ecology: natural history / Cheetah relatives had worldwide distribution until about 20,000 years ago, but the world’s environment underwent drastic changes in the Great Ice Age. Throughout North America, Europe and Asia, about 75 percent of the mammal species vanished. Only a handful of the modern cheetah remained, having gone through a “bottleneck”, and inbreeding occurred for the species’ survival. In c1700 BC the Egyptians were the first to tame the cheetahs and cheetahs have been kept in captivity for some 5,000 years. However, they breed poorly in captivity. The many parks and reserves of Africa offer protection for only a small amount of cheetahs. In these parks, lion and hyena numbers increase, and the cheetahs cannot compete with these large predators which kill cheetah cubs and steal their prey. Evolution has favoured speed and not strength for this species. Therefore, most of the cheetah population is found outside of protected reserves. Threats to survival / Decline in prey, loss of habitat, poaching, and indiscriminate trapping and shooting threaten the survival of the cheetah throughout its range. Conservation efforts / To help this sleek hunter of the African wild win its race against extinction, we must (1) help protect its habitat and insure a place for it on Namibian farmlands, (2) aid in the conservation of the wild prey base, (3) halt the indiscriminate capture and removal of the cheetah, (4) improve livestock and game management, and (5) educate everyone about the need to conserve biological diversity, and the predators’ unique role in a healthy ecosystem. Cheetahs in captivity / Cheetahs are wild animals. Capture of wild cheetahs threaten the survival of the species in two ways. First, the removal of individuals reduces the species’ genetic diversity in the wild. And secondly, cheetahs do not breed well in captivity. The Asian cheetah is nearly extinct because of its capture for private use. Special dietary requirements, special needs, and unpredictable behaviour make this a poor pet. Wild instincts remain intact even with tamed and captive raised animals. This information was excerpted from THE CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND For more information, and to learn even more about the cheetah and efforts to ensure its survival visit the THE CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND and THE NATIONAL ZOO Taken with Nikon D70, Nikkor 500/4 AFI
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This photo of a Snow Leopard was taken at Melbourne Zoo, where they now have the two cubs who are coming out frequently, thi sis the mum and there are photos of all of them in my profile. Daniel My SmugMug If you have the time I would appreciate any comments on my work, I have many more animals in my profile as well as landscapes.
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Reflections of a Brown Bear in an Autumn Stream with the Fractalius Filter applied. Bear baiting still occurs in the Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan, although it has declined considerably overall since 2004. The events are organised predominantly by local landlords who own the fighting dogs used; the dogs are usually a cross breed similar to Pit Bull terriers. During the event the bear will be tethered to a rope 2–5 metres long in the centre of an arena to prevent escape. Bears’ canine teeth are often removed and their claws may be filed down giving them less advantage over the dogs. Each fight lasts around three minutes. If the dogs pull the bear to the ground they are said to win the fight. Bears usually have to undergo several fights during each day’s event. Bears are illegally sourced by poaching. Asiatic black bears and brown bears are known to be poached in Pakistan and used in bear baiting. Asiatic black bears are listed as vulnerable on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN’s) Red List of Threatened Animals. The capture of bear cubs is prohibited across three provinces of Pakistan by: the North West Frontier Province Conservation and Management Act (1975); the Punjab Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act (1974); and the Sindh Wildlife Protection Ordinance (1972). Bear baiting was banned in Pakistan by the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (1890). Pakistan’s wildlife authorities are working with animal welfare groups to eradicate the events, with some success. Baiting animals is outlawed in the Quran. The Bioresource Research Centre, a Pakistani wildlife group working to end bear baiting, use this to encourage mosques in areas where baiting occurs to add an anti-cruelty message to their Friday Khutbba (sermon). Kund Park Sanctuary in Kund, North-West Frontier Province, was opened in 2001 by the World Society for the Protection of Animals to provide a home for bears confiscated by the wildlife authorities and NGOs working to eradicate bear baiting in Pakistan.
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July 2008 Pen and Ink A simple leopard sketch. Copyright © Mike Nash
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Picture of an African Colobus Monkey also known as the mantled colobus showing its black fur with white fringe on its back and around the face
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A cottontail rabbit facing the sunset
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This squirrel with a superb tail was watching us carefully in a park in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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I was very surprised to see a buck today. I was taking pictures of my favorite doe when he came slowly and cautiously out of the woods behind her and stayed for a few minutes. Most of the deer season, which began in October(bow) they are usually deep into the woods so they are hopefully not seen and taken by a hunter. I am sad when a deer is taken but I can not be against it for those who hunt safely and according to law.
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A collection of Canadian Wildlife photographs by Alyce Taylor Canadian Wildlife Calendar
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A collection of Canadian Wildlife photographs by Alyce Taylor.
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A beautiful collection of wildlife captured in Black & White. All proceeds to go to looked after children. Merry Christmas.
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Pika in Snow Covered Rocks, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State
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This rabbit was photographed in the Badlands in South Dakota. People, obviously, are not feared. It just sat and posed.
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A curious Marmot at the top of Half Dome.
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