The eyes of a black panther
This was the best day of our Artic trip, we were so lucky to spend hours with this polar bear mum and cubs (there were actually two cubs but the other is out of shot). This cub was around seven months old and full of joy! / I really like the tender love the cub shows for its mum. / / (Spitzbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Grevy’s zebra abstract closeup, captive animal.
WILD & FREE / / We saw these jumping dolphins (and about a thousand others!) on our whale watching trip to Baja California. Dolphins are a great animal to photograph when they are doing this, but you have to be quick! (San Jose Channel – Baja California –Mexico) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
WILD AND FREE / / As I said on my “Polar Love” image, this was the best day of our Arctic trip. We were so lucky to spend hours with this mum and cubs as they moved around the ice flows. These cubs were around seven months old and full of joy – although they did not seem all that keen to follow mum this time! / / The sea ice is shrinking at an alarming rate, which has a huge impact for the bears as this is their main hunting ground. More and more bears are being found to have drowned while trying to find the ice, even though they can swim up to sixty miles or so! / / I hope the ice does not completely vanish and that they always have somewhere to hut! (Spitzbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
WILD & FREE / / To spend an hour with Mountain Gorillas is one of the best wildlife experiences you can ever hope for. They captivate you with their eyes and you become lost in the moment. Your time with them goes so fast you are left just wanting more… / / This large Silverback was only a few meters away from us! / / (Virunga Volcanoes – Rwanda) / / / / / / /
A female Elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris warding off intruders / Image was taken at the Elephant Seal park and Reserve in San Simeon CA Fuji S2 pro / 80-200 /2.8 @ 200 / Image taken 8 feet away, on ground level E- is for Elephant Seal Featured: National Parks of the World group, August 2009 50% of all proceeds from the sale of this image and the ones below will be donated to the Marine Conservation Organization Consider my other images of Elephant Seals /
Polar Bear mum having a rest from the cubs! / / (Spitsbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
WILD AND FREE / / Polar Bear mum and her two cubs. / / (Spitzbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
This is the unframed version without a quote attached. There have been requests for this version. Captive “The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Who is you’re hero? / / Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran Tiger) Description: The Sumatran tiger has the darkest coat of all tigers. Its broad, black stripes are closely spaced and often doubled. Unlike the Siberian tiger, it has striped forelegs. Sumatran tigers are the smallest tiger subspecies. Males average 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length from head to tail and weigh about 120 kilograms (264 pounds). Females measure approximately 2.2 meters (7 feet) in length and weigh about 90 kilograms (198 pounds). Distribution: The Sumatran tiger is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra in habitat that ranges from lowland forest to submontain and montain forest with some peat-moss forest. Biology: The Sumatran tiger eats wild pig, big deer (called rusa), and small deer (called muntjak or barking deer). The specific range size of this tiger is not know, however the population density is approximately 4–5 adult tigers/100 km 2 (39 mile 2) in optimal lowland rainforest. As elevation increases through submontain and montain forests, the number of tigers in any given area decreases because there is less prey available. Status in the wild: 400-500 wild Sumatran tigers were believed to exist in 1998, primarily in the island’s national park areas, but no island-wide census or monitoring system has been possible. Tiger numbers have continued to decline because of poaching of tigers to supply the illegal trade in tiger parts. The last remnants of lowland forest are being eliminated to establish oil palm plantations and for shifting agriculture by recent settlers from other areas of Sumatra and Indonesia. Ongoing road development makes many formerly inaccessible mountain areas accessible to illegal logging even on the steepest slopes, and many mountainous areas are being converted into plantations for coffee and other products for international markets. Tigers are legally protected but are not highly valued. Captive breeding: For three years, the Indonesian Zoological Parks’ Association (PKBSI) has been working with the Tiger Global Conservation Strategy to develop a conservation program for Sumatran tigers. In addition to the 65 Sumatran tigers living in Indonesian zoos, there are 55 tigers managed by North American zoos, 100 in European zoos, and 12 in Australasian zoos. This captive population is descended from 37 wild-caught founders. The Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Masterplan now has the potential to function as the heart of the Sumatran tiger population worldwide. It is designed to preserve sufficient genetic diversity to reinforce both captive and wild populations, thus fulfilling its goal to ensure that the in situ tiger program comprises verifiable founders permanently identified and registered in the Indonesian Sumatran Tiger Studbook. It also extends the capabilities of Indonesian zoo staff to professionally manage their tiger programs in Indonesia, and at the same time serves as a model for other range country tiger management programs in Southeast Asia.
Dreamy shot of a lazy leopard chilling on a Sunday afternoon. Submitted to the Sold! group. / Sold 1 Poster, Mystery Buyer Leopards are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae. The leopard is a large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera pardus, widely distributed in Africa and Asia. It is commonly yellow, buff, or gray, patterned with black spots and rings. The rings, unlike those of the New World jaguar, never have spots inside them. Black leopards are commonly called panthers, a name sometimes used for all leopards. They are not a distinct species but merely a color variant caused by melanism, or excessive pigmentation. Close inspection reveals the typical spotting, which is obscured by the darkness of the background. Leopards are somewhat smaller than lions and tigers; the largest males are about 7 ft (2.3 m) long, including the 3-ft (90-cm) tail. Leopards are solitary, largely nocturnal, and good climbers; they hunt both on the ground and in trees. They prey mostly on small animals such as monkeys, rodents, and birds. Leopards are found in much of Africa south of the Sahara and in parts of Asia from Israel to Korea and Indonesia. They are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range, owing primarily to loss of their natural habitat and to illegal killing for Oriental folk medicine. Be sure to check out these other wild cat images:
WILD AND FREE / / Polar Bear mum and her two cubs together on an ice floe. Not sure what they have seen? / / (Spitzbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Read all about the Amur Leopard Here! /
WILD & FREE / / We saw this jumping dolphin (and about a thousand others!) on our whale watching trip to Baja. Dolphins are a great animal to photograph when they are doing this, but you have to be quick! / / (San Jose Channel – Baja California – Mexico) / http://images-2.redbubble.com/img/art/cropped/size:small/view:main/843845-1-bubblemail-icon-2.jpg!:http://www.redbubble.com/mybubble/bubblemail/new?recipient_id=1227529&return_to=%2Fpeople%2Fstevebulford / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
My amur Leopard…:))) still less than 30 left in the wild…super endangered. I wish they would reconsider in Russia to not build that pipeline through their habbitat /
WILD & FREE / / Polar Bear mum and cubs resting on an ice floe. / A bit cold on your bum if you ask me!! / / The sea ice is shrinking at an alarming rate, which has a huge impact for the bears as this is their main hunting ground. More and more bears are being found to have drowned while trying to find the ice, even though they can swim up to sixty miles or so! / / I hope the ice does not completely vanish and that they always have somewhere to hut! / / (Spitzbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Boxing is common behavior for Brown Hares. It was first thought that the males boxed for territory. It has since been discovered that it is the females that “box” to keep unwanted males at bay. Again I laid in the long Grass for 4 hours waiting to see this behavior, camera at the ready. I watch a single individual sit in the grass and eat until the last half hour. I looked down for a second then heard a scuffle and freaked into action. A male had come out of nowhere and tried his luck. She had a different view! The picture really doesn’t do the event justice, they really go for each other and it’s SO fast! I missed the best of it because I had not left enough space on my card. Grr! I will return tomorrow, weather permitting, for another few hours to try again. I might get a life one day ; ) Tip to others – Never take your eye away from the camera and always make sure you have plenty of space on your card!!! Nikon D300 / Sigma 500mm / f/ 7.1 / Shutter 1/640 / Exposure Comp -0.7EV / ISO 1250 – no noise softening software used, the D300 is pretty good at coping with noise, not D3 good but not bad! Info / The reason in England we have the Easter Bunny is because people would see these chaps laying in a feild and when they got too near it would run off…..so would a nearby Lapwing and it was folklore that the Hares would lay eggs for easter! Amazing what you find out on TV!!!! Thanks Pete! / / / / / / /
WILD & FREE / / Polar bear mother praying for some ice so she may hunt to feed her cubs. / / The sea ice is shrinking at an alarming rate, which has a huge impact for the bears as this is their main hunting ground. More and more bears are being found to have drowned while trying to find the ice, even though they can swim up to sixty miles or so! / / I hope the ice does not completely vanish and that they always have somewhere to hut! (Spitsbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / /
A majestic mountain animal seen throughout the Canadian Rockies. Painted in Corel Painter with chalks. Featured in You’re Accepted group – Sept. 8, 2009. Featured on Redbubble Homepage, March 11, 2009. / Featured in Rural, Urban, Wild, Free – Expressions of Artists group. Additional products available at my Zazzle store.
WILD & FREE / / Polar bear cubs cuddle-up with each other on an ice floe. What a great sight to see! The sea ice is shrinking at an alarming rate, which has a huge impact for the bears as this is their main hunting ground. More and more bears are being found to have drowned while trying to find the ice, even though they can swim up to sixty miles or so! / / I hope the ice does not completely vanish and that they always have somewhere to hut! (Spitsbergen – Scandinavian Arctic) / /
Snow drifting quietly down, not a sound other than snowflakes softly landing, this beautiful fox letting me share it with him. Deep winter in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Canon 40D, Canon 100-400 IS Lens, f5, 1/400, focal length 220mm (that’s close for those who don’t use telephotos). Featured in: / - Wolves & Wild Kin group, Feb 2009, thank you so much! / - Americas – Rural, Urban, Wild, Free group June 2009, thank you so much! / - Canon DLSR group June 2009, thank you so much! / - High Desert group, June 2009, thank you so much! / - High Quality Animal Images, September 2009, thanks so much! / - Snow! Glorious Snow!!, October 2009, thanks so much! / - Earth Keepers, October 2009, thanks so much!! / - Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, October 2009, thanks so much!! Matted prints of this image have sold – thank you very much!!
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Western lowland gorillas are endangered, but they remain far more common than their relatives, the mountain gorillas. They live in heavy rain forests, and it is difficult for scientists to accurately estimate how many survive in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. / Female gorillas give birth to one infant after a pregnancy of nearly nine months. Unlike their powerful parents, newborns are tiny—weighing four pounds (two kilograms)—and able only to cling to their mothers’ fur. These infants ride on their mothers’ backs from the age of four months through the first two or three years of their lives. Information source: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com
Animal Babys are always lovely. Even this two young Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus wollebacki) are looking cute. Galapagos archipelago, Equador Canon EOS 50-E, 2.8/80-200 L, ISO 100, f4, 1/500 http://www.norbertprobst.com
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