Sunday, November 4, 2012

Cheetah


‎"Enjoying the attention, the cheetah Juba stretches out in the grass in Wetevreden Leeuplaas, South Africa. She needed some peace and quiet because her leg was broken." (photographer's note all the information I have. http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/cheetah-south-africa/
 
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Photographer: Frank Trimbos

BABY STOAT


Baby Stoat also known as the ermine or short-tailed weasel.

The stoat has range throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, from Greenland and the Canadian and Siberian Arctic islands south to about 35°N. Stoats in North America are found throughout Alaska and Canada south through most of the northern United States to central California, northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, Iowa, the Great Lakes region, Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia. The stoat in Europe is found as far south as 41ÂșN in Portugal, and inhabits most islands with the exception of Iceland, Svalbard, the Mediterranean islands and some small North Atlantic islands. In Japan, it is present in central mountains (northern and central Japan Alps) to northern part of Honshu (primarily above 1,200 m) and Hokkaido. Its vertical range is from sea level to 3,000 m.

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