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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch] |
I have tried many times to get a picture of this Lynx, but i did not have so much luck.. Or he moved with its back to me, or he was sitting on a place unreachable for my camera.. But this time a luckily succeed!
The northern lynx is basically a very large cat with a powerful body, short sturdy legs, and a very short tail. They have large heads, and long tufted ears which stand straight up. Their coats are usually yellowish-brown and white on its undersides. The average weight of the northern lynx is 30 to 65 pounds. Their tails grow up to 7 inches.
The northern lynx can be found on the steppes of Asia. They also like to live in forests and rocky places of Canada, the northern United States and in fragmented areas of Europe.
The northern lynx always hunts for rodents, birds, fish, small deer, goats,
or sheep. They usually live and hunt alone, and are nocturnal hunters. Sometimes northern lynx will hunt in pairs. Their mating season may be in January, but is normally in late February or in early March. They give birth to 2 or 3 kittens at a time. The females stay pregnant for 68 to 72 days, and give birth in a lair in a hollow tree, rock cleft, or a similar site. The kittens stay with their mother until the next mating season. Siblings usually continue to stay together after they leave their mother. |
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