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Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Oct 25, 2007.

Shot through a chain link fence.

Updated Nov, 17, added a little white vignetting around the edges, enhanced eye color, and applied sig.

From Wikipedia:
The Bobcat (Lynx rufus), occasionally known as the Bay Lynx, is a North American mammal of the cat family, Felidae. With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including much of the continental United States. The Bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semi-desert, urban edge, and swampland environments. It persists in much of its original range and populations are healthy.

With a gray to brown coat, whiskered face, and black-tufted ears, the Bobcat resembles the other species of the mid-sized Lynx genus. It is smaller than the Canadian Lynx, with whom it shares parts of its range, but is about twice as large as the domestic cat. It has distinctive black bars on its forelegs and a black-tipped, stubby tail, from which it derives its name.

Though the Bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it will hunt anything from insects and small rodents to deer. Prey selection depends on location and habitat, season, and abundance. Like most cats, the Bobcat is territorial and largely solitary, although there is some overlap in home ranges. It uses several methods to mark its territorial boundaries, including claw marks and deposits of urine or feces. The Bobcat breeds from winter into spring and has a gestation period of about two months.

The Bobcat has been subject to extensive hunting by humans, both for sport and fur, but its population has proven resilient. The elusive predator has been featured in Native American mythology and the folklore of European settlers.


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ZOMG. You live in New Mexico? I...I love you.

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Just because I'm the lead singer of my band.
Such a great shot.. aww, it's so cute! It would probably kill me... but it's cute:)

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:heart::boing::heart:

" Hey, guess what? Nobody cares who would win in a crazy fantasy fist-fight between Anne Frank and Lizzie Borden"
This is a beautiful animal :)
:giggle: He looked like a house cat.

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Actually it only seems that way cause I'm always visiting here. I don't live anywhere permanently as of yet.

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"Just tune in, turn off, drop out, drop in, switch off, switch on, and explode." -Eddie Izzard; Being for the Benifit of Mr. Kite.
Very ^^

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"Just tune in, turn off, drop out, drop in, switch off, switch on, and explode." -Eddie Izzard; Being for the Benifit of Mr. Kite.
ohh a wild kitteh!! :love:
very nice closeup, I love bobcats :aww:
Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it! And thanks for the fav :)

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Oh my god, what a first-plan... absolutely gorgeous... Such eyes and look... :heart:

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