It was worth the slippery climb up the cliff. Gullbringa and Ursholmen in the distance. A bit of sea smoke in the cold weather. Not many days in a year this calm.
Cool outside, warm at heart. Ha de Gött!
Chill out, it’s chilly outside. Ha de Gött!
Tjurpannan nature preserve from a different angle and covered by a thin layer of snow. The sun made brave attempts to break through the thick dark blue clouds. Today sun was raising at 08:53 and set again at 15:20. Winter time is hard for a photographer who has a day job full time.
Don’t eat the yellow snow, animals use it when they have to go. Ha de Gött!
Sun rays through thick cover of clouds, ha de Gött!
They were a bit tired on my visit to Nordens Ark, the Snow Leopards (Uncia uncia). For this large cat well adapted to cold weather probably felt it to be nice with the temperature around 0°C. Well suited for an afternoon nap.
Native in the Central Asia mountains cold and snow. The large paws works well as snowshoes. With its powerful legs allow the snow leopard to jump up to 16 metres between cliffs. The snow leopard can weigh up to 55 kilos, become up to 130 centimetres long and be 65 centimetres high. This endangered cat are solitary and only seek other individuals during mating season. Illegally hunted for its bones and teeth used in traditional Asian medicine.
I have a dream, that humanity will wake up. Ha de Gött!
I had given up on this picture. It’s taken through the fence and I thought it would come out all blurred. But after some time in Lightroom it came out rather good.
The Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is the worlds most endangered cat. Hunted for its beautiful fur and, like many other endangered species, its habitats shrinks due to human exploitation. A solitary animal that only meet to mate. Majestic with weight up to 45 kilos, can become almost two meters long and 80 centimetres high.
Check out Nordens Ark if you want to know more.
Hard to find a cat phrase, ha de Gött!
Today a little slide show from the last storm at Tjurpannan nature preserve featuring music Storming by my son Edvin Leander.
Hope you like it, ha de Gött!
autumn in the meadow
shade from oak, and linden tree
what hides there, in the dark
fairies and trolls, can’t you see
at night they dance, to mark
autumn in the meadow
Let your imagination run wild, ha de Gött!
Dhole (Cuon alpinus) or Asiatisk Vildhund are native to central and southeast Asia. With no surprise it has several other names in English, Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, and mountain wolf. It is, as the names suggest, related to Wolfs and domesticated Dogs. A highly social creature living in large clans in strict hierarchies.
Also this is an endangered species with less than 2 500 individuals left. Loss of habitat and trnsfered diseases from domestic dogs are some of the factors contributing to its decline. Also competition over prey from tigers and leopards in tropical regions.
Bark at the moon, ha de Gött!
Frozen mushroom, ha de Gött!
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