The Portraitist

July 2nd, 2014 7:22pm

Posted on Tumblr over 12 years ago and archived here at /tumblr/2014/07/02/the-portraitist/ in the Tumblr collection.
Proximate posts in the Tumblr collection
newer skunkbear: Here’s an Otocolobus manul — nature’s Grumpy Cat — discovering a camera trap outside it’s den. Camera traps are used by biologists to lean about rare animals’ behavior, abundance, and health — just by setting up a solar-powered camera with a motion trigger. No physical trapping necessary. O. manul (also known as Pallas’s cat) is about the size of a house cat, but you’ll notice has round pupils instead of slits. It lives in western China and the steppes of Central Asia. You’d think that Pallas’s cat would rule the internet by now - but there aren’t too many photos of them because they are both rare and shy. The IUCN lists them as near-threatened. Just another reason to support species conservation! You can see the whole video — posted Scarce Worldwide — here. 04 July 2014
this post Post #90615863793 03 July 2014
older Post #90412082258 01 July 2014
Proximate posts in the General collection
newer Twitter post from July 3, 2014, 484718183551868928 03 July 2014
this post Post #90615863793 03 July 2014
older Twitter post from July 2, 2014, 484367650584137729 02 July 2014