The Eurasian lynx can be considered quite a secretive creature. The sounds it makes are very low and often not heard, and their presence in an area can go unnoticed for years! They are of the widest ranging cats in the world and can be found in the forests of western Europe, Russia and central Asia.
This extremely efficient hunter uses fine-tuned stealth and pounce techniques to bring down animals four times its size, delivering a fatal bite to the neck or snout of an unsuspecting deer. During winter, its variably patterned coat is long and dense and large fur-covered paws help it move through deep snow.
Eurasian Lynx Triplets by Cecilie Sønsteby Via Flickr: Barely 2 months old. It was almost impossible to get all three in the same picture. One or two were always walking away somewhere. But even though they are not all in focus, I at least managed to capture them together here. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to view, comment, and fave my photo.
Mother and her young one by Tambako The Jaguar Via Flickr: A scene of interaction between the mother lynx and one of her kittens. The mother was yawning!
You also don’t see the lynx very often - their enclosure has a lot of hiding places for them - but they had recently been fed, so they’d come out into the open for a while.
