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I call this animal a Ring-tailed Cat
The books call it a Ringtail
Bassariscus astutus
A nocturnal mammal
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Want ot kow more about this critter??
http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall02%20projects/Ringtail.htm
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South Rim of the Grand Canyon 09/24/09
Shot at night about 11:30 PM. Camera Nikon D70s, Lens *0 to 400 mm VR
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Some nights there are morsels of food left by the tourist.
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09/28/05 Same location
Thought I would give it one more go-round with these night photos of the Ring-tail Cat.
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HUMMMM, looks pretty baren, those ole tourist didn't leave much here tonight it looks like.
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I'll just have a good ook around just in case they dropped some food.
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Looks like I go hungry one more night.
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I had better have a good look all around.
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Well, I guess I had better scout around a little more.
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I don't know what it sees but up the-----
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tree it wnt in a flash.
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OH boy I have hit the mother load of food scraps here.
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And it licked the stone bare and dry.
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It would get every little scrap no matter how small it was.
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OH, one last thing. See how pretty my tail is.
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