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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Namibia

An intelligent species that will exploit every available opportunity, and this on...
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Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)

Namibia

An intelligent species that will exploit every available opportunity, and this one was assessing whether or not a human presence would be beneficial, and as such simply waited for whatever to unfold.

Sadly it was itself an opportunity exploited, by ticks! - take a look around the eyes!

This was not the first one I encountered along the coast, just a bit further south of this location one was searching for food as we were approaching, but instead of fleeing, it approached as it sniffed the air for familiar scents of food.
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NIKON D5

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Aperture f/8 ISO 900 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 7000/10

location

location

Namibia

upload_date

Oct, 2018

Views

109

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+17

Awards

Peer Award

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