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Muskrat Snooze

Muskrat Snooze

Found a muskrat taking a nap at the edge of a pond. Not only was I able to get a photo, but it woke up and just looked at me like "What?" and then wen...
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Found a muskrat taking a nap at the edge of a pond. Not only was I able to get a photo, but it woke up and just looked at me like "What?" and then went back to sleep. It just did not care. I did later see it swimming away, so he was fine.
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Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XS

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 55/1

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Joplin, Missouri, US

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upload_date

Jan, 2020

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