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About that lost cat....

songbird — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:34:17 GMT

Here's another one. This one is (I had to think hard before I allowed myself to read it) is a Lynx. I've never seen one wondering down a road, but this person did and remembered to take a picture. It doesn't look real...(This is in Canada)

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SilleeMee — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:49:18 GMT

I don't think that's real. I've lived where there are lynx for over fifty years, hiked around where they live and I have never seen one ever. Those cats are very elusive and to see one in person anywhere would be a super rare occasion. I highly doubt it would be walking on a road.

ETA - About the only times people ever see them is when the cats are seen injured or trapped.

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LindaSal — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:20:02 GMT

We saw Linx up close and personal in Denali. They didn't look like this guy though, face but not the build. The ones we saw were smaller and the legs are thinner. The legs seem awfully big on him but maybe it's just a big Linx.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:22:00 GMT

@LindaSal

Do you think the one you saw might have been a bobcat?

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LindaSal — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:23:58 GMT

@SilleeMee No, we had professional guides with us. They were definately Linx.

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songbird — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:49:53 GMT

Thre are 4 types of Lynix. This one is the Canadian Lynx

The is the Eurasian Lynx

This is a Bob Cat. Like the Lynx, it has tuffs on it's ears, but very slight

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Kachina624 — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:58:27 GMT

Bobcats are much smaller than lynx. People see and photograph bobcats all the time in the foothills on the East side of Albuquerque. The actually come up and lie on porches, peer in windows. Not so shy.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:11:33 GMT

Lynx have distinctively longer back legs than bobcats. It's one way to differentiate the two, besides their size which is difficult to judge out in the field.

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songbird — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:26:06 GMT

Canadian Lynx always looks like it's wearing snow shoes. Enormous feet!

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SilleeMee — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:29:49 GMT

@songbird wrote:
Canadian Lynx always looks like it's wearing snow shoes. Enormous feet!

They're 'snow paws'...lol! Big like snow shoes so they don't sink into deep snow.

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jellyBEAN — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 03:07:54 GMT

Looks real to me. Didn't realize they were so scary looking. Look at the size of the paws. Yikes.

Wonder if maybe he/she has rabies or is diseased in someway and acting outside of its normal routine? Animals that get rabies tend to wander and go to places they normally wouldn't go.

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Venezia — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 03:21:38 GMT

Looks absolutely real to me. It's staying at the side of the road, near the trees.

We had a bobcat in our backyard last summer (seems like an eternity ago). He was right up next to the house, heading for our bird feeders. I wasn't fast enough to get a photo, I was so startled to see him.

And my DH saying "Are you sure that isn't someone's cat?" (City boy.) "NO, that is NOT someone's cat!"

We've had foxes, coyotes and more around our house, but that was the first bobcat.

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Alter Ego — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:37:16 GMT

May just be the bad quality of the photo and/or the lighting, but looks like something may be wrong with one of its eyes in the last photo.

Being a “city girl”, I find it interesting to hear about others wildlife encounters.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 17:21:58 GMT

The Eurasian Lynx is magnificent!

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SuhseK — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:37:18 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:
The Eurasian Lynx is magnificent!

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Gorgeous Animal!