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I shot this photo at Rancho Los Alamitos on March 29, 1980. Photo clubs and camera shops would set up events where models and photographers could get together and build their portfolios. I tagged along with a high-school friend, Charles Montgomery (who has since passed away). The process to share photos back then was a bit convoluted, so I only submitted a few select shots that I took that day to the event organizers. I never got around to print any photos of this model other than on a contact sheet. It is my hope she received a fair number of wonderful photos that day, but if not... here's one, albeit 40+ years overdue!

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sdzoo

6 reasons not to have sun bears as pets:

1. Claw 1

2. Claw 2

3. Claw 3

4. Claw 4

5. Claw 5

6. Sun bears have an appetite for commercial crops, so they’re often killed or confiscated for the pet trade.

📷: Craig Chaddock

zookeeperrick

Not exactly a cat for #Caturday… However, the elegant and powerful fossa was once believed to be a primitive cat. It was thought that the fossa evolved differently than others in Felidae (cat) family because its home of Madagascar has been separated from any mainland for millions of years. Today we know this #AwesomeAnimal is in its own family, Eupleridae, that includes other unique mammalian carnivores native to Madagascar. (Big thank you to @thumbwave for permission to repost this beautiful photo of the @sandiegozoo’s fossa Miles.) #wildlifeeducation #wildlifeaddicts #animalfacts #animalsofinstagram #instagood #picoftheday #photooftheday #Repost @thumbwave (@get_repost) ・・・ My crush goes on for Miles… A female Fossa named “Miles” (Cryptoprocta ferox) in the Africa Rocks section of the San Diego Zoo. #cryptoproctaferox #fossa #sandiegozoo #africarocks #madagascarforest #sdzooafricarocks #nikon #d500 #tc14eiii #300mmf4 (at San Diego Zoo)