Photographs of the Ring-tailed cat, bugs, insects, snakes, javelina, and lizards on the Arizona desert and other parts of the state

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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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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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