When people talk about the ‘dog days of summer,’ they’re referring to the sultry, hot days of the season that sometimes seem to stretch on forever–just like those long legs on the star of today’s homepage. This is a maned wolf, also known as a ‘fox on stilts,’ and it’s the largest species of canid in South America. As a canid, it belongs to the same family as the domestic dog, wolf, and coyote, and we think it makes a fun spokescritter for summer’s ‘dog days.’
Summer’s in home stretch
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
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Sharp-dressed bug
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Irohazaka road
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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The ruins of a Maya superpower
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Surf s always up in Paia
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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Life goes on at the Beatles Ashram
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Notes from an underground lake
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A legend and a legendary home
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Happy holidays!
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Happy Independence Day!
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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Trevi in bloom
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Diwali
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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Celtic Colours International Festival, Canada
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First Cliff Walk
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Darwin Day
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It s a ruff life
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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Star Wars Day
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Have a ‘beary’ good Earth Day
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A narrow passage
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The Pearl of Siberia
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A story of wind and ice
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Finnish Independence Day
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Black bear cub emerging into spring
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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