Pronghorn Antelope
I have never seen these beautiful animals up close before and I was thrilled to have the chance to do so. I was also lucky enough to see a couple of Mamas and her babies.
“Pronghorns are very adapted to life in the grasslands. They have large, protruding eyes located further back on their heads, giving them a wide field of vision with which they can spot predators, mainly coyotes, from up to six kilometres away. They are incredibly fast and efficient runners: their long, skinny legs are built for big strides, and their large hearts and lungs help bring more oxygen to their muscles, allowing them to run at sustained speeds of 50 to 70 kilometres per hour over long distances. One theory holds that pronghorns evolved to have super speed because they once shared the North American grasslands with equally fast, long-extinct predators that resembled cheetahs.”
Animal Facts by Canadian Geographic
May’s Monthly Dozen - A few of my favorite images from the Month of May. There were many and it was hard to decide but I think I have shared a few good ones.
365 Update of Images - 365 have been challenging and fun to see what I can find. It is interesting to see how I see the world … it is a study really of life … the things we do everyday, whether it is going to work or running errands, somedays it is trying to find things to photography and other days the photograph pops up out of nowhere. I look forward to seeing what will happen for the rest of the year.
