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Jackals were almost exterminated in the 50th, but now are common again. Here you can see one ni the northern Goaln Heights after a rare snow storm.
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We were happy to see these huge deer grazing on the early morning.
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We enjoyed the snow monkeys very nuch and they enjoyed natural hot spring waters.
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I ewas very excited to see my first ild tiger, hidden so well and camouflaged in dense vegetation.
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Nubian ibex is a success stopy of animal conservation in Israel. Many of them roam the slopes in the Negev and Judean deserts. This one is posing on the cliff of the Ramon Crater, one of our best reserves.
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It was lovely to see it grazing in pristine forest.
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We enjoyed the snow monkeys very nuch, here u can see twins.
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male sambar
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and another pose...
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Cervus nippon (Sika or Shika in Japanese), related to the Asian Red Deer (thanks to Ishi for the ID!).
There are so many deers in Nara's parks, this male was in the darkest place, so I used my flash and got a surprising result.
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the snow monkets r arodable ...
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It was a delight to bee in sunrise on top of this hill and see the surroundings and the monkeys.
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with two kids...
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Sika deer are common in Japan, each region has its own subspecies. In this species the spots remain in adults.
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We enjoyed the snow monkeys very much, so human.
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A beautiful langur in early morning, pointview.
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Nubian Ibex was rescued in Israel and today it is quite common in the Negev and Judean Deserts. Here u can see a female and youngs on the cliff of the Ramon Crater.
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This beautiful animal was extinct in SW Asia 80 years ago. It was reintroduced in the 90th. This one was found in the Ramon Nature Reserve (S Israel, Central Negev Highlands, 900 m.) during a terrible heat wave, 44 centdegrees. It was hot enough for it to move slow and get photographed.
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No place like in mother's hands. We found the Barbary Macaques to be exciting. They live in the Atlantic Cedar forests of the Median Atlas Mountains. Its a pity the tourist give them peanuts, they naturally feed on cedar bark and young shoots.
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We heard strange sounds from distance and than realized this is a large herd of wild boars.
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The nubian idex was almost extinct in Israel in the 40s, 50s. But now is flourishing in the Dead Sea area (where this pic was taken) and in the Negev Highlands. Its always a pleasure seeing doznes of them grazing on herbaceous plants as well as on trees. This is a yound male scratching its foot.
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This beautiful animal was extinct in SW Asia 80 years ago. It was reintroduced in the 90th. This one was found in the Ramon Nature Reserve (S Israel, Central Negev Highlands, 900 m.) during a terrible heat wave, 44 centdegrees. It was hot enough for it to move slow and get photographed.
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In the afternoon, herds of people leave Eig Gedi oasis reserve and animals can wonder about freely. This female is chewing Arundo reed.
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The Asian Wild Ass was re-introduced to the negev Desert and there are already 1500 of them roaming the arid lands. We were lucky to these two yesterday.