2011-09-04 Lower Austria, district Wien Umgebung, Jesuitenbach (185 msm Quadrant 7964/4).This pond was created by a beaver's dam; most of the dead trees you see here once were food for the beaver.
This Malayan Porcupine, Hystrix brachyura, was photographed in China, as part of a research project utilizing motion-activated camera-traps.You are invited to go WILD on Smithsonian's interactive website, Smithsonian WILD, to learn more about the research and browse photos like this from around the world.siwild.si.edu/wild.cfm?fid=5179461483