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Description
There were 3 enclosures housing a trio of these.
The first cat was nearly hidden, sitting on top of a vine entangled pet carrier in the back corner of it's area.

Though the door between the next 2 enclosures was open, the 2 cats seemed to keeping their distances from one another.
The one in the far left side was pacing, growling and voicing some displeasure.

This was the cat in middle area and at first it was paying attention to it's quiet & aloof neighbor. I walked directly in front of it's section and asked if it would be so kind as to allow me to take it's picture.
It looked over at me as I dropped to one knee and got into braced position.

Now some will say animals have no comprehension of human speech,
but this cat was soooo co-operative it was truly startling.
It came over, looked at it's complaining neighbor for a moment, snuffed at it, then turned and lay down by the fence DIRECTLY in front of me. It looked right at me calm as could be.
I didn't see any nameplate, so could only reply in general, but complimented it's manners, coat and eyes. I got quite a few shots of it straight on, then I asked if it could please look to one side & give me it's profile....
and the cat slowly turned it's head to the left for a few shots.
I said "Great! Oh thank you!" and then more under my breath to myself, I said "now If I could get the other side it would be perfect."

The cat looked me straight in the eye, blinked at me as if to say, "You only needed but ask"...and turned to offer me the other profile.
I took the shots and thanked it a few times before I stood up to move on to the next enclosure.

The interchange wasn't quite over as I discovered in the next few mins.
The story continued in these

About the species:

The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest Lynx species in the world & there are some distinctive differences between it and our local variety (Lynx Canadensis)
These are taller, though not quite as bulky. The coat is thinner and where the Canadian version sports mostly grey, the Euro's coat is comprised of beiges or sandy brown colors with larger much more numerous spots.
LOL! To the average Canadian or American, the Euro Lynx looks like an oversized Bobcat.

Photo taken at Killman Zoo, Caledonia Ontario. www.thekillmanzoo.com/index.ht…

Description
There were 3 enclosures housing a trio of these.
The first cat was nearly hidden, sitting on top of a vine entangled pet carrier in the back corner of it's area.

Though the door between the next 2 enclosures was open, the 2 cats seemed to keeping their distances from one another.
The one in the far left side was pacing, growling and voicing some displeasure.

This was the cat in middle area and at first it was paying attention to it's quiet & aloof neighbor. I walked directly in front of it's section and asked if it would be so kind as to allow me to take it's picture.
It looked over at me as I dropped to one knee and got into braced position.

Now some will say animals have no comprehension of human speech,
but this cat was soooo co-operative it was truly startling.
It came over, looked at it's complaining neighbor for a moment, snuffed at it, then turned and lay down by the fence DIRECTLY in front of me. It looked right at me calm as could be.
I didn't see any nameplate, so could only reply in general, but complimented it's manners, coat and eyes. I got quite a few shots of it straight on, then I asked if it could please look to one side & give me it's profile....
and the cat slowly turned it's head to the left for a few shots.
I said "Great! Oh thank you!" and then more under my breath to myself, I said "now If I could get the other side it would be perfect."

The cat looked me straight in the eye, blinked at me as if to say, "You only needed but ask"...and turned to offer me the other profile.
I took the shots and thanked it a few times before I stood up to move on to the next enclosure.

The interchange wasn't quite over as I discovered in the next few mins.
The story continued in these

About the species:

The Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is the largest Lynx species in the world & there are some distinctive differences between it and our local variety (Lynx Canadensis)
These are taller, though not quite as bulky. The coat is thinner and where the Canadian version sports mostly grey, the Euro's coat is comprised of beiges or sandy brown colors with larger much more numerous spots.
LOL! To the average Canadian or American, the Euro Lynx looks like an oversized Bobcat.

Photo taken at Killman Zoo, Caledonia Ontario. www.thekillmanzoo.com/index.ht…