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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Shark Fin Cove, California
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Pumpkin patch
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Christmas Bird Count turns 125
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Happy World Whale Day!
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Full moon
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Arctic fox in Norway
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An inland ocean
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
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Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
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World Meteorological Day
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Shadows on the solstice
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What are we looking at?
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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Under Parisian skies
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Indigo bunting
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World Wildlife Day
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International Sloth Day
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
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Saint Andrews Day
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