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
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‘You should see the one that got away!’
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Male kori bustard, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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National Go Birding Day
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
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Step into the dark
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The circular castle of Cornwall
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Agüero, Huesca province, Spain
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Diwali
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Feast of the Donkey
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International Whale Shark Day
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Take this for a spin...
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Patriot Day
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A cry for independence
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Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Things are looking up
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National Love a Tree Day
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
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Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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International Sloth Day
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Struck by Southwestern beauty
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Hemingway’s Keys
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Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
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Hiding in plain sight
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A sea of swirling stone
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A big place to shop small
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Grab onto the handlebars, kid
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Blink and you ll miss it
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Ludwig’s palace