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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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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Busy building wetlands
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Bohemian Switzerland
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All Rhodes lead to the beach
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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Sitka shines on Alaska Day
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Chinese New Year
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In celebration of cats
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Let us introduce you…
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This reef is nowhere near the sea…
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Plum blossoms in China
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Aw shucks, it’s oyster season in Galway
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Total solar eclipse
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Masai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Abraham Lake, Alberta, Canada
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The Monastery of Roussanou, Greece
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World Meteorological Day
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Cold? What cold?
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Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
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Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
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It s truffle season here in the Dordogne Valley
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Once upon a time there was a bridge…
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World Turtle Day
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Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
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Peel Castle on St. Patrick’s Isle with the Isle of Man in the background
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An island in the Highlands
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Bask in the glow—It s World Turtle Day
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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