With short, limber legs and a long tail, the clouded leopard is perfectly adapted for living in the trees. Flexible ankle joints allow it to descend trunks headfirst, one of only two cat species that can pull this off. A long tail provides stabilizing balance for leaps between trees. Sharp, retractable claws let this jungle climber dangle off branches in all sorts of gravity-defying positions.
A special day for a special cat
Today in History
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks
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The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
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World Book Day
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International Day of the Tropics
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Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
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World Oceans Day
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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Beaver achievers
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Nature Photography Day
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Bowling Ball Beach in Mendocino County, California
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Ides of March
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Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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Castle Day Japan
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Aerial view of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
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Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
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Womens History Month
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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New Year’s Day in the land of the rising sun
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Black History Month
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Striated heron on a Victoria water lily, Pantanal, Brazil
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Porto Cathedral, Portugal
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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D-Day remembered
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Mandarin duck, Richmond Park, London, England
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Kjell Henriksen Observatory
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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