Canadian Driver Captures Rare Sighting of A Lynx Family

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A Manitoba Hydro worker pulled out his phone when he noticed little faces peering out from the trees on his drive to work near Grand Rapids, Man., never expecting he’d capture a sight most will never see in their lifetime.

As Shaun Kirchmann watched, a mother Canada lynx and her five kittens cautiously crept out of the forest to cross Highway 6, near Grand Rapids, which is just over 400 kilometers northwest of Winnipeg.

It is one of Canada’s stealthiest predators, so spotting a single lynx is rare enough for travelers in the country’s hinterland. But Shaun in the western province of Manitoba recently managed to capture on video an entire family of the wild cats as they crossed the road.

The wild cats, known for their distinctive black-tipped ears, spend much of their life hidden in thick forest and are rarely seen in groups, making Kirchmann’s sighting all the more special.

Canadian lynx, which are larger than bobcats, have a large range throughout the country. Their diet consists mainly of snowshoe hare, which has white fur in the winter and brown during the spring and summer.

Shaun said the animals in the video appeared robust and in great shape. While they’re endangered in the United States, their populations in Canada, especially in northern parts of their boreal habitat, are doing fine.

Source: https://www.sciencepagenews.com/2020/02/15/canadian-driver-captures-rare-sighting-of-family-of-lynx/

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