Stephen, you presented us with quite a challenge - which of your awesome photos should we choose as Spotting of the Day? This great encounter with an elusive animal won the honor! Congratulations & welcome to the Community!
The fossa is a cat-like relative of the mongoose, unique to the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Numbers of this secretive carnivore are declining due to the destruction of its forest habitat and widespread hunting and persecution, and the species is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. http://bit.ly/1hhDH4k
This female was exhausted after mating with several males over a course of many hours so I was able to approach her to within a couple of metres without any risk as Fossa can be unpredictable at the best of times. Kirindy is the best place in Madagascar to reliably see the islands top predator especially October/November which is the peak of the mating season for this animal. It's also one of the best reserves for nocturnal mammals.
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Amazing! I love these creatures!
New to me and really nice! Congratulations!
Congratulations Stephen on your SOTD! I didn't even know Fossa's existed at all. Thank you for sharing your great spotting. Such a beautiful animal :)
Congratulations Stephen on your SOTD
Congratulations and thanks for sharing with us at Project Noah!
Oh freakin awesome!! Great pictures, thank you very much for sharing. Congratulations Stephen!
Wonderful spotting and the first photo is just great -Congratultions ! I assume this photo is of a Fossa in the wild ? if yes, it's rather special.
Congratulations on the SOTD, Stephen W.
Fantastic creature!! Your spotting it is very special.
Congratulatios !!!
Congratulations Stephen. Love these animals and I must see them in the wild one day if possible. Thanks.
I agree Karen, Stephen has at least three amazing spots on the top ten
Stephen, you presented us with quite a challenge - which of your awesome photos should we choose as Spotting of the Day? This great encounter with an elusive animal won the honor! Congratulations & welcome to the Community!
The fossa is a cat-like relative of the mongoose, unique to the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Numbers of this secretive carnivore are declining due to the destruction of its forest habitat and widespread hunting and persecution, and the species is classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. http://bit.ly/1hhDH4k
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So cute, lovely spotting!! It almost looks like a cat but those paws look very strong!!
Thanks very much Stephen,your description is perfect,i was amazed by the proximity of the photos,now i understand it :-)super cool,congrats again :-)
This female was exhausted after mating with several males over a course of many hours so I was able to approach her to within a couple of metres without any risk as Fossa can be unpredictable at the best of times. Kirindy is the best place in Madagascar to reliably see the islands top predator especially October/November which is the peak of the mating season for this animal. It's also one of the best reserves for nocturnal mammals.
Wow,amazing capture Stephen,can you tell us something about this great encounter :-)congrats and thanks for sharing