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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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Up in the Highlands
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Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland
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Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens
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A growing business
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Astronomy Day
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Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Humming along
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The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
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Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
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Listening to the sea
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The long and wiggling path
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Pretty poetic for a pit
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Wildcat in a winter wonderland
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Celebrating World Olive Tree Day
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An island hopper s paradise
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From the mind of Frank Gehry
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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Desert bighorn sheep in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
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World Giraffe Day
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It s National Mushroom Month!
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Mesmerizing murmuration
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Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien!
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Whale hello there!
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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Full moon
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