According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS): “You didn’t just see a lynx. The lynx allowed itself to be seen.” The organization recently posted footage of a rare animal, a Canada lynx, filmed by a visitor to Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The beautiful animal casually looks at the humans and then walks away like nothing happened.
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“RARE WILDLIFE ALERT,” wrote USFWS in an Instagram post sharing the video. “Canada lynx are so rarely spotted that most of us would have better luck seeing a unicorn. The fact that this one woke up, blinked at a passing boat, and then casually Irish-exited into the woods, is iconic.”
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USFWS adds that lynx avoid humans and stick to remote places, which is why this video is so special and unique.
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