Imagine you're a mouse… cornered at the edge of a pond by a hungry feline.
There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. But you're an intelligent mouse and something tells you that cats don't like water. So what do you do? Yes, you swim for it!!!
The mouse escaped unharmed, scampering out of the pond to hide under the day lilies.
The cat slinked off in a sulk.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
SittingFox
23 Apr 2012Poor little mouse – glad it escaped. Oddly enough, elk often head for rivers when pursued by wolves.
gdare
23 Apr 2012I like cats but I am glad mouse escaped :cheers:
derWandersmann
23 Apr 2012Possibly hoping to throw them off the scent, Adele. If the wolves can't see them, it's a good bet.
SittingFox
23 Apr 2012DW, it's a defensive act. A place they choose to stand their ground whilst being chased.
Words
23 Apr 2012Adele, I'm just trying to figure out the difference in scale between a mouse and an elk! I reckon this was probably blind panic rather than a sharply tactical manoeuvre.
Words
23 Apr 2012dW, it makes sense to fight defensively in water. It slows the attacker a lot.
Words
23 Apr 2012Darko, I was pleased too, but I'm sure the cats will be back.
derWandersmann
24 Apr 2012Yes, and the wolves are shorter, too … the elk has greater freedom of movement. I was actually thinking of a smaller river … I saw wolves catch a bison before he could get out on land and he was unable to back up … he was a goner, but he lasted a good while before he died. It was actually painful to watch, but it was so damned fascinating, I had to.
serola
24 Apr 2012Great documentation :hat:
Words
25 Apr 2012dW, tooth and claw, but that's nature.
Words
25 Apr 2012Sami, thanks!
Mickeyjoe-Irl
10 May 2012I only ever see the mice that don't escape. :rip:
Words
10 May 2012Mick… those ones are the ones I never see :chef:
Mickeyjoe-Irl
11 May 2012Well some I only see traces of.
:doh: Forgot to congratulate you on a great sequence of shots. :up: