Disparate grazers

 

On adjacent days I watched two rather different mammals graze: marmot and elk. The two occupy different habitats and differ in weight by a factor of a hundred, but for each, grass is a staple of its diet.

A Yellow-bellied Marmot eats grass during the day along the edge of its home in a field of rocks.

An Elk eats grass during the evening in an open field.

Each deserves a portrait set in its favoured habitat. First the marmot,

then the elk.
  

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One Response to Disparate grazers

  1. Claire says:

    Love them!

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