When people talk about the ‘dog days of summer,’ they’re referring to the sultry, hot days of the season that sometimes seem to stretch on forever–just like those long legs on the star of today’s homepage. This is a maned wolf, also known as a ‘fox on stilts,’ and it’s the largest species of canid in South America. As a canid, it belongs to the same family as the domestic dog, wolf, and coyote, and we think it makes a fun spokescritter for summer’s ‘dog days.’
Summer’s in home stretch
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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Craters of the Moon centennial
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Boating on the Bojo
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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Chestnut-headed bee-eaters, Bardia National Park, Nepal
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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Over and under the delta
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A rest stop for the birds
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Baltic Sea, Estonia
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Bohemian Switzerland
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World Space Week
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Darwin Day
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Surf s up—Down Under
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Playa del Amor, Marietas Islands, Mexico
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A Carpathian Christmas celebration
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Venice by night
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Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut
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Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Andermatt village in the Alps, Switzerland
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Happy Holi!
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‘Think equal, build smart, innovate for change’
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Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
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Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
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Computer science on the page
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

