This yearling black bear is suffering from female ticks, seen on the bear's face and ears. The ticks are acquired in brush and deep grass. They will often gravitate to the eyes and ears where they will latch on and become engorged with blood.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18820
Black bear portrait. Two ticks are visible below the bear's eye, engorged with blood. American black bears range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. They prefer forested and meadow environments. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18802
Black bear portrait. Two ticks are visible below the bear's eye, engorged with blood. American black bears range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. They prefer forested and meadow environments. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18824
Black bear portrait. Two ticks are visible below the bear's eye, engorged with blood. American black bears range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. They prefer forested and meadow environments. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18841
Cormornants rest on abandoned metal structure sticking out of the water in Moss Landing Harbor.
Location: Moss Landing, California
Image ID: 21498
Lemon shark prepares to chomp a piece of bait, photographed with a polecam (camera on a stick triggered from above water, used by photographers who are too afraid to get in the water).
Species: Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10795
Lemon shark prepares to chomp a piece of bait, photographed with a polecam (camera on a stick triggered from above water, used by photographers who are too afraid to get in the water).
Species: Lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10796