A group of javelinas shares a drink from the bird bath in someone’s backyard. For those who’ve never heard of javelinas — they are medium-sized pig-like mammals that are found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. Typically, they are about 3 feet long and weigh between 30 to 60 pounds.
Javelinas are part of the peccary family and while they look a lot like wild pigs with many people mistaking them for boars, they are actually a distinct species. This group was so delighted to find a source of water and they didn’t seem to mind that it was meant to be a bird bath.
Baby Bear
This charming little bear cub got caught on trail cam sitting in the middle of this field at the edge of this forest. Perhaps he's spotted a butterfly or some other insect that caught his eye because he looks a little absorbed in that patch of grass. He looks a little young to fend for himself so we wonder where his mother is.
Typically bears leave their mothers at around one and a half to two and a half years of age. It takes this long for bears to learn important survival skills, such as hunting, foraging, and how they can best avoid danger. Mother bears do sometimes leave their cubs for longer periods of time, particularly as the cubs become more independent.
Ninja Rodent
Squirrels are known for their ability to climb trees and other structures, jump long distances, and navigate obstacles with ease. They are also known for their lightning-fast reflexes and ability to quickly escape danger, but despite all that, we've never seen or even heard of a knife-wielding squirrel taking on a snake!
This is obviously a prank and some taxidermist thought it would be funny to create this scene with a squirrel and snake and set it up right in front of a trail cam. Well, now you can finally stop searching the web to find the strangest, most outrageous trail cam photo on Earth.
A Pair of Coyotes
Here we see a pair of coyotes frolicking through this field, their coats are different colors so it's highly likely that they're unrelated. But as we know, coyotes are social animals and while coyotes are known to form strong social bonds with their own family or pack, they can also form bonds with coyotes outside of their immediate family.
We don't often see a coyote with a coat this dark, as the color of a coyote's coat changes throughout the year, appearing thicker and darker in the winter months and lighter and thinner in the summer. We wonder how this one got such a dark coat while the other one is much lighter.
I Just Can’t Bear It
Does anyone else just want to go pat this bear on the back and ask him how he’s doing? It looks as though he’s had a rough day and needs to talk about it, and maybe even get a bear hug. When seeing a bear like this one all on his own, we can't help but wonder about him.
What is he thinking? Is he waiting for some friends or just waiting for some lunch? We don't exactly have the expertise to know what's going on inside his head. We can only imagine that he must be hungry and perhaps this picnic spot was the last place he found some food.