{"id":233914,"date":"2025-06-12T05:25:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=66a117f5725e64f2ba5b5abbb691af36"},"modified":"2025-06-12T05:25:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T19:25:32","slug":"portrait-of-a-bobcat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=233914","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of a Bobcat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1398\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?w=1398\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A bobcat looks directly at the camera as it emerges from behind some foliage in a waterway. It has fur ranging from white to medium brown, and its eyes are a light yellow. More water and greenery can be seen in the background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 56% 93%; object-position: 56% 93%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=205,300 205w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=768,1125 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=699,1024 699w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=1049,1536 1049w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=1398,2048 1398w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=273,400 273w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=410,600 410w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=614,900 614w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=819,1200 819w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ksc-2013-3063orig.jpg?resize=1365,2000 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1398px) 100vw, 1398px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">At NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a bobcat wades through one of the waterways near Launch Pad 39B.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Tony Gray<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A NASA photographer captured this June 14, 2013, photo of a bobcat wading through a waterway near Launch Pad 38B at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bobcats are just one of over 30 mammal species that call the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge home, along with hundreds of bird, fish, amphibian, and reptile species. The refuge, which shares space with NASA Kennedy, is also home to over 1,000 known plant species.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/wildlife-mammals\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/wildlife-mammals\/\">See more photos of mammals around NASA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Tony Gray<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NASA photographer captured this June 14, 2013, photo of a bobcat wading through a waterway near Launch Pad 38B at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bobcats are just one of over 30 mammal species that call the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge home, along with hundreds of bird, fish, amphibian, and reptile species. 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