LYNX

THE LYNX FROM OUR WILDLIFE DISPLAY




Lynx canadensis
Length 40 inches (101.6 cm)
tail 4 inches (10.16 cm)
Food : small mammals, mainly Snowshoe Rabbits


In 1968 I wrote a poem about it called "I Cat". My editor changed it to "Starlit Night"  in my book "Betty Brill's Cry At The Edge Of Forever" PGI 2005.

The snow is scarlet the snow is white

I am alone in the starlit night

The blood of my veins is pulsing delight

As the blood of my kill is staining the white

And I scream forth my triumph

To the dead of the night

This is my instinct, thus I must kill

You can not deny me, try as you will

For I must live and I live to kill

The heat of the race, the capture, the thrill

When there's none to deny me my right to my kill.



Nipigon Historical Museum Wildlife Display
 Courtesy of MNR Nipigon and Lespi Lumber Werks



Photos of live Lynx are now on
http://justnaturallyspeakingtheblog.blogspot.ca 
December 2012 and January 2013