I forgot to upload another of the better-quality pictures from my trip to the Bronx Zoo last weekend, but here is one slightly out-of-focus shot of a pair of African wild dogs, Lycaon pictus (I somehow managed to get the tree behind them in focus, but not the dogs...). I'll have something better up later today when I can get back to my computer, but this will have to do for now.
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