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Vancouver Island marmots play-fighting in the mountains on Vancouver Island. They are the rarest marmots in the world with about 400 living on the Island.

Disclaimer: no marmots were harmed during the shooting of this wrestling match.

#photography #wildlife #marmot #VancouverIslandMarmot #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

Two marmots pushing each other by the shoulders. One is showing its teeth. They are playing on the dirt surrounded by logs and next to a large tree.

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Catherine Babault

@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Vancouver Island marmots play-fighting in the mountains on Vancouver Island. They are the rarest marmots in the world with about 400 living on the Island.

Disclaimer: no marmots were harmed during the shooting of this wrestling match.

#photography #wildlife #marmot #VancouverIslandMarmot #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

Catherine Babault

@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Vancouver Island marmots play-fighting in the mountains on Vancouver Island. They are the rarest marmots in the world with about 400 living on the Island.

Disclaimer: no marmots were harmed during the shooting of this wrestling match.

#photography #wildlife #marmot #VancouverIslandMarmot #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

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Catherine Babault

@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social · last month

A young Vancouver Island marmot in a patch of pearl everlasting flowers.

There were fewer than 30 Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) in the wild in 2003. Thanks to a conservation breeding program, there are now over 400 marmots.

If you'd like to learn more and support the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation's efforts to save the species from extinction, visit https://marmots.org/

#VancouverIslandMarmot #marmot #wildlife #conservation #VancouverIsland

A dark brown marmot with a white patch in its forehead, nose and chest stands next to a rock in a patch of wild white flowers.

Catherine Babault

@CatherineBabault@mastodon.social · last month

A young Vancouver Island marmot in a patch of pearl everlasting flowers.

There were fewer than 30 Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) in the wild in 2003. Thanks to a conservation breeding program, there are now over 400 marmots.

If you'd like to learn more and support the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation's efforts to save the species from extinction, visit https://marmots.org/

#VancouverIslandMarmot #marmot #wildlife #conservation #VancouverIsland