Stunning Footage Shows Rarely-Seen Lynx ‘Posing’ for Trail Camera

A rarely-seen Canada Lynx was filmed majestically striking a pose in incredible trail camera footage.

The stunning video was captured by trail cameras set up by the Voyageurs Wolf Project in the woodlands of Kabetogama Peninsula in Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota — where Canada lynx roam in small numbers.

The striking footage shows the elusive lynx cooly strolling toward the camera before sitting down in the woods only a few feet away from the lens.

The lynx curiously looks around, scans the area, and rotates its ears.

At one point, the lynx appears to pose and look straight at the camera as if it knows its being filmed. The animal then casually walks out of the shot.

A Remarkable Glimpse of a Rarely-Seen Animal

The footage was captured on the morning of April 11 — offering a remarkable glimpse of a rarely-seen animal.

Biologist Tom Gable, lead of the Voyageurs Wolf Project, discovered the extraordinary footage while reviewing thousands of hours of recordings of one of 350 trail cameras that his team sets up.

While the Voyageurs Wolf Project has filmed lynx on its trail cameras before, Gable says that most of the trail cameras that have filmed lynx only catch them at night or at a distance — never in the daylight and never so close.

“A lot of fortuitous things have to happen, not only for the lynx to sit there, but for the lighting to be nice, and for there to be that pretty, North Woods background,’ Gable tells the Star Tribune.

“Those are the things that make it really cool.’

According to the Star Tribune, Canada lynx are characterized by long fur that hangs below their cheeks and black tufts of hair at the tips of their triangular ears.

There were an estimated 100 to 300 lynx in Minnesota as of 2022. The species is considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

 
Image credits: Header photo via Voyageurs Wolf Project.