The dog days of summer

The heat has finally reached us here in the high desert, not that it is bothering these cuties who get to live under ground near a local rest stop.

Underneath it all

The pronghorn may be fleet-footed (it is the fastest land mammal in the world - able to sprint 60 mph and sustain 30 mph for miles), but for some reason the species chooses not to soar over fences. I'm told they physiologically could do it, they just don't. Instead, they line up and crawl under.