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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Israel Trip Highlights (Part 1 of 7): Fauna

Street cat

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They're everywhere. And they're begging to be the main characters in stories about secret feline societies.

Roadside dog

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Her name is Luna. She belongs to a food vendor who's stationed in the Judean Desert, en route to the Dead Sea, at the point on the road marked 'sea level.' (You're traveling from the heights of Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, which is the lowest point on Earth - or at least on dry Earth. Reaching sea level is a milestone along the way.)

Luna is used to strangers, and walked over to everyone to get petted and photographed.