A rare Canadian lynx was captured by a camera trap (Photo)

A surveillance camera installed in the forests of the Kabetogama Peninsula in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota has captured the rare Canadian lynx Lynx canadensis. This unique footage was provided by the Voyageurs Wolf Project.

The video shows the lynx slowly approaching the camera, then stopping and sitting down just a few metres from the lens. The predator carefully looks around, twirls its ears and seems to pose, looking directly into the camera as if it is aware that it is being filmed. The lynx then calmly walks away from the frame.

We captured some really beautiful bobcat shots with our cameras last year, but this one is definitely the coolest. In fact, it's probably the best lynx video we've ever shot, not least because the lynx decided to sit right in front of the camera....

Thanks to the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust for their continued support of the project, which allows us to film, document, and share beautiful footage of northern Minnesota wildlife! - Says the video's caption.