ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The Bedouins smile when they see a Fennec. For them it is a sign of good luck and no strange superstitions, but because they know they are close to an oasis.
The desert fox is an animal full of curiosities .With only 1 kilo weight the Fennec is the smallest canid that exists on the planet, because you only have a height of 20 cm on the shoulders and 40 inches long. Its most distinctive features are its coat sand-colored, long and woolly tail with which he wraps his sleep, very short nose and especially its large ears, which help you to both hear the slightest sound as to radiate excess heat to the outside. Usually chosen as an example of adaptation to the desert environment, often in opposition to small-eared fox that lives in the Arctic Circle

AUTHOR
Award winning Photographer of Spain in international competitions. Francisco Mingorance was devoted to nature photography professionally for three decades. For over twenty five years he has worked as a photojournalist for the vast majority of magazines, newspapers and issues most important in the world, also has published over a hundred articles on the Spanish nature in specialized areas such as Natura, National Geographic, International Widelife, Terre Sauvage, BBC, Oasis, Geo, Very Interesting, the Weekly País, El Mundo, ABC, week and so on. Many of these works have been recognized with several awards, not only in Spain but in the rest of the world, only in the last four years Mingorance Francisco has earned more than one hundred international awards including four Windland Smith Rice on International Awards 2010 and four in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 being the most awarded photographer in both competitions. Also the photos were used to illustrate the pages of more than twenty books and source of learning have inspired many generations of nature photographers. Currently working on the development of various reports for the international edition of National Geographic.

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