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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
An Incomprehensible Divide

I enjoyed watching this standoff. It likely was neither the cat’s first time seeing a dog nor the dog’s first time seeing a cat, but they still couldn’t focus on anything else. I couldn’t, either.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Maplewood, Missouri, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 12
Copyright: © Samuel Cohen