Lynx are extraordinary hiders. Their spotted brown-and-cream coat looks exactly like dappled sunlight on the forest floor. They move so quietly that even people who study them for years often only see one a handful of times. Most photos of lynx in the wild come from hidden cameras set up in the woods.
Their paws are amazing. They are wide and covered in fur, so the lynx can pad across deep snow without sinking, like wearing built-in snowshoes. This is a huge advantage in Finnish winters, when smaller animals struggle to move and the lynx walks easily on top of the snow.
Those black tufts on the ears probably help the lynx hear better. Lynx can hear a tiny mouse moving under 30 centimetres of snow. They mostly hunt at night, sneaking up close to small deer or hares and pouncing in one quick leap.
A baby lynx is called a kitten, just like a house cat. The mum raises one or two kittens on her own. They stay with her for about a year, learning how to hunt and how to hide, before going off to find their own patch of forest.