Caption

A European polecat (Mustela putorius) inspects a cave in search of prey, but without hunting success, snow, winter, cold, frost, snowfall, Denmark

Date

Jan 06, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26A54_369

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

59,8Mb (2,8Mb) / 18,7in x 12,4in / 5600 x 3733 (300dpi)

Keywords

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