{"id":13328,"date":"2019-03-30T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-03-30T09:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T09:45:02","slug":"rare-animal-spotted-in-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/rare-animal-spotted-in-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"It Must Be Something In The Air ‘Cuz Another Rare Creature Was Spotted In The UAE After 17 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you’re looking for things to do this week(end)<\/a>, how does a trip to Jebel Hafeet National Park in Abu Dhabi sound?<\/p>\n

Who knows you might end up spotting a rare animal that hasn’t been around for YEARS.<\/p>\n

No, seriously, yet another rare creature was spotted in the UAE after 17 long years.<\/p>\n

The Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi (EAD) posted a video on their ‘gram showing a recording of the Blanford’s fox (Vulpes cana) making an appearance at Jebel Hafeet National Park after an absence of 17 years.<\/p>\n

This rare mountain species was recorded on EAD’s camera traps<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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According to their description, the Blanford’s fox is an omnivorous animal, that mostly eats plants and small insects. <\/p>\n

“They are also well suited to climbing and jumping over rocks and cliff faces.”<\/p>\n

Earlier last month, a male Arabian caracal, was spotted in Abu Dhabi for the first time in 35 years<\/h3>\n

It was last seen in Abu Dhabi in the year of 1984<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before that, a sighting of a group of false killer whales was<\/a> made for the first time in 24 years just off the coast of Fujairah.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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