Beautiful Animals

Barry, Thanks for the wonderful pics of the wonderful dog. I hope he enjoys his retirement.

deb, Such beauties. May they live and be well.

Just a note to thank you again for filling in for dj...wonderful and funny photos. The UKTelegraph (where I find most of the ones I share) did a series of animals sticking out their tongues recently (I posted the one of the bear which was hilarious). They'd have loved to include your otter. Here's another that they featured...

Eight-month-old baby sloth Camillo sticks out his tongue as he yawns at the zoo in Halle, eastern Germany.
Picture: AFP/Getty

And a monkey....

Crystal the monkey - wearing a dress and sticking out her tongue - arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the film, "The Hangover Part II", at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

The otter - Sir Wetrump Golightly, at your service..

Nom....

A young ostrich eats in its enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany.

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A happy accident! Very cool pic.

Irish, Thanks for the tongue sticker-outers. I even like the cutie-pie monkey although I can't stand animals in human clothes. I view this as an indignity. Still, a cute pic is a cute pic. The ostrich photo is wonderful.

Hinge, Is that photo for real? Or is it Photoshopped? If real, amazing! Thanks, kid.

The photographer said it was a happy accident...

Surf's up!

Surfin' Bird: Surfer Mark Plant narrowly avoids a collision with a cormorant while surfing at Point Sinclair, South Australia. The bird was feeding underwater and popped its head up just as Mark was about to catch the wave.
Picture: ANDREW BROOKS / BARCROFT PACIFIC

Here's a seahorse with a difference. Waves crash around a farm worker as he takes his horse for some exercise in the sea. The pair were given a shock when the usually calm water suddenly surged into a giant wave and engulfed them. Photographer Shlomi Nissim captured the moment as he walked along the shore. Shlomi, from Herzeliya, Israel, took the photo on a nearby beach.

It's quite a photo by Pam Mullins. I tried to be witty and use just two exclamation points, alluding to the jet trails, but that was too small a post to stick.

More fun at the beach...

Six-year-old Mia Shengaris builds a sandcastle, while a Rockhopper penguin watches her, at London Zoo's new penguin pool and beach.
Picture: Ray Tang / Rex Features

That's quite a photo too.

Ha ha! I think the photo is pretty extraordinary even without the vapor trails...but those, accidental or not, just make it amazing.

I wonder the terror that's going through the horse's mind at that moment.

Something on the lines of "What is this wall doing here?" and "This isn't going to end well!"

Hello Roberta, hello to all.

I saw that video Alex. Very cute indeed.

Here's a photograph I had taken of a married pigeon couple here in NYC:

Pigeons in love!

Irish, Wonderful shot. I'm rooting for the boid. BTW, look at the fish in the water. I assume they're the dark spots. The man's face in the horse/man shot doesn't look real. The rest of the picture does. It's an amazing shot. (I think I'm becoming too skeptical.) Love the penguin and the kid. Intesting idea to have a beach at the zoo where people can interact with penguins.

Alex, Sweet, sweet, sweet. I think the kitten was dreaming. My cats would be asleep and their legs would start moving. A snuggle from Mom ended it.

Penny, Nice to see you here. I saw that picture on your post, and I thought it would be a great addition to this thread. Great minds think alike. Who's the third pigeon? The brother-in-law?

There goes Peter Cottontail ...