Odd Moments in the Animal Kingdom

What a gentle dog. And I remember cats when they get that big tail. Watch out.

Thanks. Smiling.

Wonderful!

And Stanley is the spitting image of my cat, Poppy. Though she's never get up to hi jinx like this with any dog!

Gabriel is just lovely.

Our now departed best-ever dog was the most intelligent creature who has ever lived with us. He had an amazing vocabulary and was able to learn many endearing stunts including the ability to find anybody's slippers in any house we visited and would do with the slightest suggestion. But I've never seen an act quite like this one and can't imagine the skill required to teach these beauties to do what they do:

http://www.wagreflex.com/2009/07/one-heck-of-a-dog-trainer.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPwxXuvet3I

I have my limits!

Mine!

A note came home from Mo's school yesterday warning us that it was going to be cold today and that we needed to dress our kids warm -- the school hasn't been able to light the furnace yet since the Vaux's swifts are still roosting in the school's chimney.

This type of swift usually nests in hollow trees in smaller populations but a few of the school's have chimneys that are very popular spots for the birds.

Since we live only a half block from the school we're used to seeing the swifts but it probably isn't something most people have seen. Mo's school has an estimated population of 5,000 Vaux's swifts. This video is from a different school that has a population of about 20,000.

Enjoy!

The "Walter and his cat" picture in that series is cute as hell.

After the cats, the dogs...

gymnasty cat h8's froot loopz

I haven't read any of the books but did Terry Pratchett's Discworld series inspire this photo or did this photo inspire Terry Pratchett to write the Discworld series?

Give the poor fish some aspirin! He's going to have one heck of a headache after this ride.

Heck with the shark photo!
Did this guy get some cereal?

The family dog.

the back story is even better...

Here is a very interesting example of animal parenting:

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/stranger-among-bears-bear-cub-lashes-out.html

No one answered my question and I bet this gerbil is starving to death!