Beautiful Animals

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Last spring Fiona Presly, a library assistant from Inverness, Scottish Highlands came across a surprising phenomenon she would never forget. While taking care of her garden she spotted a bumblebee queen crawling around. What surprised her the most was that the animal had no wings, as it turns out the bumblebee may have suffered from a virus which had caused problems in wing development. The insect had very slim chances of survival but this kind-hearted woman came to the rescue.

Fiona created an enclosed mini garden for the helpless animal and treated her to some sugar water. Soon enough the beautiful friendship unfolded between them. Every time Fiona would stop by the garden her tiny new friend would emerge to greet her. The bee cuddled with the woman and seemed to light up when Fiona was holding the insect in her arms.

The earth bumblebees have an average lifespan of only 18 weeks but Presly was taking care of her new friend so well that she outlived her counterparts. Sadly, the friendship couldn’t last forever since the bee eventually passed away, leaving a beautiful memory to her rescuer.

Albino peacock:

Photo by James Adams of a potoo doing the stick-position with her chick, in Honduras.

He writes: "Our Northern Potoo is now a proud mother! Her fence-post nesting site has proved itself, and this little chick was hatched about two weeks ago. Although still in downy fluff (barely), and with a ways to grow before fledging, the chick is all Potoo, rearing its head in stick-like fashion and pretending to be invisible. As I photographed these birds this afternoon, mom kept a sharp eye on me, swiveling cautiously to look in my direction, and peering through those little notches in her seemingly closed eyelid."

Black swan and offspring:

Thank you for your service Roberta.

That's one impossibly long neck to circumnavigate the globe!


DSS

African crested crane/Uganda crane

Two-week-old okapi and its mother:

A happy little fella

I love the kissing sounds at the end. You know he gets a lot of them.



The one below gets really good starting at 1:25......

Bobble Coral Shrimp

Mama makes good shade.

wow, that's so stinking cute.

Talk about the timing of the photographer. Wow. A real cat and mouse moment: