Beautiful Animals

I forget the name of these queer looking jelly fish.. But they are about the size of a quarter and have these wonderful delicate ... hairy things.. that grow on their underside that you can only see when you almost smash your face against the glass they are stuck to.

Im sorry this is so big, but if it isnt, you would not see the detail.

Owl Monkey

Javelina

shewolf, Sorry I can't help with the jellyfish. I have no idea what kind that is. Someone will know. As to the shark, I think it's a bull shark.

Izzie, Great tiger pic. He looks pensive. The owl monkey looks happy.

Tigershark, That snow leapard looks like it just tasted something ooky. Great shot.

mesquite, Thanks for the javelinas. The mother appears to have had a recent encounter with some cactus. The babies are cuties.

When I was looking around to try to find shewolf's jellyfish, I ran across one of these--purple-striped jellyfish:





And when I was checking on the bull shark, I found a frilled shark:

I think they are Cassiopeia Xamachana, in the Ephyra stage (babies)..

Penicillate Jellyfish (Polyorchis penicillatus)

Francis, I thought you might be the one who would know what shewolf's jellyfish are.

Izzie, Jellyfish are amazing, aren't they? Thanks for the pic.


Baby gazelle:





Gorillas:

Ringneck pheasants:





Scarlet minivet:

The State Bird of Pennsylvania, the Ruffed Grouse:

Ruffed Grouse:




And a baby:

jes and Francis, Thanks for the grouses--large and small. Spectacular boids. Wish the baby didn't have that antenna stuck around its neck.

Palomino:





Armadillo girdled lizard:

ANNIE , our neighbour's big old dog made her afternoon visit .
we were working in the garden and she came to shake , get some treats and a good belly rub .
we were away last week and she kept watch on our property - as i had instructed her to do before we left . another neighbour who came to collect the mail received some disinct warnings to "stay away" !
we have the best watch dog , and all she asks for are some dog biscuits and a belly rub !
hbg





btw ANNIE is getting on in age - she's about nine years old and was getting somewhat slow during the winter - but after her "summercut" she's as frisky as a puppy !

hamburger, Annie looks like a dog's dog and sounds like a sweetie. Thanks for the pics.

Olive hairstreak:





Hawkbill turtle:

A wee bubba kiwi:

Tigershark, I want of the them. Send it on over.

Make that two. I'll cover shipping from NY to here.

Cute, ain't it?

I'd probably end up in jail, if I tried sending him over there.

They aren't really endangered, but need protection from introduced pests like stoats, dogs and so on.

Quite a few species here are in the same boat, as they evolved with no natural predators and then suddenly got exposed to them after us humans arrived and brought other critters with us.