Beautiful Animals

Is this a real photograph? They look so cartoonish?!

i'm not sure, i found it by following a link, no source for the original and the comments were split about 50/50 if it was real or not

i'm thinking the bird bodies are real but the faces are drawn in

dj: I refuse to believe that those are phoney baloney boids. Love the bear pics, especially the first one. What a magnificent face. Thanks.

Pride of lions at the watering hole:

One always needs a friend:

Oh, Francis. Magnifique. What faces. What feeling. The photographer is gifted.

Indeed, Boida, for our mutual pleasure..

Jacob Sheep
Jacob Sheep is a rare breed. At one time there were fewer than 200 known animals. Known to have arrived in England with the Vikings, they eventually were used by some of the wealthy as guards (like guard dogs) and as decorative pieces on private estates and in some parks. Though a friendly breed, the rams may be aggressive and dangerous. We have had lambs two years in a row. Shearing happens once a year and they appear to be either annoyed or ambivalent during the process. The rams relax once they are on their backs but they need to be held so their horns don’t knock you silly. The wool is sold to handspinners and Lisa spins and knits it into baby hats. Lambing is usually easy and we only have one ewe that needs a little coaxing in the mothering department. The lambs have a soft downy coat that makes them look and feel like living stuffed toys. The lambs we are holding are less than 2 hours old.

Nyoto, a six-week-old black rhinoceros calf, runs around her enclosure as she is introduced to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Lympne, Kent
Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

That pic reminds me of timber and Big Sam. Thank you.

Silly girl, you managed to bring a tear to my cynical brown eyes..

(Boida, )

dj, Never saw such goats. They're wonderful in a goaty sort of way. Love those bugs, some of which are future monarchs.

olga, Do you have any idea how much I love baby rhinos? Jes does too. In fact at one time we were planning to co-own one (not considering of course what we'd do when it grew up). Thanks for that glorious little guy.




A vaguely familiar line, Francis (except for the color)

Izzie, Lions in the snow. Zoo animals for sure. They look, well, cold. Great pic. Dem felines have amazing faces.

I love the obvious emotional bond between the man and the dog.

The very reason for which I posted that picture...

Get those monsters away from the tomato plants!


THIS IS THE GARDEN POLICE!! STEP SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE TOMATOES! WALK SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE TOMATOES WITH YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM! DO NOT TOUCH THE TOMATOES! I REPEAT! STEP SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE TOMATOES!

Er, aren't those Monarch caterpillars? If so, they only eat milkweed.

We don't got no hands, ociffer.

That shepherd reminded me of my German Shepherd Ebony Von Bismark.

a smaller one.



Australian pony called Bliss