Beautiful Animals

Whippet's are adorable though they tend to be on the neurotic side (the poor little nervous wrecks)!

Yes, Letty. Of course I know about whippets. Very swift. Not related to greyhounds.

Joey:

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Never wanted to give a 'roo a hug SO MUCH as now! Thanks and Good Morning Lady Roberta!

OOhhhhhh how sweet -- just wanna snuggle that lil cutie pie.

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/Photos-of-the-Day/2010/Photos-of-the-Day-03-12

barbecue Pickle gave me a memory jog.

When I was a wee thing, one of our neighbors in Virginia had this little fellow and its name was Penny.



Love the joey and the bear eating pizza

well if them birds are gonna look for worms i'm gonna eat this here seed





grackle and blackbird at the feeder

Letty, Penny is a major cutie. Thanks.

dj, Glad to see there's enough to go around.

Mule deer:

Aardwolf:

never seen an aardwolf before

still lots of these guys in the yard, the real harbinger of spring in these parts, found a better picture on the web, love the colours and the iridescence


grackle

Grackle's are stunning looking birds djjd! I love their classy style feathers. Always dressed up for formal dinners and such events.

Roberta? That aardwolf looks like his species suffers from the pinhead disorder of the animal kingdom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcephaly

Aardwolf? Gotta look that aardy up...

Here's some takes from the SF Chronicle's Day in Pictures.

First, un ferret -


Photo: Eugene Hoshiko / AP

with the SFgate comment - Your paw says 'oh hai,' but your face says 'halp!' What we need here is a good Chinese-to-Lolspeak dictionary. (Ferret for sale, Shanghai Pet Fair.)


and now a baby elephant -


Photo: Bobby-Jo Vial / Taronga Zoo

The SFgate comment - Zoo welcomes baby procrastinator: After a protracted, six-day labor, this calf was believed to have died in the womb of his mother, Porntip, at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. On Wednesday, he finally arrived, surprising veterinarians and zoo staff.


Next, air theft -


Photo: Vano Shlamov / AFP / Getty Images

Comment - Fly-by robbery: A hawk tries to steal a meal from the beak of a crow near Tibani, Georgia.

Thaaaat's all, folks.

love the big smile on the baby elephants face

Thats just wind....

and I was bemused by the name Porntip, but I got over it..

Porn is a common name in Thai. And English. In fact, the whole internet.

I told myself I wasn't gonna mention it, but it's driving me flippin' crazy.








take your christmas lights down already, you dang redneck...



(hey, B)

Hey, RH. Is there some kinda picture with red lights in your post? I don't see nuttin'. Sigh.

Osso, Thanks for the ferret and the baby pachyderm. OK not in a hurry to get born. The midflight theft must have happened before or after the picture was taken. Two nice birds in flight, though.

dj, Grackles are not totally unfamiliar to me. We have them here. Love to see them mixed in with the piges.

Scarlet ibises in flight:

Flamboyant cuttlefish: