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Beautiful Animals

 
 
Arella Mae
 
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Reply Fri 15 Oct, 2010 03:21 pm
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

Izzie, Smiling big time to see the cats in the box. Reminded me of my three late lamenteds. Nothing was better than a new box. Stunning pic of the leopard.

Arella Mae, The whole point of the zebra pattern is to make you a little dizzy. It's purpose is to present an optical illusion. Where does one zebra end and the next one begin. It's very hard for predators to pick one out of a herd.

http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/B24D74B4-E546-4697-9311-1107F32D3AD2/42-15409673.jpg
I am learning so much from this thread. I never thought about that! Isn't it amazing?
Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 15 Oct, 2010 04:27 pm
@Arella Mae,
Amazing? Yes. I think it is. To our western human eyes, we might wonder why an animal would have such a startling and conspicuous coloration. But put them together in a herd, and you've got a gigantic moving sea of black and white. Yes, it amazes me.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 15 Oct, 2010 11:33 pm
Crystal red shrimp:

http://www.planetinverts.com/crs4.jpg



http://files.myopera.com/farisse/albums/220615/beats,bears,battlestar,galactica,cubs,fighting,animal,funny,photography,bears-dcd2ccb570f3f7c7d3e2d6a1ae553257_h.jpg

http://img.ffffound.com/static-data/assets/6/8a35457c70809b00a7b5c2deec07f156487fe19a_m.jpg
Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 04:35 am
Mandarin fish:

http://www.worldinterestingfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/mandarin-fish.jpg

Picasso triggerfish:

http://images.stanzapub.com/readers/2009/04/23/762pxpicassotriggerfisharp_1.jpg

Common lionfish:

http://www.ozanimals.com/image/albums/australia/Fish/common-lionfish-2.jpg
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Francis
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 04:43 am
http://static.blogstorage.hi-pi.com/photos/sirah.blogspace.fr/images/gd/1224318161/oiseau-spatule-rose.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 04:51 am
Ah, a spoonbill (I think). Beautiful shot, Francis. Thanks.
Francis
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 05:00 am
@Roberta,
Du bist willkommen (hehe)..
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Arella Mae
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 12:10 pm
@Roberta,
Beautiful pics Miss Roberta. I love the little ninja bears!
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 01:40 pm
A little cleaning:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/shellwinners/turtle_350x226.jpg

Moving the kids:

http://www.kentdyer.com/catalog/C001-MLKittenMouth.jpg
Arella Mae
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 02:36 pm
@Roberta,
LOL The turtle has a whole cleaning staff! Amazing how gentle that big cat can be.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 03:39 pm
Many large animals benefit from smaller ones. In these two pics, the birds get food and the buffalo and rhino get relief.

http://www.christoj.com/pics/2004-06-Nottens/BirdTick2.JPG

http://www.scienceclarified.com/everyday/images/scet_03_img0305.jpg
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 04:01 pm
@Roberta,
That's what friends are for. Very Happy
Roberta
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 05:39 pm
@tsarstepan,
You got that right, kid.

http://www.avoidinglife.com/media/birdmouse.jpg
Arella Mae
 
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Reply Sat 16 Oct, 2010 05:47 pm
@Roberta,
Okay, now that is way tooooooooooooooooo cute!
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Irishk
 
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Reply Sun 17 Oct, 2010 02:59 pm
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01739/lion-riding_1739860i.jpg
Kevin Richardson, also known as the Lion Whisperer, plays with two of his lions in their enclosure at the Kingdom of the White Lion park in Broederstroom, near Johannesburg South Africa......A new film, White Lion, is about a rare white lion, who as a cub is cast out of his pride because of his colour. He is near starvation when he befriends an older lion who teaches him the ways of the wild. Richardson, the movie's producer, first befriended a pair of lion cubs at the Lion Park outside Johannesburg 12 years ago, when the cubs were 6 months and he was 23. He began shortening his hours as a therapist in postoperative rehabilitation to play with his new friends. Soon, park owner Rodney Fuhr offered him a part-time job which became full time...
littlek
 
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Reply Sun 17 Oct, 2010 03:29 pm
@Irishk,
Maybe I'm jaded, but all I can think is: that guy is lion lunch meat.
Barry The Mod
 
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Reply Sun 17 Oct, 2010 07:41 pm
@littlek,
Eventualy maybe,but just look at the smile on both their faces.I would pay good money to get that close.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 17 Oct, 2010 09:47 pm
@Irishk,
Littlek may be right. Enjoy yourself while you can, Kevin. Gorgeous big lion.

The biggest of all the felines--the Siberian tiger. Beautiful PCs.

http://desktopnature.com/4814-2/Lounging_+Siberian+Tiger+Pair.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 18 Oct, 2010 04:09 am
Migration time. Snow geese migrating:

http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000l6VHydCpQwU/s/850/snow-geese-V-formation-EdBook4909.jpg
Edit [Moderator]: Image converted to a link
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Francis
 
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Reply Mon 18 Oct, 2010 05:28 am
Moments of tenderness..
http://www.xemanh.net/images/animals/love/animals_in_love_05.jpg
 

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