Beautiful Animals

Neat link about binturongs (I misspelled it on the last post)..

http://members.aol.com/GBearcat/binturongs/

Another napper, Reg. A white tiger. Tres beautiful. Glad I hit on your mantra. Words to live by.

Osso, You're right about the horse. I does look like a cave painting. Thanks for the binturong link. My info was the same but not nearly as light and easy to read. Strange and rare animals.

They can have an old-mannish look:




Or look cute and a bit like seals.




Amazing that a 40-pound animal can hang by its tail.

Queen triggerfish:





Smooth trunkfish:

Kinkajou:





Nilgai:

Three Hummers and a Crab.

Roberta, I hope you won't ever stop posting (I hope everyone keeps posting) here.

Rosborne, Thanks for the exquisite hummers. When I was a kid and I went to the Bronx Zoo, there was an exhibit called the Jewel Box (or something close to that). It contained nothing but hummingbirds. Each an irridescent gem of an animal. Spectacular. And by now you know that I love dem boids.

I can't find the words to tell you how much I LOVE dat crab. Exotic, strange, beautifully colored. Poifect. I wonder how they perceive the world.

littlek, Not stopping. It was a temporary and passing thought. Still having too much fun. Thanks for stopping by.

Pallas cat (aka Manul)--small wild cats of Asia:





Ring-tailed cat:

Schmidt's guenon:

Jes, Thanks. Never heard of these. Looks wonderful. Love the tail. Love the face.

Dragonfly:

Hadn't heard of it. either. I forget what I was actually looking for. Another serendipitous beastie!

Penguins are cute and a bit ungainly on land. But they "fly" under the water:





Fossa (from Madagascar):

Fallow deer:





Spotted cuscus:

Indri:





Dotted sea slug:

I posted photos of a few of my favorite movie/tv animals a while back. Here's another.

Asta (from the Thin Man series):

Great white shark breaching:





Sea anemone:

Flamingos:





Patas monkey:

Polar bear born in Berlin's zoo:

Knut is its name.

Thank you, Francis, for the photo. The cub is wonderful.


Hornbill (I think this variety comes from Borneo):




Orca: