Beautiful Animals

http://jacksonholewildlifetours.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/wildlife-red-fox.jpg

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Red fox and kit above. Gray fox and kit below.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/540130210_a2a9ea1df9.jpg

@Roberta,

One can see why so many ancient cultures deemed them members of the heavenly classes (therefore deities of the natural world).

Foxes are quite beautiful.

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@tsarstepan,

I agree, tsar. Here's another--the Arctic fox. A true stunner:

http://cdn.webecoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/arctic-fox.jpg

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Fennec, the smallest of all the foxes. Lives in the desert. The big ears help keep it cool.

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@Roberta,

Do you see the ground nest in the upper left corner of the photograph? Where the great and endangered tennis court vulture laid it's egg?
Laughing

I wonder if this desert fox is a stuffed exhibit in a museum. If this is that kind of exhibit then why does it have a tennis ball in the exhibit as well? I suppose it's in a zoo perhaps?

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@tsarstepan,

Perhaps the true reason it has big ears is so it can hear the "out" call in time.

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So pretty!

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01771/snow-duck_1771503i.jpg

This white duck was snapped coming in to land yesterday against the snow - and all that can be seen are its orange beak and legs and its two black eyes. Photographer and artist Robert Fuller was out near his home in Yorkshire when he spotted the mallard.
Picture: Robert Fuller/BNPS.co.uk

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Canadian Geographic magazine's wildlife photography winners:
http://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/photos/wildlife_contest/category84308.aspx

One of my favourites:

http://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/photos/wildlife_contest/images/390932/500x357.aspx

(That duck is beautiful.)

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Irish, That duck is a beauty, and that's a wonderful photo!

Tai, Brilliant photo, and thanks for the link.

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Hoopoe feeding the kids:

http://www.treehugger.com/hoopoe-nest-opener.jpg

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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01774/snow-flamingo_1774438i.jpg

Flamingos stand in their snow-covered enclosure at the zoo in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. Picture: AFP/GETTY

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@Roberta,

Roberta wrote:

Hoopoe feeding the kids:

What an intriguing looking little bird. Kind of like a chicken with that crown and what beautiful wings.

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@Roberta,

A friend of mine took this picture in England. I told her I was stealing it so I could post it here for you.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1042/snowrobin.jpg

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@Arella Mae,

You need an alibi for this alleged theft of this photograph?
~

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/csm-photo-galleries-images/photos-of-the-day-images/2010/1201/03/9113170-1-eng-US/03_full_600x400.jpg

Quote:

Polar bear cubs Ganuk and Taiga sleep on their mother's back at the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec. They celebrated their first birthday today.

Mathieu Belanger/Reuters

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/Photos-of-the-Day/2010/Photos-of-the-day-12-01/(photo)/3

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@tsarstepan,

Um, no alibi needed! I'm swiping dem bears!

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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01774/penguins_1774454i.jpg

These Macaroni penguins seem to be skiing across a glacier in South Georgia in the southern Atlantic...
Picture: Andy Rouse / Rex Features

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01774/penguin_1774455i.jpg

...However, these are no ski bums; instead they're off to stock up on food after a mammoth babysitting session. After fasting for up to 42 days these Macaroni penguins are taking a run down to the ocean in order to fatten up once again. Macaroni Penguins spend the vast majority of the year at sea, only coming ashore in order moult or mate.
Picture: Andy Rouse / Rex Features

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@Irishk,

Doesn't that look like fun!

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@Irishk,

OK, it is now official. I am the only living organism on this planet that cant ski.....but I tried, I really tried !!! Crying or Very sad

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Arella Mae, I can't condone thievery. On the other hand, thanks for the pic. It's a wonderful bird.

tsar, Lovely bears. Dem polar bears sure a photogenic.

Irish, Glorious photos. I knew that penguins endured great hardship to take care of their young. I didn't know they skied.

Ionus, You're not the only entity on the planet who can't ski. I tried. I really tried.

From one of my favorite places (the Bronx Zoo), a mother and baby lemur:

http://www.mammalz.com/UserFiles/2009/7/24/5%20baby%20lemurs%20born%20at%20the%20Bronx%20Zoo.jpg

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