Beautiful Animals

dj, Like the flop-eared and non-flop-eared bunnies. Especially love that otter. You gotta be quick on the camera button to get a shot like that.

Arella Mae, I googled "beautiful chicken" and then narrowed things down. You just never know what you'll come up with. Glad you like it.

Get that imposter!!!

A falcon attacks a falcon-like kite during the International Kite Festival in Ahmadabad, India.
Picture: AP

Animal trainer Sascha Prehn walks tigress Sina in Berkentin, Germany. Since locals complained, Mr Prehn only takes Sina for walks in less densely populated areas
Picture: PHOTOSHOT

A musher competes in the fouth stage of La Grande Odysee 2011 - an eleven-day race through the Alps, covering some 1,000 km (620 miles).
Picture: AFP/GETTY IMAGES

there's a sledder who lives about a half hour a way from me, i've seen her training her dogs with a wheeled cart (although the last few days she could use a sled), they look so happy running, it's amazing

The one on the right looks a little like Maya from Eight Below

Maybe taking Sina to more populated areas more often would make them less populated.

Attacks? Why not 'chats up'?

So many beautiful animals!

Gorgeous horses..


I've a few days' worth of SFGate photos to add - bear with me.

"Sometimes you have to bite the end before you can peel it. (Macaque, Kam Shan and Lion Rock Country Parks in Hong Kong.)"
Photo: Antony Dickson / AFP / Getty Images




"It's always a little sad in January when the Christmas tree comes down and is torn to pieces by lions. (Animal enrichment program, Chicago's Brookfield Zoo.)"
Photo: Jim Schulz / Chicago Zoological Society




Here's the one -

"Yet she can stare at a tennis balls for hours: Chaser, a border collie owned by retired experimental psychology professor John Pilley in Spartanburg, S.C., might be the smartest dog in the world. Over the last three years, Pilley has taught her proper names for 1,022 objects, all of which she remembers. Human researchers testing her couldn't match her memory skills and had to label the items in order to recall the names."
Photo: Mark Olenki / AFP/Getty Images



More in a bit.

Those are great! I love the baby monkey.

"Snow bound: It rarely snows in Decatur, Ala., which explains why Rodalfa the boxer is jumping for joy."
Photo: Jeronimo Nisa / The Decatur Daily




"Monterey Bay Aquarium welcomes a new pair of tiny flippers: Fresh out of the egg, this baby African blackfooted penguin chick will remain with its parents through the end of January. It will then be moved behind the scenes to become more acclimated to people."
Photo: Aimee Greenebaum / Monterey Bay Aquarium




OK, that's it. I don't, contrary to what you might think, show every animal photo I run across...

That boxer looks like he is having a blast and that little penguin is off the cuteness chart.

Check this out! He thinks he is being scary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAo09yYOpCU&NR=1

This is a harmless little creature AM.
http://www.australianfauna.com/frillednecklizard.php

He, or she, looks devilish..

Ossobucco you may have him mixed up with this little fellow:

Thorny Devil.

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/Photos-of-the-Day/2011/Photos-of-the-Day-01-12/(photo)/331071

I watched two of those mate at a zoo in Alice Springs - I scratched the 'T' off the sign....

Heh, one of our cats use to play, roughly, with a frilly - until it got to a certain size and bit him - then he left it alone.