Beautiful Animals

Some pissed off animals:

brains are beautiful

LOL! He even put his foot down when he was on the red sledlike thing to make it go. Amazing!

Cute alert! Baby cheetahs. (from NPR)

Look at that face!

Oops! Those were big! Here's a link to a video of momma cheetah and her cubs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalzoo/5354956916/
You can find more shots from the National Zoo there as well.

Thanks MonteryJack! That display of athletic and spatial intelligence was incredible!

And thanks Littlek for the overdose of cute cheetah cubs!

the daily B & O

A family dog faces off against a fox in Lisiki, Russia on Wednesday (January 26).

Maxim Kurguzov, aged 10, was playing outside when the fox crossed a frozen lake and set upon the family’s chickens - killing one before turning on the boy.

Shrek, the family’s dog, gallantly leapt to Maxim’s rescue, fending off the intruder with a series of bites to the head.

Dad Alexey, a professional photographer, ran outside to grab his son before picking up his camera and snapping the stand off, which lasted 25 minutes.

An eight-year old tiger named Girl lies on an operating table to be prepared for surgery at the University Leipzig, Germany. Veterinarians succesfully implanted a hip joint prothesis in the animal. The Malayan Tiger suffered from arthrosis and lameness. According to the University, it was the world's first hip joint prothesis transplantation in a tiger. Picture: EPA

Jan 28, 2011
A Japanese macaque bathes in the hot spring of Jigokudani Monkey Park in the mountains in Yamanouchi-town, east of Nagano, central Japan. About 160 macaques inhabit the park. They are also known as "snow monkeys."

- AP Photo/ Hiro Komae

You go, girl!

Anelia, a female hippopotamus and her younger companion Hugo, who is 44 years her junior, started to mate recently, feeding hopes for the Warsaw zoo, that they may be expecting it's first baby hippo in many years.

Do female hippos go through menopause? And is a 44+ year old female hippo a cougar?

she would be a HILF, I believe...

Did anybody see this erect walking Gorilla on the TV news during the week, fascinating.

that tiger is a beautiful cat, hope the operation is a success

What have I started? Even the otters were at odds with each other. And the dog and the fox. Of course the beautiful cheetah babies and the bunny make up for it. Also, the hippos. Is romance in the air?

I've seen that squirrel before--following that path to get a few nuts. For goodness sake, put the nuts on the ground and give the rodent a break. Great to see how smart it it, though, isn't it?

Wishing the tiger well.

Love dem snow monkeys. There's a wonderful snow monkey exhibit in Central Park. Friends have had to drag me away.


Dutchy, Arella Mae posted this.



Pangolin mother and baby:

Wild camels:

http://www.johnnywander.com/comics/170