Beautiful Animals

Mallards:

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littlek posted a story about a nun in tibet, some great pics on her website, including these two

talking to my uncle the other day, said he had a bunch of trumpeter swans in the field behind his house

if it wasn't so muddy i might have gone looking to get pictures (we were at my cousins house down the road from him yesterday), for now this picture fro wiki will have to suffice

They're no longer classified as "animals"!

Following the completion of their DNA sequencing they're officially "upgraded" to closer relatives. I think Chimpy is now known as "homo troglodytes".

An animal I've long had an affinity for:

Oh I am happy to see you! I really missed your g'nights. Glad you are back.

Everyone I am sorry I have been absent but I was planning JJ's birthday party. The pictures posted are so beautiful. That horse!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Either that is one short woman or that is one big draft horse.

MJ that Maru is a real hoot. I love his videos. Have you ever seen Jupiter the talking Cat on Youtube? You will love it. My favorite is the one about his owner getting the new fish.

High Seas, talking about chimps says

Remember those old "Separated at Birth" comparisons of unlikely pairs of people in similar poses they used to run in newspapers and books?





Rodin's "The Thinker"

hey, chimps, welcome to the family

You don't know the half of it - Kyoto University's Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa claims "his" chimps can do mathematical computations faster than his students:

This is a picture I took of a one day old, pure white donkey in Ireland. Apparently, they are not too common.

HS ?? Which one is claiming what again ?

It gets worse - Prof. Matsuzawa is teaching his chimps to read Japanese:

Link to Kyoto U's Primate Center - didn't make it up, honest! http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Thinking-Like-a-Chimpanzee.html#

dj, Excellent B&O. They never fail. The lambs are beautiful. So is the swan. Looking forward to your pics of swans.

High Seas. I know that chimps have been reclassified. However, I consider humans animals. So chimps gotta fall into that category too. Thanks for all the info. I'm not surprised at their intelligence. I'm sure that even a not-too-bright chimp is better than me in math.

hingehead, I love okapis too. You posted some great pics of them. They're not always easy to find. Thanks.

Ceili, That donkey is beyond wonderful. What a rare sight. Thanks mucho.

firefly, Love dem boids. That's a great picture of owls. Great faces. Thanks, kid.

Eland (the largest of the antelopes):

Strife in the bunny world?

A piping plover takes its four newborns under its wing to keep them warm.
- Photograph: Michael Milicia/Solent News & Photo

A seven-week old baby spider monkey born at Melbourne zoo in Australia.
- Photograph: Alex Coppel/Rex Features

love the okapis and the pondering primates (and msolga's wee peeking primate)

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Um, I think it is caused by eating too many carrots.


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