Beautiful Animals

I saved their photos, but can't remember if this one is Dora or Diego. Just look at that face, though! I think they were born in February. First ones in over 10 years!

Morning New York.This looks like a normal Laby cross...


Her name is Sarbi and is something special.Here's her story....
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8233173/Brave-army-dog-Sarbi-wins-Purple-Cross

G'night.

tsar, Glad you like the bird. Tanagers are spectacular. One after the other. All beautiful. The red is especially appealing, I think.

dj, The bunny in the pot surpasses cute. We're getting to a whole new level here. I'm not worried it's in a pot. The second bunny is a beauty. The otter pic reminds me that otters are wild predators. Look at those teeth.

Irish, Two breathtaking photos--the stork on the chimney and the herons in midair. Wow. Also the little wolves ain't bad either. What faces.

k, Glad to hear that the sharks are not bothered by the spines or the venom. Of course, that's what the scientists say. What do the sharks have to say? We'll never know. Thanks for the eagle nesting site. I'll have to look after sun-up.

edgar, Such a sweetie. Thanks mucho.

Barry, I watched a video of Sarbi getting her medal. Amazing story. Thanks. Also thanks for the new-level cute g'night pic.

Golden-hooded tanager:



Sunbittern:

if anyone missed it, the H20 man family got a new puppy, a cockapoo named Gracie, here's a link to the post with video of the pup and a couple of pics of their cats as well
http://able2know.org/topic/170346-1#post-4564248

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A young squirrel gently holds the stem of a dandelion and sniffs the flower. Photographer Ken Haley took the picture in his back garden at his home in Eugene, Oregon. He said: "I had never seen a squirrel doing that, and I knew I had captured a special image. I think this is a young squirrel which may be sniffing the dandelion to see if he wanted a quick snack. But in this case, after holding it for a few seconds, he let go and went off to look for something else to eat."
Picture: Ken Haley/solent

Made me laugh...

A visitor reacts as a rainbow lorikeet lands on her head at the new lorikeet feeding station at Longleat Safari park, Wiltshire.
Picture: James Dadzitis / SWNS.com

dj, Thanks for the link to Gracie. What a cutie, especially with the toy mouse. Let me get this straight. The bunny, disguised as a frog, is playing the keyboard?! Love the otter. Great alert face.

Irish, The squirrel pic is a treasure. Sigh. The boid pic is a different kind of a treasure. Relax lady, it's just a boid. I remember when my parakeet used to land on my head. She liked yanking on hair. I was unfazed. Thanks for both pics.

Speaking of avians in the parrot family, here are hyacinth macaws:



Hooded parrots (this pic made me laugh):

So did this:

Roberta, I can see the dinosaur lineage in that Sunbittern bird.

Dj? In some countries, that bunny frog costume would be considered a war crime. I do too. Someone should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for this heinous act against rabbithood kind.

Irishk, it's good to know that some squirrels have refined taste. He's a foodie!

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On March 16th, a healthy baby Giraffe was born at the Shanghai Zoo, their second calf of 2011. Since she was born on a bright cloudless day, keepers named the calf "Sunny," making her the second baby at the zoo with an English name. Perhaps due to her particularly tall father, Sunny measured an impressive 194 cm when she stood up shortly after birth.
Photo credits: Shanghai Zoo

I was just looking between Sunny's ears. Are those horns? Will they straighten out as she gets older?

the daily B & O

todays bunny is helping(?) in the garden

todays otter is feeling pretty smug about his clean face

Dearest Boida

hmmmm... been thinking about you so much and wish I could post here more often

meantime - someone always inspires me to retain my peace - so I have some special pics I took a few days ago... have so many for y'all and but my means of communicating is difficult these days and I hesitate...

anyhoo



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aye aye!

tsar, The minute I read that you could see dinosaur lineage in the sunbittern, a small lightbulb (maybe only 25 watts) went off in my head. You're right. That bird has reptilian characteristics--with its wings out and when they're folded close to the body. You hawkeye you.

Irish, Little Sunny is a beauty. Wecome to the world (such as it is), Sunshine.

Arella Mae, Answers to your questions: yes and yes. The horns are still soft and rounded from the baby being in the womb.

dj, I don't think bunnies really know about or care about damning evidence. Hey, bunny. What you been eating? A cutie. I totally agree with you about the otter--smug.

Hiya Iz, Thanks for the glorious pictures. You been hanging out with owls and otters? Beauties all. Is that yellow eye the eye of a wolf? Love that dog face.

Bird of paradise, mating dances. Brace yourself.

Sorry I don't know how to post a video directly here. Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS1tEnfkk6M

nice

if you want to post the video you have to do it manually, like this


and you get this

it's the owls eye <hairy eyeball... or feathered eyeball >

yep, hanging out with critters, lots of them - so much more less complicated than humans I'm gonna capture something precious for you tomorrow Boida... yer gonna be thudding!