Beautiful Animals

I don't have a right click (mac, old mouse). I did have a mac mouse with a right click once, but it deactivated itself.

Nada. Why not draw us a picture, Diane.

osso, I used to live about half a block from Carl Schurz Park. Nice to see dem bulldogs marching along the promenade.

Morning New York....


If a camel ride doesn't appeal, visitors to Giza can take in the Great Pyramids and surrounding sites astride an Arabian horse.

G'night.

Barry, I love the horse in the desert pic. However, I lost consciousness over the kitten under the dog's ear pic. Unbelievably adorable. Thanks mucho for them both.

Found a bunny pic of my own. Too cute to pass up. dj, I hope you don't think I'm invading your territory.

no otter yesterday, so doubling down on the bunnies makes perfect sense

Bearded dragon:

finally figured out how to unlock the pictures from a couple of screen savers i have, so i now have about 700 bird pictures at my fingertips

so

expect some bird pics soon

Sulphur Breasted Pipit


Thick Billed Weaver

Yellow Headed Blackbird


Yellow Shouldered blackbird

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video snippets of Ollie the Sea Otter at the Aquarium of the Pacific.

dj, You know I love dem boids. Can't have too many boid pics. I enjoyed the ones you posted, and I'm looking forward to the remaining 696.

The B today is GAWGEOUS. The O today is wonderful. You're having a good day, kid, and making it a good day for the rest of us. Mercy bow coo.

Eagle rays:

A lion managed to go hungry after the waterbuck it had cornered managed to give it the slip. The missed opportunity can be blamed on the lion's scaredy-cat attitude. After stumbling across the male waterbuck knee-deep in a lake in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, the lion spent a few perplexed moments studying its potential prey. Finally deciding to make a move, the lion extended a tentative paw towards the large horned creature...

...The waterbuck responded by lowering its horns and waving them menacingly in front of the startled big cat. Just to make sure it had got the message, the waterbuck then charged the lion headfirst. With the fearsome horns coming towards it the lion clearly decided it wasn't that hungry, and bolted.

...The migration is a famous annual event in which the wildebeest also have to contend with lions waiting for them on the other side. On this occasion it was the scaly predator who claimed victory over the wildebeest, killing four of them.
Picture: Paolo Torchio / Solent

On a lighter note, here's the famous Einstein again...showing his cute little self off in New York City...

Einstein, the world's smallest horse, visits Good Morning America in Times Square, New York, with owner Charlie Cantrell and Dr Rachel Wagner.
Picture: JAMES AMBLER / BARCROFT USA

Has the waterbuck actually gored the lion with the right horn ? I think I see a red line that might be a wound .....

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From Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes

A water vole jumps from a rock into the water. Photographer Terry Whittaker has documented water voles for nine years. Conservationists are trying to boost their numbers in the British countryside.
Picture: Terry Whittaker / Solent

Four white Bengal tiger cubs are held by zoo keepers at the Safari-Park Stukenbrock in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany. The rare cubs were born on Valentine's day.
Picture: AP

Wings outstretched and talons exposed, relations between bald eagles can get pretty raw when salmon is on the menu. Photographer Ray Morris has captured the stunning aerobatic manoeuvres of the birds of prey tussling over salmon-rich territory. His amazing shots show eagles being almost forced onto their backs as attackers gain an aerial advantage.

Rich pickings: One of the eagles bares her claws as she tries to force her rival to drop her catch at the Nooksack River in Washington.