Beautiful Animals

Jockey Robby Albarado, riding Animal Kingdom #16 crosses the finish line on way to winning the 137th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7, 2011 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Travis Lindquist/Getty Images / May 7, 2011)




Pretty horse..

the story here: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-kentucky-derby-20110508,0,5292292.story

Nice finish..

Newly named tiger stingray...... a freshwater type.

Tres chic an animal!

C'est vrai! Et tres interessant, aussi.

Mais bien sur!

A couple more military working dogs....

U.S. Military Member Mike Forsythe, and his dog, Cara, break the world record for "highest man/dog parachute deployment" by jumping from 30,100 feet in this undated image released by the Canadian company "K9 Storm Inc."


A military working dog outfitted with its own equipment and light heads up the steps of a building in this undated handout image from the Canadian company "K9 Storm Inc." Military Working Dog locating target in building search in zero light conditions. The K9 Storm Intruder provides real time video feed back to the operator through multiple fortified barriers. Intruder night vision capabilities adjust automatically to various light conditions for optimal high resolution video. The New York Times and other United States media have reported that a military canine accompanied Navy SEAL Team Six commandos into a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in a raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

That jockey business looks pretty athletic, come to think of it.

Nice horse.

dj. I think I've made another decision. Bunnies with stick-uppy ears may be cuter than bunnies with floppy ears. Not 100 percent sure. What kinda thing is that otter in?

osso, Thanks for the Derby news and video. If I'd been at the track, I probably would have bet on the winner. Why. The name. I'm good with names.

littlek, The tiger stingray is GAWGEOUS. Gawgeous, I tell ya. Thanks for posting the pic. (wow) Do I gotta talk in Francais now? You gonna make me?

Barry, Is that dog jumping out of a plane. Another, but different kind of, thud may be on its way. Love to see working dogs--but not flying ones.

Hey, happy mother's day all you mothers out there:

Thanks Roberta for the day appropriate and cute mother and baby animal photos!

Glad you like 'em, tsar.

Having fun looking for pics.

A three-month-old bear cub stands on its hind legs at the zoo in Stavropol, Russia.
Picture: AFP/GETTY

A cockchafer sits on a flower in a garden in Fuerstenwalde, northeastern Germany.
Picture: AFP/GETTY

A northern red fox walks with a living dace in its mouth past overwintering Japanese red-crowned cranes at Kushiro, Japan.
Picture: EPA

Akasha, a two-year-old female Bengal tiger, swims after a chunk of meat thrown into her pool at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California.
Picture: REUTERS

A massive crocodile and a protective mother hippopotamus lock jaws in a titanic battle in the Shire River, in the Liwonde National Park, Malawi. The reptile burst out of the shallows, jaws open, lunging towards a hippo and her calf. At first it looked like the reptile had the upper hand, but the hippo sent the scaly intruder packing bloodied and bruised.
Picture: ARNAUD GERMAIN / CATERS NEWS

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