Beautiful Animals

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I could look it up but thought I'd ask you. Do otters make good pets? I had never thought of an otter being a pet until you started doing the daily B&O. I have fallen hopelessly in love with them. I am so fascinated by what seems to me to be a very friendly personality and ability to express emotion.

osso, Gorgeous kitties--and there's one troublemaker in every crowd. Love dem monkeys. Don't think I ever saw them before.

dj, Great B&O.

Arella Mae, I think you may have to love from afar. First of all, it's against the law in many states to have an otter as a pet. Some states require a license. Second, they are wild animals, and although they can probably adapt to domestication, they are still wild animals. They have been know to kill household pets (cats and dogs). You would need an appropriate enclosure and appropriate food. Pricey.

My personal opinion. They're better left in the wild. But I understand how you could fall in love with them. They're wonderful, complex, intelligent animals. Cute too.

When I was a little Roberta, I wanted one of the below. Yes, in a tenement in the Bronx. I had all the problems worked out. Got a resounding no. I did not give up. I was a determined, creative, resilient, manipulative little Roberta. This was a battle I lost.

Funny ......

A tiny reed warbler feeds an enormous cuckoo chick, thinking it is one of its own babies. The family was captured on camera by wildlife photographer David Tipling near Thetford, Norfolk. He said: "Cuckoos have the ability to lay eggs that closely resemble the coloration of other birds. Once this young cuckoo hatched he would have pushed the other eggs out of the nest and started demanding food. These reed warblers appeared to think the chick was their own - it was just their instinct to look feed it. The cuckoo was three times the size of them but they didn't seem to notice."
Picture: David Tipling/solent

Luv that photo of the blue merle. Bet the one you know is a terrific dog.

I can't imagine anyone denying you an adorable little elephant! That really made me smile.

Oh I wouldn't get an otter. I have a zoo as it is but I fall most in love with the animals that seem to well, show human characteristics is the only way I can think to say it. These otters are just toooooooooooooo cute!

Young black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), Montana, USA -- Beth Davidow/Visuals Unlimited, Inc

Aww those two smooching in the middle are just precious!

Irish, Call child protective services. Dem cuckoos did it again. They don't take care of their own kids. And yet, in a way, they take perfect care of their own kids. Give 'em to good parents who nearly die from exhaustion feeding these giant chicks. Great pic. Thanks, kid.

Prairie dogs. These are cuties.

Narwhals:

Sugar glider:



Sugar glider gliding:

Orange stink bug:

I need a cute fix. I'm prepared with smelling salts and a cushy mat on the floor should I pass out.

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dj, That bunny is a doozy. Never saw a sly looking bunny before.

They're cute, all right. Thud and thud.

Inspired by Bethie - a pink Galah

More thuds.

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these two otter get a room