Beautiful Animals

Black Bear (Cubs), Shute Wildlife Sanctuary, Near Orr, Minnesota by alan/elaine wilson

See the look in his eyes! OR Glazen ogg! - by Tom Kruissink @ footo.nl

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/Photos-of-the-Day/2011/Photos-of-the-day-09-22/(photo)/386982

Harper, a pup born with deformities, but with a beautiful spirit



and her story

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44617504/ns/today-good_news/

what a great face

the daily B & O

Neat!

osso, Loving these pictures. Those Jack Russells are feisty. I like feist. Glad about the adorable red squirrels.

dj, Two confusing pictures. Is that a puppy with the bunny? Does the otter have two heads? What am I looking at? Now I know I was missing for too long. I hit the next B&O. Not at all confusing. An excrutiatingly cute bunny sniffing a slipper and a buoyant otter picking its teeth. Lovely.

Too cute, High Seas. I'm sure that by now, the kittens have homes. I assume that the vet bills have been paid. Of course that might be uncharacteristic optimism on my part.

HH, That seal (sea lion) is plotziferous. What a cute little guy. The lion pic reminds me of an Aesop fable (I think) with the lion with the thorn in its paw. I assume that the human and lion are acquainted. And jeez those felines are big. Those bear cubs have won me over. Can I have one? The photo of the wet bug is positively stunning! A crystalline insect. WOW.

tsar, I have to admit that I'm not a fan of clothing on animals. However, that's a terrific picture. You can usually count on animals for the unexpected.

MJ, Great puppy face. I'm glad the little guy is hanging in.

Recently discovered species of nudibranch:

Sifaka (kind of lemur), photo taken on my home turf--da Bronx Zoo:

It's Zoboomafoo! Leaping off the kids' TV show screen and into real life!

Also from the Bronx Zoo. Waaaah. I wanna go there.

I have yet to patronize that institution of higher animalhood....

That's a Pixar character waiting to happen.

I can't tell you how often I was there when I was a kid--and an adult. I was a member of the Society for many years. Loved members night at the zoo. That's when I got to pet an elephant. The zoo keeper made me promise not to tell. Oops. I just told.

Loved membership night at Lincoln Center. That's when I got to pet an armadillo and a boa constrictor.

Sigh.
Sigh.

the weekend B & O

Thanks for posting Jack.

I didn't want to post another pic of an owl, but this is a Siberian Uhu

No caption, no photographer, lotsa cuteness

dj, Liking those two bunnies a lot. The first otter pic is a good one. Little feisty guy. The second one has me mystified. Is there some kinda beheading about to happen? One otter has its head on the block. The other appears to be praying.

HH, The owl pic is a stunner. The kittens are too much. Glad to see such cuteness. Sometimes a person needs cuteness. I'm in that state now.

Baby meerkats: