Beautiful Animals

Asiatic golden cat:





Palomino (quarter horse):

Ooooh! to both of those, Roberta.

Glad you like them, osso. I stumbled onto the golden cat when I was looking for something else.

Exmoor pony and foal:





Blue ring top snail:

Havana brown (domestic cat):





Brown bears:

Anaconda:





Burrowing owls:

Leaf insects look like, well, leaves. There is an insect in this photo:





Leafy sea dragon:

Greater Bilby (critically endangered)

Dadpad, Thanks for the photo of the greater bilby. I assumed that if there was a greater,that there would also be a lesser. Found the following.

BTW, Sorry to hear it's so endangered.

Lesser bilby:

Good morning Roberta
I thought you might like to see the baby racoons. I did not pet them btw.

Thanks mucho, TTH. They're wonderful. And I'm glad to hear that you're keeping your hands to yourself. Relieved too.


Coconut crab:





Mufflon (rare sheep):

Edit: I switched photos. I took a close look at the original picture. It doesn't look real. This one does.

Scottish highlander bull:





Komondor (Hungarian sheepdog):

Hi,

my Name is Linda - i came from Germany.

This Pics are from a German Zoo (2005) (my pics)

roberta - whats the real size from the Coconut crab ?

Hi! Welcome to a2k and to this thread. Do you prefer to be called Linda or grasshopper? Thanks for posting the wonderful photos from the German zoo. The hippo reminds me of an old friend of mine from the Bronx Zoo, and the seal made me think of the seals in the Central Park Zoo. The spider monkey has a sweet face.

Now for your question. The coconut crab is the largest land crab. It's about 9 pounds (4 kg). It's body is 16 inches (400 mm) long. And it has a leg span of about 3 feet (1 m). It is called a coconut crab because it is strong enough to crack open coconuts with its claws. I think it's an amazing looking animal.


Rainbow grasshopper:





Rainbow trout:

A face that only a mother could love.

Aligator snapping turtle (gator snappers)

Granted, dadpad. Not a conventional beauty. But I love it's primitive, prehistoric look. And keep your fingers and toes inside the boat.

Here's a 20lb 'er I found here in NH (not an alligator snapper, just a regular one. Still very prehistoric looking).

Rosborne, Love dat face. Definitely prehistoric. Thanks, kid.

Love these photos. Grasshopper's are fantastic. That's a hippo to cherish....