Beautiful Animals

Happy new year, Roberta & Beautiful Animals folk!


A three-day-old rare white kiwi chick at the Mount Bruce national wildlife centre in the Wairarapa region, New Zealand.
Photograph: Mike Heydon/Lisa Sims Limited/EPA

Barry, Thanks from us to Mally (and to you).

Glorious, heartwarming pictures, Irish. Thanks mucho.

dj, The O in the latest B&O is special.

A white kiwi, olga. Wow. Happy New Year to you too.

Awwww!

They are skunks, right?

Right. Cute little stinkers.

Asian crested ibis:

the daily B & O

dj, Outstandingly cute bunny, and heartwarming otters. I almost thudded.

Jumping spider:

kinkajou:

the daily B & O

double aws..

Adult cheetah with a cub in Kenya Masai Mara Reserve. by Nigel Blundell

King of the Hill by ~Caravela

Oh that otter!
Awwwwwww!

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Jumping spiders are interesting characters. They will curiously follow and watch if you work in their territory. Sometimes I play little games with them, such as the time one perched on one of the pipes that passes through a wall, keeping track of my moves. If I waved a hand or anything else in its direction, it ran and hid, but instantly came back. I teased it that way for as long as I worked in that location. I actually became fond of it by then.

dj, So the bunny has a bear, and the otter is taking in some rays. Not gonna get a tan, I suspect.

HH, Is that frog giving us the finger? Hard to tell. With only four fingers, it's not easy to figure out which one is the middle one. That cheetah is my third cousin, twice removed. I didn't even know she was pregnant. The king of the hill pic is a stunner. OMG, the hedgehog has a tree to scale. What are the chances? The tiger pic is gawgeous!

tsar, Wishing the owl well. Wishing you well, too. Thanks for the pic, kid.

edgar, I found a great variety of jumping spiders. The one thing they appear to have in common (in addition to jumping) is their four eyes. Amazing looking animals. And according to you, they like to play peek-a-boo. Who knew? Thanks for the info.

Coatimundi:

Madagascar-Lemur,,,By: arnolouise @ Flickr-Photo Sharing