Beautiful Animals

@ossobuco,

Speaking of cats...these kittens have an extra 18 toes between them! From today's UK Telegraph...

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02104/polydactyl-kittens_2104803i.jpg

@Irishk,

Oh! too cute. I wonder if those paws are more useful or more troublesome for them.

@ossobuco,

My late lamented Mikey had six extra toes. One extra on each front foot and two extra on each back foot.

The extra toes on the back feet didn't seem to make any difference. However, on more than one occasion, I saw him using his extra toe on his front feet as a kind of thumb--for holding small objects.

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@Roberta,

Ahhhhh, reminiscing about the book, "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. Enzo, the dog, wished he had thumbs. . .

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@msolga,

Hey Olgs - If you ever think about trying on a new avatar for while - I think this guy has got the goods!

msolga wrote:

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I continue my pursuit of great mutt faces:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aR1INl2OL-Y/TcqpouJSKnI/AAAAAAAAMSA/tBS97QABSYs/s400/670px-Terrier_mixed-breed_dog.jpg

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Blue -

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/66741029094cbe990be2b.jpg

Marine's Best Friend
U.S. Marine Lance Cpls. Matthew Scofield (left), 19, from Syracuse, N.Y., and Jarrett Hatley, 21, from Millingport, N.C., a squad automatic weapon gunner and an improvised explosive device detection dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, rest next to Hatley’s dog Blue after clearing compounds with Afghan National Army soldiers during Operation Tageer Shamal (Shifting Winds) here, Jan. 4.

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http://pixdaus.com/pics/1326292522NQTiuzg.jpg

Scallop, Gulf of Mexico : Blue Spots Are Its Eyes

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http://pixdaus.com/pics/1326292800LIKHaK2.jpg

Pacific Rainbow Squid : Hidoshi Nakamura

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http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/viewfolderId7messageIdMjk4NVRhG21hZ.jpg

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@hingehead,

So I'm out of the house for the first time in weeks, and what happens? I'm overwhelmed with gorgeousity. I should go out more often.

Barry, That is one helluva picture. Thanks, mucho.

HH, The scallop is beautiful. Are you sure those are eyes and not jewels. Spectacular, kid. The squid is beyond belief. That's real animal? Gawgeous. The little deer is dear. Thanks muchisimo.

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So when do you think this thread will hit 600,000 views. Holy moley.

No cash prizes will be awarded.

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@Roberta,

Quote:

No cash prizes will be awarded.

To quote Lucy Van Pelt:
"What's the point of doing anything if there's no prizes?"

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@hingehead,

Sigh. Some pipples is mighty pushy.

OK. For the person who wins, I will post a photo of a beautiful animal. How's that for novelty--and motivation.?

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@Roberta,

This is the smallest vertebrate known to-date: an adult frog in Papua New Guinea. Gives new meaning to the expression "turning on a dime":

http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/396/223/Frog.jpg

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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02107/tiger-snow_2107060i.jpg

Khan, a two-year-old male rare Bengali white tiger, licks snow inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk
Picture: REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

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the yester and todaily B & O

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http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxoxhwkWIq1qzs75go1_500.jpg

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@hingehead,

wow

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@djjd62,

The first otter reminds me somehow of Theodore Roosevelt. How's that for anthropomorphizing?

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@ossobuco,

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/csm-photo-galleries-images/photos-of-the-day-images/2012/0112/12/11443402-1-eng-US/12_full_600x400.jpg

Quote:

American volunteer Torrey Utne of Boston, feeds a seal at the Pieterburen seal creche, north of the town of Groningen, northern Netherlands. Storms that have lashed the Dutch coast this year have created a wave of orphaned baby seals. An existing Pieterburen seal rehabilitation and research center (SRRC) near the northern city of Groningen has been so inundated with pups and older seals in recent weeks it has erected a temporary tent to house them while they are nurtured back to health before being returned to the wild.

Peter Dejong/AP

http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/Photos-of-the-Day/2012/Photos-of-the-Day-01-12/%28photo%29/426170

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