Beautiful Animals

Brown Bear Reportedly Heading for Germany
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,827167,00.html
I wonder if I should also include this headline and article link in the headlines that sound like they came from the Onion thread....

Not a caterpiller

Barry, I'm beginning to think there's a conspiracy among the people on this thread to bump me off. Slowly and subtly. Look at dem ears in the snow. Magnifico. Love each and every one of them. Thanks muchisimo, kid.

dj, Is the first bunny a train worker? I hope he doesn't get run over. The second bunny pic is perfect. And wonderful. And sleepy/beautiful otters. Muchas gracias.

Hey, tsar, Hope they don't kill another bear. Why can't they just relocate them? Oy. Thanks for the pic.

HH, A buncha birds all lined up. Outstanding shot. Grazie.

Formosan blue magpie:

Just love that face. And those bat ears!

Here's one very happy Columbian Army narcotics K9 and his team,name unknown....

tsar, Glad you like dem ears.

Hey, Colombian canine. Good boy and good job. A real beauty, Barry.

Bongo, large and rare African antelope:

Please, no red type. Much harder to read (there's a reason books use black ink). Even blue links, tho it's probably too late to change them, can be hard to read at times.

Sorry you're having a problem MJ.

Peninsula rock agama:

pay no attention to this postI was trying to figure out how to embed a non-youtube video. it didn't work.

I am totally ignoring your post.

MJ, What post? And phooey. Curious about the video. I guess I should say, Unphooey. Not curious about the nonvideo not mentioned in your nonpost.

Humpback grouper:

Love the dog photographs you post, Barry.
But I'm also curious.
Do you have some sort of connection with or special interest in the army?
I hope it's OK to ask?

No connection whatsoever.I just want to appreciate the often unsung job they do on our behalf.Their handlers may be volunteers but they aren't.

B's & O's

I explained this a while back.The red will fade to pink,and if you've had a couple of friends affected by the Big C,you too will always think pink .

Pictured is an MOD search dog,name unknown, trained in detecting explosives.The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) has one of the largest Dog Sections of all British Police Forces. General Purpose (GP) Police Dogs and their handlers are deployed at 23 Dog Sections across the United Kingdom. The GP teams are trained and licensed in accordance with the National Police Dog Assessment Model. Selected teams will undertake further training to enable them to deploy in a tactical firearms support role alongside firearms officers. The Force operates several classifications of specialist search dogs which are deployed to search and indicate the presence of explosives and drugs, as well as firearms. All dog teams within the Force Dog Section undertake regular Refresher Course and Continuation Training which is delivered by accredited instructors.





Just a little closer please....

Thanks for explaining, Barry.

Opposable thumbs rock

Another example of animals using tools.