Beautiful Animals

Apparently Buttermilk has gone viral

Dat's one cute reptile, HH. Thanks. I think that goat is just a tad hyper.

Giraffes on the move:

Thai Navy sailors carry a 15-year-old Hawksbill turtle into the sea at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center of the Royal Thai Navy, in Sattahip, Chonburi province, east of Bangkok August 1, 2012. About 980 endangered green and Hawksbill sea turtles were released.

Bet they just love wading around in those freshly pressed whites.

Miniature Sicilian Donkey

Go turt. Thanks for this one, Barry.

HH, Thud.



I'm okay.

From West Yellowstone National Park

c.i., Great pic. Thanks. I think you posted it a few days ago. No problem with a rerun of a gawgeous animal.

A normally secretive, nocturnal hunter, an American mink on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, approaches the photographer in an unusual display of confidence.
Photograph: Martyn Lewis/Rex Features

Wonderful pic, olga. The coloring of the rock is beautiful, and the mink is a cutie.

Aardvark:

Newborn baby mouse lemur, at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC, USA

http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries/Photos-of-the-Day/2012/Photos-of-the-Day-08-02/%28photo%29/533780


This photograph is BEGGING for a caption!

Oh and Roberta, that owl is absolutely STUNNING! And he's so kind as to shield his captured prey from our sensitive eyes with a clod of snow. Now that's thoughtful!

WATCH OUT! INCOMING MORTAR ROUND OF UTTERLY DEVASTATING CUTENESS! TAKE COVER!








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HH, Love to see dem giraffes on the move. It's amazing to me that they exist let alone can move with such grace and speed. The mouse lemur is beautiful. Thanks mucho for both pics.

tsar, Those are lion cubs. They look kinda grown up to me. Can't come up with an appropriate caption, but I suspect that if lions were inclined to eye-rolling, the lion on the left would be rolling. Unlike eagles, which are only too willing to dangle any prey animal in full sight as they fly, owls are more sensitive to photographers and always try to be discreet. Thanks for the cuteness warning. Some people just dump cuteness upon me and don't give a damn if I thud. You're a very thoughtful guy. The pic is great, and the monkey has won my heart.

Speaking of cute, baby red pandas:

Here's a hedgehog baby for you Roberta. Have a nice weekend!

Young seal "Fips" looks out of a tub at the seal nursery in Friedrichskoog, northern Germany. The animal was found at a shipyard in Hamburg at the beginning of July and was brought to the nursery in Friedrichskoog. Photograph: Daniel Bockwoldt/AFP/Getty Images

This was taken in NE India in 2008.

Looks like baby hedgehogs have bad dreams, too.