Beautiful Animals

Baby Macaque

More Puffins

Bumpetybumpbump

I said bump goldurn it!

Foot-long Crayfish, Australia

Purple Sea Stars; British Columbia

Blue-tongued Lizard; Australia

Great pics snood!

Black lion, opposite of an albino, melanism, black skin and fur. Beautiful.

I reported the bump problem. This is the response I got:

Thanks for the report. We have seen this happen on numerous topics, and have notified the site developers.

tsar, That fox seems a little over the top to me. This video is a strong reminder that foxes are canids. Love that tail. Thanks, kid.

HH, Wonderful and beautiful pic of the bat. Thanks.

snood, The baby macaque has a great face and expression. I also like its hairdo. Love dem puffins. They have amazing faces. Almost unreal. The very large crayfish seems to have been around the block of few times. A definite survivor. The sea stars are spectacular. Maybe that lizard was eating blueberries or sucking on a lollipop. Actually I've seen pics of these animals and their tongues before. Amazing.

Red and white okenia nudibranch:

Wow, Ceili. Didn't even know such an animal existed. Beautiful, indeed.

Uh oh. Appears this is a hoax...



Photoshopped black lion Photo #1 alongside the original Leopalmerphotography photo that the unknown photomanipulator has used to create it (tumblr.com/Leopalmerphotography.co.uk

Here's another popular one circulating. It appears no such thing exists in nature.



Photoshopped black lion #2 (PAulie-SVK/deviantART.com) with original white lion photograph beneath it (cutehomepets.com)


...and a third...

Man, that sucks. I wondered why I'd never seen one before..
C'est la vie.

S'okay, Ceili - that photoshopping stuff gets trickier everyday.

Here's my version of a Black Lion - my 11 year old LHD cat George:

Some pretty butterfly photos--just because they are such a delight for the eye.






The last photo above is a Red Admiral or Red Admirable. It is also sometimes referred to as "The Butterfly of Doom".

According to Russian lore, the undersides of the wings bore markings that resembled the numbers "1881." Russians came to call the insect the "Butterfly of Doom," and some believe its great numbers "signaled" the beginning of the revolution and the death of the Tsar.

The "Butterfly of Doom" also appears in the writings of Russian-American novelist and lepidopterist, Vladimir Nabokov, who specialized in the study of some small butterflies known as "Blues."

RH, An inquisitive squirrel. Love dem squirrels. Thanks.

Phooey on hoaxes. We've got black jaguars and leopards. And we've got white lions and tigers. Some hoaxy people are never satisfied.

Snood, George looks fine to me. Lion enough.

firefly, Gawgeous bugs. Never met a butterfly that wasn't a beauty. They are a joy to see. Thanks, kid.

There are some extraordinarily beautiful moths. Here's an owl moth:

Brown Pelican Taking Flight

Even though a scavenger, Condors are still awesome in flight

Don't let their cuteness overwhelm your sensory cells in your nasal cavity.