Beautiful Animals

A happy horse....

Bump....

Double bump....

You clever boy, you.

Bump, hump.

It worked.

"I've had enough bomb and drug sniffing for one day.Time to relax"....

Barry, Love dem water dogs. Labs with webbed feet.

Astor, a military working dog with the Provost Marshal’s Office, waits for his reward at the Provost Marshal’s Office aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Dec. 4. When a dog finds a scent, he is rewarded with praise or with a toy.

Ode to Sir Barry. Patron saint of working dogs and horsies!


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From the Guardian's This Week in Wildlife:

A titi monkey peeks through a wall at the home of the Aguero and Romero family in the Carro Cue settlement near Curuguaty, Paraguay.
Jorge Saenz/AP




A worker from the Belarus emergencies ministry tries to catch a sick swan near Shvaby, some 59 miles north of Minsk. The bird had to be shifted to an unfrozen lake in the capital.
Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images




Wolves play at the 'Schwarze Berge' (black mountains) animal park, south of Hamburg, in Rosengarten, Germany. Over a thousand animals live at the park with an area of 50 hectares.
Axel Heimken/EPA




An oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) rests on a tree trunk at the 'Schwarze Berge' (black mountains) animal park, near Hamburg in Rosengarten, Germany.
AXEL HEIMKEN/EPA




In Montana, a judge has halted wolverine trapping pending the outcome of a lawsuit that seeks to end the harvest of an animal that numbers fewer than 300 in the Northern Rockies. The order came a day before the state's season on wolverines was to open.
Jörn Friederich/Alamy




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From the Guardian's This Week in Wildlife:

A titi monkey peeks through a wall at the home of the Aguero and Romero family in the Carro Cue settlement near Curuguaty, Paraguay.
Jorge Saenz/AP




A worker from the Belarus emergencies ministry tries to catch a sick swan near Shvaby, some 59 miles north of Minsk. The bird had to be shifted to an unfrozen lake in the capital.
Viktor Drachev/AFP/Getty Images




Wolves play at the 'Schwarze Berge' (black mountains) animal park, south of Hamburg, in Rosengarten, Germany. Over a thousand animals live at the park with an area of 50 hectares.
Axel Heimken/EPA




An oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) rests on a tree trunk at the 'Schwarze Berge' (black mountains) animal park, near Hamburg in Rosengarten, Germany.
AXEL HEIMKEN/EPA




In Montana, a judge has halted wolverine trapping pending the outcome of a lawsuit that seeks to end the harvest of an animal that numbers fewer than 300 in the Northern Rockies. The order came a day before the state's season on wolverines was to open.
Jörn Friederich/Alamy




A torrentes duck (Mergameta armata), in the Vilcanota river near the archaeological complex of Machu Picchu, Peru. The area has more than 400 species of birds and the world's largest concentration of native orchids in their natural habitat, with 372 species.
Paolo Aguilar/EPA

Love that Wolf osso.

Yeah, me too..
Also the wolverine.

those cowdogs are hard workers....
http://www.tammyscowdogs.com/

Odd looking tree trunk. Twice.

Barry, Praise, shmaise. Give the dog a steak. (What a beauty.) Cow dogs are hard workers, no doubt. But let's face it. All working dogs appear to be hard workers. Thanks for the pics.

tsar, bubbele, I'm not a big fan of rodeos, but that's a good shot of ole Lyle. Thanks.

osso, Some great pics here. I'm a major wolf and wolverine fan. Those wolves are playing? I'll stick with yo-yos. Thanks, kid.

I decided to post a photo of the world's fastest fish. Controversy prevails. Some say the sailfish. Some say the marlin. Some say the tuna. Here's a pic of a sailfish:

Mouflon (wild sheep):

Hares, Italy

Praying Mantis, Virginia

Hawksbill Turtle, Barbados

Bathing Parrot