Beautiful Animals

@edgarblythe,

Such wonderful photos! Love, especially, the one of Chloe!

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@ossobuco,

How is Katy?

@vonny,

I don't know...
will go post a bit on the Katy thread in a minute.

Meantime, here's a slide show of horses at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2013/03/charlotte-dumas.html#slide_ss_0=1

Here's one:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/01-CharlotteDumas%2C%20RINGO%2C%20Arlington%20National%20Cemetery%2C%20Arlington%2C%20VA%2C%202012.jpg?_=1362254463921

Oy vey, sorry about the size of the photo. Good thing I'm not posting all eight photos.

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@ossobuco,

Thanks for the update on the Katy thread. And thank you so much for the link to the glorious photographs of horses. Charlotte Dumas seems to have captured the very essence of the animal.

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@ossobuco,

butrfly, Such beauties. A treehouse for a cat. A gawgeous haws. The bunny and cat could be friends.

firefly, Trying not to thud. Adorable piglets and great color and markings on the adults. Have I seen these pigs before? Not sure.

edgar, That's one pushy bird. Great shot. Thanks.

osso, I'm overwhelmed. What great shots. The pic of the swans in the snow takes my breath away. Such beauty. Thanks for them all.

Electric blue jack dempsey cichlid:

http://www.tfhmagazine.com/assets/011/23996_400wh.jpg

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Markhor (wild goat):

http://image.yaymicro.com/rz_1210x1210/0/6fc/markhor-6fcfd1.jpg

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the white horse looks like a hobbit horse--hairy feet.

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Quoll:

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151778690637576&set=vb.32799215298&type=2&theater

Prepare to have your heart melted, (and turn on your speakers).

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@Phoenix32890,

Alas, I have what I hope is a temporary lack of Adobe flash, so I can't see that, Phoe.
Roberta - now I'm going to look up info on Quolls.. striking looking, that one is.

I'll add this one:

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/20/24/53/4279002/0/940x583.jpg

That's from a slide show on the Iditarod.
I've always been somewhat wary about the iditarod, in the same way I get about horse racing (which I tend to love while thinking it is sometimes cruelty). Far as I have read, though, the dogs really like the run, as do horses.

The slide show is at:

http://www.sfgate.com/sports/slideshow/The-2013-Iditarod-Race-begins-57797/photo-4279002.php

Adds, it's a great slide show.

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@ossobuco,

One more of the photos I can't resist posting -

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/20/24/54/4279054/0/940x583.jpg

caption -
Three mushers cross Vera Lake during the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Willow, Alaska. 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away. Photo: Bill Roth, Associated Press

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@ossobuco,

Phoenix, Thanks for the video. My heart needed a good wrenching.

osso, I've always been leery of dog sledding and horse racing. (Even though I've won big at the track.) You're right. These animals are bred to run. And they seem to love it. But it's too damned cold for the dogs. Too damned cold for anything except polar bears.

Speaking of which, a polar bear and a sled dog having some fun:

http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x9126311/polar_bear_ursus_maritimus_investigating_chained_sled_dog_churchill_manitoba_canada_180578.jpg

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Australian wedge-tailed eagle:

http://birdway.com.au/accipitridae/wedge_tailed_eagle/source/image/wedge_tailed_eagle_87583.jpg

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An Ace up his collar: Indonesian retiree Handoko Njotokusumo and his golden retriever Ace zip through traffic during a weekend motorcycle ride in Surabaya, Java.
Photo: Juni Kriswanto, AFP/Getty Images/via sfgate

http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/20/24/62/4279476/0/940x583.jpg

If you think the joint's hopping now at the Mesa Vista Inn Health Center in San Antonio, wait until they take the cuffs off the wallaby. Happy Tails Entertainment brings its animals to the center about once a month to cheer up the seniors.
Photo: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News/via sfgate

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/20/22/12/4268706/0/940x583.jpg

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If I've managed to post it correctly, here's an old one but a good one!

http://www.flixxy.com/soccer-play-dog-vs-deer.htm

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@vonny,

it worked -
wonderful.

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Sorry for being tardy Roberta.Here are some of the jumbo pics,from Amboseli National Park I spoke of....

We were in a 12 seater mini-bus,doing around 10 mph,on the lookout for stuff when,from behind us,came this,at full speed....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/IMG_0026-1.jpg

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/IMG_0027-1.jpg

He/she was running to meet a friend....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/IMG_0028-1.jpg

They walked over to a clump of bushes/trees....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/IMG_0029-1.jpg

and picked up small fallen branches and whacked each other with them....

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/IMG_0030-1.jpg

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These photographs by Alexander Semenov seem to be something out of this world. Actually they are nothing more than very highly magnified photos of the skin of starfish.

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