Beautiful Animals

Lobster Moth Caterpillar (Black Phase)

Male chimp being groomed.

orphaned parrot

Peter Garrett!

Barry, The large and small PCs with respective progeny warm the cockles of my heart. My cockles needed a good warming. Thanks.

HH, Is it possible that this many squirrels can be in the same place at the same time? An amazing shot. I'm especially enamored of the ham toward the bottom. Thanks. (BTW, I had to look up Peter Garret. The bird bears no resemblance.)

vonny, Didn't know that baby otters can't swim. Thanks for the pic and the info. Love chimps. I think we can learn a lot about ourselves by learning about them. Thanks for the pic.

rosborne, In a woid, Thanks, kid.

edgar, Thanks for the touching photo. Hoping the best for that bird.

Stalked medusa Haliclystus californiensis (newly discovered species):

Oh I love this photo - poor little creature, it's so tiny and vulnerable. The sort of picture that makes you stretch out to help the little darling!

A lot of things are cuter when they're young.

A cheetah scans for steenbok from the top of a dune.

Oh, gee..

Amazon milk frog. Photo was previously uploaded to the Internet by Timeline Photos.

Sejoli Cinta Photo by Heri Wijaya

Thank you for this topic.

The fisherman Photo by Amnon Eichelberg

vonny, Glorious cheetah pic. That could be my cousin twice removed Samantha. A little closer shot, and I could have been sure.

Reg, Great pic. I've seen many tiger pics. This made me think of the Blake poem. Why? Dunno.

Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

HH, Sorry, I don't have a frog poem. But that is one doozy amphibian. Thanks. Love the butterflies. A stunner.



I sometimes think of this thread as an oasis. You're welcome for the thanks, jes. Thinking of you.

Fiery-throated hummingbird:

Lions, Tigers, & Other Big Cats Playing With Boxes
http://laughingsquid.com/lions-tigers-other-big-cats-playing-with-boxes/

Lovely video! Great to see them play.

tsar, Loved this. I mean LOVED it. Thanks mucho. What a guy.

Harvest mouse climbing a dandelion....

Picture by Matt Binstead.

Oooh - I'm going to have to ask for thud alerts, like Roberta, if people keep posting pictures of darling little orphaned parrots and beautiful little harvest mice - ah bless, such a darling!