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Beautiful Animals

 
 
vonny
 
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Reply Sun 9 Jun, 2013 02:36 pm
@tsarstepan,
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vonny wrote:


Lounging sea otter -

 http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/007/cache/sea-otter_703_600x450.jpg


"I once met a lobster whose claws were THIS big! Honestly!"


Or is he conducting an imaginary orchestra?
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vonny
 
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Reply Sun 9 Jun, 2013 02:39 pm
Short-clawed otter. The smallest type of otter in the world -

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/058/cache/small-clawed-otter_5865_600x450.jpg
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Barry The Mod
 
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Reply Sun 9 Jun, 2013 08:09 pm
Enough of the O's already. Here's some B's....
http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/Funny-Cute-Rabbits-Funny-Cute-Rabbit-Picture-007-FunnyPicacom__zps5c2d0d23.jpg

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/rab1_zps246cf047.jpg

http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/rab3_zpsef2983fb.jpg
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sun 9 Jun, 2013 08:28 pm
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s403x403/998757_10151471379116130_965650646_n.jpg
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
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Reply Sun 9 Jun, 2013 08:33 pm
They call this beautiful creature...A "Walking Stick" Simply fascinating...

http://www.mongabay.com/images/malaysia/06/malaysia0332.JPG
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 09:27 am
Watch the first-ever footage of a live 8-foot long oarfish
http://io9.com/watch-the-first-ever-footage-of-a-live-8-foot-long-oarf-512263414?autoplay=1

Skip to about 3:50 to get the first clear view of the rare beastie.
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vonny
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 01:15 pm
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/317/cache/horse-near-mountains_31784_990x742.jpg
BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 01:53 pm
@edgarblythe,
baron caterpillar

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/09/414606645141fa8ba0e9z.jpg
BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 01:54 pm
@BillW,
Emporer Dragonfly

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.urlesque.com/media/2010/09/3851992923e5155a5532z.jpg
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vonny
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 02:04 pm
@BillW,
Strewth - amazing! Took me ages to see the baron catepillar!
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 02:07 pm
@vonny,
That's a megastunner Vonny! Very Happy
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BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 02:16 pm
@vonny,
vonny wrote:

Strewth - amazing! Took me ages to see the baron catepillar!


Does it "think" to a-line the middle line down the back with the leaf?
vonny
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 02:32 pm
@BillW,
Another master of disguise - the mossy leaf-tailed gecko!

http://www.mnn.com/sites/default/files/user-71/gecko.jpg
BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 03:10 pm
@vonny,
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/8/14/15/enhanced-buzz-21967-1344971081-0.jpg
vonny
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 03:14 pm
@BillW,
Ah bless - I want him!
BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 03:23 pm
@BillW,
Dead Leaf Mantis

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_gKQKwLZ8XUs/S-aN1u7hXKI/AAAAAAAACnE/Q_fpj-U2lNg/s800/camouflage-dead-leaf-mantis2.jpg
BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 03:26 pm
@vonny,
Uroplatus Gecko - a little easier to see Wink

http://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/copyrightWrapper/watermark.php?display=true&image=http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gKQKwLZ8XUs/S-aOHuuwsYI/AAAAAAAACn0/ocV99J7RSHg/s800/camouflage-uroplatus-gecko2.jpg
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BillW
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 03:29 pm
@vonny,
vonny wrote:

Ah bless - I want him!


I couldn't see him forever - then, duh, I saw him! Funny!
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roger
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 04:23 pm
@BillW,
BillW wrote:

Dead Leaf Mantis


I would much prefer seeing a live one.
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Debacle
 
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Reply Mon 10 Jun, 2013 07:51 pm
This thread is a seemingly endless string of truly amazing and amazingly beautiful animals.

Here are my particular favorite sorts of beautiful critters.





 

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