Beautiful Animals

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Oh! now that's neat!

From today's Guardian photos of the day:

A Himalayan black bear cub in a wildlife park in Primorye, Russia.
Photograph: Smityuk Yuri/ITAR-TASS Photo/Corbis




A stork catches a frog in its beak the river Danube, Serbia.
Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP




A dog sits in a Triumph TR6 built in 1976 at the Classic World Bodensee car fair at the fairground in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Photograph: Felix Kaestle/dpa/Corbis

wow.

Found Soul, I've encountered ferrets. Lively but good pets. Thanks for the action pic.

Debacle, If somebody mistakes a ferret for a toy poodle, he gets what he deserves--be it ferret or poodle.

Barry, Why is a goose worried about being an ugly duckling? Animals is confusing.

c.i., El perro es cubano. Muy interesante. Gracias.

tsar, Hitchhikers everywhere.

osso, Three good 'uns. The stork doesn't have the firmest of grasps on the frog.

vonny, What a stunning photo. Quiet, peace, beauty. Sigh.

Reg, Holy moley. Major league beautiful. Love dem wolves. Thanks kid.

Hey New York,thems gooses is swans.Hans Christian Anderson.The ugly duckling. Danny Kaye has a great vid on Youtube.Do a google ;-)

I think that that is an absolutely stunning shot R.P.

London, Are you suggesting that I don't know the story of the Ugly Duckling? Get real. The problem was that I mistook swans for gooses. Are you sure those are swans? They look like geese to me. I've met both species in person.

Swan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whooper_Swan

As long as beauty is subjective, here's a Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle I saw this weekend:

The first image is an Embden goose, the second is the swan from Wilkopedia - both pretty similar?

Here's a moth I found on my wall yesterday. The moth is very small, about the size of a dime.


Red Fringed Emerald Moth:
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Go see your Optician ;-)

Nice Norwegian fox :-)

FBM, The beetle looks fine to me. A little wet, but fine. Thanks.

vonny, The goose looks goosey, and the swan looks swanny. Am I being difficult? Great fox and cheetah pics. Thanks, kid.

rosborne, The moth is a stunner. Thanks mucho.

Reg, I tell ya. Kids these days. Even a lion can't get any peace.

Pitohui, a venomous bird. Yes, a venomous bird:

I wouldn't be surprised if this has been posted somewhere in this forum. I'm posting it here because dem dawgs is amazing--and beautiful. The sheep ain't bad either. The people? Eh.