Beautiful Animals

MJ, you had a hanging dash - at the end of your URL code.

S/he/it was the first person I ever used the 'ignore' function for.

We don't have them around here - wish they would, they are beautiful.....

I'll see if I can dig up the photo I took a couple of years ago. They were in the wild, not a zoo or park.

Bill, I see you found it on youtube--I couldn't (and still can't). So would [youtube] work on non youtube videos if I'd gotten the URL right, or is there some other way to do it?

DSC_0582 copy by hapkido1996, on Flickr

You're an American, right, FBM?

I think you should take this up elsewhere.

really...

Stop being so stupid, Rocky. Mary the Bod started all this and there have been the usual pilers on.

Not sure if I posted this one. It's from a few years ago:


DSCF0018 copy_edited-1 by hapkido1996, on Flickr

Barry, You know that I'm a shepherd fan. Another doozy. I'm gonna pretend not to notice the rest of the discussion. I'm old and tired. I like da dawg. The owl is yet another doozy. What kind is it? Great face.

Bill, Thanks for posting the video of the goats for MJ. Love dem kids. And the video made me laugh. Somewhere there's a photo of me and a kid at the Bronx Zoo. The goat liked me. If I can find it, I'll post it.

FBM, IMO, Mandarins are the most beautiful ducks. Thanks for the great pic. The second pic is stunning. Perfect. You have a great eye.

Speaking of goats, here's a family of markhors:

Thanks, Roberta.

As for that other business, like I said, I use the ignore function.

Not sure how well this qualifies as beautiful in others' eyes: Oriental Beetle - Anomala orientalis

Oh it is beautiful! I feel privileged to see it in such close-up detail - amazing just how intricate the legs and antenna are, and how the different colourways blend into one another.

Glad you like. It's a very different world "down there." I re-evaluate what constitutes beauty at that scale. Maybe not everyone would agree, but...

As E.O.Wilson said, "God must really love beetles, he made so many different kinds of them." (quoted from memory, won't guarantee that's a totally accurate version)

Baby sloth having breakfast

So, I found most of the alpaca photos I posted back in 2010, though I see I took away some on the photobucket site.

A reprise (alpacas can make my day):

http://able2know.org/topic/89445-274#post-3936322

It's simple, Roberta. You wish a political free zone on this thread, ask everyone to abide by your request. It's not like there aren't umpteen billion dog pictures around.