Beautiful Animals

FBM, You keep wondering whether the insect pics you post are beautiful. IMO, they are. The photos are spectucular and give us the opportunity to see very small things very clearly. The antennae on that beetle made me smile. Thanks mucho.

edgar, Thanks for the video. I had a hard time seeing what was going on. Very dark. But I got the gist.

osso, Glad you found the photo. Graceful and beautiful animals. Thanks.

vonny, IMO PCs reign in the beautiful mammal department. This one is lovely. Peaceful. Thanks. The cat on the turtle pic looks very familiar. Maybe I saw it on another thread. Great shot. I guess the kitten isn't in a hurry.

Another great dog face. Reminds me of my late lamented cousin Timmy:

FBM, I particularly like you zoning in on y'er buggies at different levels. Really terrific. Especially that last beetle.
I happen to not like spiders and need to gird my sensibilities with those pics, but I'm learning.

Srsly: venezuelan poodle moth



Faked one doing facebook

Not an owl expert but I reckon it's a Great Gray Owl....
http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?genus=Strix&species=nebulosa

Glad you enjoy! I'm not a big spider fan when it comes to anything other than taking pictures of them. I'm surprised that zooming in on them hasn't given me nightmares, actually. I'll try to hold back on the spidey shots, unless it's maybe something cute, like those tiny jumping spiders (Salticids).

@ Roberta: I'm also glad you enjoy them. Thanks, as always.

One of Australia's smallest marsupials, the 4 gram Planigale

As Farmerman basically told Osso, stick it where the sun don't shine, Jack.

Many years ago. The children's zoo at the Bronx Zoo. I'm the kid on the right.

Today's haul in and around the local rice paddy:

Putting on the dog.

Oh, don't feel like you need to hold spider shots back. I need to grow a backbone, long as they're not climbing up my leg, that is.

OK. Good to know. I don't intent to creep people out.

Love those flies, and is that a turtle?

Lovely photo, Roberta. Thanks for sharing it with us.

A swan I photographed today -

Helmet gurnard:

Did you also take this shot, Vonny? It's incredible!

I presume you mean the harvest mouse - I wish! No, a lone swan is about the most ambitious I'll get today!