Beautiful Animals

Crabeater seal

Diving with the Grey Nurse sharks at North Rocks, Nelson Bay, Australia

http://youtu.be/hN8a-Jk2S3M

Marisela Murcia Navarro. a native of Spain, Murcia photographed this horse in the woods when she visited her father's region of Manchuela in Castile-La Mancha.

Beluga whale

11 Photos Of Twin Polar Bears That Will Make Any Crappy Day Better
http://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelrusch/photos-of-twin-polar-bears-that-will-make-any-crappy-day

As always, I'm overwhelmed by the gloriosity of the pics you guys post. Thanks from the bottom of my still-ticking heart.

Wolverine cub:

Some Day in Pictures photos and captions from the SF Chronicle -

Call it a tie: The 14-week-old Hellabrunn polar bear cubs make their first public appearance at the Munich zoo and waste no time seeing who can get the dirtiest.


Did you remember to scrub behind your ears? Mother Giovanna overseas the bathing of the Hellabrunn Zoo polar bear cubs, who made a mess of themselves in their public debut.

PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA BEIER/GETTY IMAGES

Hmm. I can't copy the next two photos I wanted to show. Maybe I have too many windows open on the mac, but I don't want to close the others. Will try again tomorrow. (Meercats and camels in different photos)

Let's try that again

http://youtu.be/hN8a-Jk2S3M

Last try

I was right - I had too many windows open and my Safari browser resisted.

Back to Wednesday's SFGate pictures -

It's so hard to get the young ones to look at the camera: A couple of shy subjects spoil the meerkat family group portrait at the zoo in Erfurt, Germany.

PHOTO BY JENS MEYER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

A one-man camel caravan stops at Mhamid el-Ghizlane in the Moroccan southern Sahara Desert.

PHOTO BY FADEL SENNA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

more from Thursday's pictures -

I'll freeze to death before I let go: Two dogs and one toy result in an impasse in Robbinsville, N.J.

PHOTO BY MEL EVANS/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Fine looking spider, FBM. Mighty fine. Am I seeing pupils in those eyes, and by the way, what's the approximate scale. Somehow, it's giving the impression of being fairly large.

Good to see you back.

It's a cutie. Glad you like. No pupils there, I reckon. Just reflections. It's a jumping spider, a Salticid of some sort, so it's just a couple of millimeters across. It's on a grass straw.

Lovely photo FBM - good to see you back!

Young galapagos sharks.

Porcelain crab

Thanks! I'm enjoying the wonderful images that you're sharing! Mind-blowing!

You guys continue to outdo yourselves. Great to see you back, FBM.

Spectacled cobra:

Ocelot