Beautiful Animals

I'm fairly confident that these are fauna, not flora:

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A small mantis in my backyard, the larvae is pink and the adult will be white. When it is a larvae it is mimetic of pink flower then it will hunt in white ones. Photographed in Franceville, Gabon. #

© Nil Rahola / National Geographic Photo Contest

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/10/2015-national-geographic-photo-cont/n03_792759-4610461/main_1500.jpg?1444146616

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Nicobar Pigeon is my favorite bird that resides in Central Park's zoo. I located one sitting on a branch in a bright area of the tree with a deep shadow behind it. Waiting for the right moment to capture its beauty in the fullest was the name of the game. A few minutes later the bird partially spread its wings, displaying its glorious colors, and I was fortunate enough to be there to capture it. #

© Ivan Lesica / National Geographic Photo Contest

https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/10/2015-national-geographic-photo-cont/n07_156983-5004188/main_1500.jpg?1444149234

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A whale shark—the biggest fish in the sea

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/953/cache/qatar-whale-shark_95365_990x742.jpg

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@vonny,

Hey, in Spanish do they call this a shark whale? (you know how romance languages do noun then adjective, where english does adjective then noun?)

Coffee time!

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Maine Coon cat, photographed by Robert Sijka:

https://scontent-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/13879421_10154455236944700_6451081500999751334_n.jpg?oh=f502e7759033639a21b916b4c172f93b&oe=581A81CB

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@hingehead,

hingehead wrote:

Hey, in Spanish do they call this a shark whale? (you know how romance languages do noun then adjective, where english does adjective then noun?)

Coffee time!

Yep, tiburón ballena

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@edgarblythe,

Wow, it's a Dire Cat.

So weird to see a seemingly grumpy face on a coon - they are such friendly loves.

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@InfraBlue,

Oh, literally? My spanish is crap - I would have thought ballena was whale (same root as 'baleen'?). Looking it up. Yep - Shark Whale. Awesome.

Tiburon is shark. Personally I think the word for 'fast sea moving death machine' should have one short syllable. That you can yell. Quickly.

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@hingehead,

Numbers are adjectives, and they always seem to precede the noun.

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I didn't really know where to post this thoroughly thudworhy vid, so here it is.

https://video-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t43.1792-2/13685785_1038398106237934_121407403_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6MTAyNCwidmVuY29kZV90YWciOiJzdmVfaGQifQ%3D%3D&rl=1500&vabr=602&oh=ec2bd0c4b7d4c8c34872850b96db29d3&oe=57AD4DB6

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@roger,

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Numbers are adjectives, and they always seem to precede the noun.

I'm not so sure about that. They don't actually describe the noun, just count it. I had a look on the web and the jury is out (there is a very long thread on Reddit on this).

Most of the arguments for are about syntactic correctness. Makes my brain hurts thinking about it.

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Roger, I couldn't open your link. Phooey.

Central Asian shepherd. I encountered two of these one night on Third Avenue and 88th Street. I have never seen such a massive dog. I've seen many large breeds, but this IMO was the most solid, giganto dog I've ever encountered. The owner said that the male was almost 180 pounds.

http://www.itsdogbreeds.info/images/a-photo-of-central-asian-shepherd-dog.jpg

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@hingehead,

Oh, a Spanish speaker could say tiburón pretty quickly, heh.

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@Roberta,

I like that doggie a lot, Robbie.

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@Roberta,

The dog's pee stream looks odd from that angle.

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A giant panda.

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/953/cache/wolong-panda-mother_95379_990x742.jpg

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@vonny,

Is that a photograph or an illustration?

..........

Apparently, it is a photograph.

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/photos-pandas-china-rewilding-panda-costume

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@InfraBlue,

Excellent link... and now I'm in love with that whole project, not to mention Ye Ye.

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@ossobucotemp,

Adorable - Ye Ye's a poppet!

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