Photo Contest - You Animal (6/6-6/13)

[ToxicBug]

Looks like a chinchilla.

Yeah, my parent's pet actually.

 

[turbo]

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7493/jugboy4uc.jpg
Our late ferret Turbo. When we had company, he would not sleep in his bed, but would sleep in this antique crock in the kitchen, so he could be near the action, visit, and beg for food, ear-rubs, etc. He had just woken up from a nap and was still a bit dozey-looking. He had his summer coat in the avatar picture - ferrets generally get lighter-colored in the winter when this was shot.

 

[Danger]

He had his summer coat in the avatar picture

And here all this time I thought that your avatar was a badger.

 

[PRodQuanta]

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5192/photo0711050024za.jpg Here's[/URL] my dog, Gibson (named after my favorite guitar brand). Sadly, he died late last year :(

Paden Roder

 

[turbo]

Here's my dog, Gibson (named after my favorite guitar brand). Sadly, he died late last year :(

Paden Roder

Happy-looking guy! I have a soft spot for Gibsons, too, although right now, my current "ES335" is a sweet Yamaha SA800, and my favorite "'59 SG special" was a Hamer.

 

[ZapperZ]

Here's another:

Please note that we do have a size limitation as noted in our contest rules.

Zz.

 

[turbo]

And here all this time I thought that your avatar was a badger.

A badger?! Where have you ever seen a badger this cute? Turbo topped out at around 3 lbs - not exactly a badger-weight contender, but pound-for-pound these guys are about the smartest pet you can own. Don't buy a ferret unless you are willing to share all your living space (they need room and want to have a "territory"), and don't bring one home until you have ferret-proofed the house. That means magnetic and/or mechanical latches on cupboard doors AND drawers, no poisons where the little guys can get to, etc. They can sit up on their hind legs and use their dexterous front paws to open doors, drawers, etc. They don't have opposable thumbs, and that's about the only thing preventing them from taking over the world.

 

[Danger]

I have a soft spot for Gibsons, too,

I don't mind it once in a while, but I really prefer scotch over rye.

A badger?! Where have you ever seen a badger this cute? Turbo topped out at around 3 lbs - not exactly a badger-weight contender

All badgers are cute. Keep in mind that you have nothing else in that picture to give a scale reference. It could be the size of a flea or a refrigerator for all I can tell. Besides, my eyes ain't that good any more. I have no intention of obtaining a ferret, but Lucy cat knows how to open doors as well (people doors, at that). She's keeping my mother company, though, so it won't be my problem for a while.

 

[turbo]

Darn! I was expecting that most people would know that this guy is tougher than a badger :
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/7493/jugboy4uc.jpg

These guys are handy! A ferret the size of a badger could have taken over all the local oil-change franchises in a year or two, and maybe some fast-food places, too. He's certainly cute enough to beat the customer-relations programs of any of the franchises.

 

[rcgldr]

Please note that we do have a size limitation as noted in our contest rules.

That wasn't a submission, only the first picture. The rules stated only one submission per member. The second photo was just an example of green eyes. I'll resize it though.

 

[rcgldr]

Pretty cat! Is that an Abyssinian?

Yes, its our daughter cat. Her name is Kiwi. Extremely active when not napping.

 

[ZapperZ]

That wasn't a submission, only the first picture. The rules stated only one submission per member. The second photo was just an example of green eyes. I'll resize it though.

OK, then since this has occurred for the 2nd time, I'll add to the rules that ONLY photo submission can be the ones displayed in this thread. It is a tedious process to collect all the links and get them in order for the votes. It doesn't help when there are photos being displayed that are not to be included in the contest.

So please restrict pictures being displayed in the contest threads as being the ones for the contest.

Zz.

 

[J77]

Do you live in Africa?!

Nah - they were at an open sanctuary.

Like Jurassic Park for Monkeys and Apes

 

[rcgldr]

ONLY photo submission can be the ones displayed in this thread

Did you want me to delete the picture from the website in order to break the links (result will be little red x's)?

 

[Burnsys]

Two of my cats.

Mother and son:

http://200.49.210.251/chasco/Concurso.jpg

 

[hypnagogue]

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3471/seal1qm.jpg

A seal(ion?) I saw at Half Moon Bay.

 

[detta]

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9027/luna5qt.jpg

My bearded dragon Luna watching TV.

 

[Evo]

Two of my cats.

Mother and son:

http://200.49.210.251/chasco/Concurso.jpg

Ok,[/URL] this is going to be impossible to decide. That is SO CUTE! :!)

 

[Evo]

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9027/luna5qt.jpg

My bearded dragon Luna watching TV.

Love it.

 

[J77]

Ok, this is going to be impossible to decide. That is SO CUTE! :!)

My gorillas would eat them kittens for breakfast

(Kitten photos should've been banned from this competition. In fact, banned from the net in general )

 

[Burnsys]

My gorillas would eat them kittens for breakfast

(Kitten photos should've been banned from this competition. In fact, banned from the net in general )

They have to catch them first! ok, maybe the little one.

 

[Integral]

Small, cute and cuddly has been done pretty thoughly in this thread. So ...

RIP Keiko


http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/keiko.jpg

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Small, cute and cuddly has been done pretty thoughly in this thread. So ...

RIP Keiko


http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/keiko.jpg

[/URL]

Poor Keiko...

 

[Evo]

Everything I'm reading today is about animals dying.

 

[0TheSwerve0]

Has the website with pics of baby animals been posted on this forum yet? http://www.babyanimalz.com/

 

[scorpa]

Has the website with pics of baby animals been posted on this forum yet? http://www.babyanimalz.com/

OMG those are so cute!

 

[DocToxyn]

You never saw "Them"? And a tapeworm can easily exceed 6 feet when held vertically.

...and tapeworms are segmented worms, not insects.

 

[DocToxyn]

Is too! I think s/he lives under my deck (or I hope that's what I hear rustling around under there ). I'm still waiting for DocToxyn to come along and tell me what type of froggy it is. I think I posted the more washed out looking photo last time, because it was more of a close-up. This one came out more vivid (I took about 5 pictures of it, playing with different exposure settings and with/without flash, etc., before it got annoyed and hopped away).

Yes, it certainly is an animal and I think it's a green frog, Rana clamitans, but it's hard to tell from that angle. The only other species would be bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. You need to check for the presence or absence of dorso-lateral ridges (they run on the back from the eyes to the caudal area), the green frog will have them. The only other way is to get him to call for you (if its a male)...I'll leave it up to Moonbear how she wants to proceed with that...

 

[Danger]

OMG those are so cute!

Ehhh... some not so much. What the hell are those things clinging to the guy's fingers about half-way down page 1? I've never seen primates that small.

...and tapeworms are segmented worms, not insects.

'Insect', when applied to a person (or in this case a Yomamma), indicates a generic pest of non-specific taxonomic classification.

 

[Bladibla]

Small, cute and cuddly has been done pretty thoughly in this thread. So ...

RIP Keiko


http://home.comcast.net/~integral50/keiko.jpg

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More meat for the inuits..

 

[scorpa]

Ehhh... some not so much. What the hell are those things clinging to the guy's fingers about half-way down page 1? I've never seen primates that small.

Haha, well I meant most of them. There were some that just looked kind of creepy, but the vast majority of them were adorable.

 

[Danger]

Agreed. That flying ninja kitten just blew me away.

 

[0TheSwerve0]

Ehhh... some not so much. What the hell are those things clinging to the guy's fingers about half-way down page 1? I've never seen primates that small.

I think that's a pygmy marmoset. Here's http://is3.okcupid.com/users/982/564/9835652531401444900/mt1142230343.jpg , it's the one clinging to blade of grass

 

[turbo]

Everything I'm reading today is about animals dying.

Today I violated every safety rule and instinctively braked hard to let a chipmunk across the road. There's one little guy that made it another day. I do this pretty routinely, because I ride a motorcycle on every good day and hitting even relatively small animals like porcupines and raccoons can mess up your day on a bike. Chipmunks are pretty tiny, but I have a soft spot for animals, and will do what I can for them if I'm not being tailgated by the vehicle behind me. I have stopped my bike and helped snapping turtles across the road - and they do NOT appreciate the help, although it might help another generation hatch and survive!

Edit: although I am a bit nervous about having gnawing animals living in my cellar, a mother squirrel that raids our bird-feeders has parked her babies in our cellar. They are really cute, but as soon as they are old enough to move on, I will secure the place with epoxy paste, etc, to keep them out. The little ones are really brave, having not yet learned to fear humans.

 

[rcgldr]

you can't take the sky from me

Until the sisterhood drags you kicking and screaming into "It's a Small World" and leaves you trapped there, no more sky, just thousands of wannbe Chucky dolls, and "It's a Small World" song playing over and over and over...

 

[Moonbear]

Yes, it certainly is an animal and I think it's a green frog, Rana clamitans, but it's hard to tell from that angle. The only other species would be bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. You need to check for the presence or absence of dorso-lateral ridges (they run on the back from the eyes to the caudal area), the green frog will have them. The only other way is to get him to call for you (if its a male)...I'll leave it up to Moonbear how she wants to proceed with that...

Definitely not a bullfrog. It wasn't "bumpy" enough for that. I'll look up some photos of Rana clamitans and see if it looks like the fellow that came to visit.

Edit: Yep, that's it! Thanks. Really cute little critter. I really liked the irridescent patch on its cheeks. Pretty.

 

[scorpa]

http://www.babyanimalz.com/images/pic13648.jpg what the heck are those? those were one of the few things on that site that were definitely not cute.

 

[dav2008]

Contest entry: Squirrelly the Squirrel, Third Cousin Once Removed of Bubble Pipe Squirrel*

*See avatar[/size]

http://home.comcast.net/~cubz2008/squirreldav2008.jpg

 

[Danger]

I think that's a pygmy marmoset.

Thanks, Swerve. Jeez, we have marmosets here and the bloody things are the size of a beagle.

http://www.babyanimalz.com/images/pic13648.jpg what the heck are those? those were one of the few things on that site that were definitely not cute.

I might not know a pygmy marmoset when I see it, but I'm pretty sure that these little buggers are hedgehogs.

 

[Moonbear]

http://www.babyanimalz.com/images/pic13648.jpg what the heck are those? those were one of the few things on that site that were definitely not cute.

Yes they are cute! Awwwwwwwwwww! They're baby hedgehogs. How adorable.

 

[scorpa]

Ok I thought that's what they might have been but I've never seen a hedgehog before so I wasn't sure.

 

[matthyaouw]

Saw this little fellow at an aquarium a couple of weeks ago.

 

[ZapperZ]

http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/7935/vacation20021443yu.jpg

Zz.

 

[PRodQuanta]

http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/7935/vacation20021443yu.jpg

Zz.

I bet you got soaked, no? (That question looks really French, no?)

Paden Roder

 

[turbo]

http://img336.imageshack.us/img336/7935/vacation20021443yu.jpg

Zz.

Great timing! The shutter in my Camedia 3040 has a frustrating delay, making action shots like this tough. Now, why would they display the killer whale show on that big TV? I can see it if they've got a cute routine going with a sea otter, but killers are hard to miss.

 

[Danger]

Yeah... the real ones are bigger than the picture. Maybe they're taping the performance anyhow, and figure that they might as well show it while the signal's running.

 

[Moonbear]

Yeah... the real ones are bigger than the picture.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Evo]

I'm just amazed by the synchronization of those animals. It's almost flawless.

 

[Chi Meson]

I'm just amazed by the synchronization of those animals. It's almost flawless.

Much more synchronized than the people, no?

 

[Moonbear]

I'm just amazed by the synchronization of those animals. It's almost flawless.

They're just waiting for someone to give them the signal to eat the treat they're balancing on their nose.