Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[DennisN]

Earlier in May this year I had the privilege of getting very close to a family of greylag geese and their beautiful small goslings. Greylag geese are very watchful, but I was very calm and spent some time around them, and after a while the parents let their goslings come very close to me. They finally came to be less than a meter away from me, and I captured it on video. It was a very nice experience . The close-up clip is at 5:10 in the video.

I also filmed some western jackdaws, and here is one who gets a surprise by stepping on a branch :

 

[Rx7man]

Sorry I've been a bit absent...

Here's a fresh Cicada

My bull calf getting lickings from momma..450 lbs at 3 1/2 months old.. he's sure growing

Gimme back my hat!

 

[Rx7man]

Pookie loves sleeping on my lap

Fawn, Momma sleeping in the hay shed (she really doesn't mind me around)

Can see momma's butt in the background under the tree

 

[fresh_42]

 

[phinds]

@fresh_42 that cat is gorgeous. Your?

 

[fresh_42]

No, unfortunately not. It is especially funny for me, because we often call our cats "Stubentiger" which is best translated by "indoor tiger" I guess, and I have never seen a cat where this name had been more adequate.

 

[pinball1970]

No, unfortunately not. It is especially funny for me, because we often call our cats "Stubentiger" which is best translated by "indoor tiger" I guess, and I have never seen a cat where this name had been more adequate.

Well named. Not a fan of cats but that colouring is impressive.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Bystander]

Knew I'd seen it earlier; https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/breaking-news-brontosaurus.972437/

 

[berkeman]

I guess we all knew this, but we still enjoy them...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/heal...l&utm_term=business-hp-test&utm_content=learn

 

[fresh_42]

 

[phinds]

@fresh_42 that's hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle

 

[BillTre]

Bat Photo

 

[strangerep]

Bat Photo

Hmm. Now I'll have to post a pic of how I know whether they've active near my home last night.

 

[berkeman]

Just go stand outside for a bit. Their wing sounds are pretty distinctive. Very cool part of camping in the wilderness -- strange shadows swooping over the campfire catching bugs and flying by our heads. Fun.

 

[strangerep]

Just go stand outside for a bit. Their wing sounds are pretty distinctive. Very cool part of camping in the wilderness -- strange shadows swooping over the campfire catching bugs and flying by our heads. Fun.

Don't go to sleep under a date palm tree, or you'll wake up with a rather unusual facial.

 

[BillTre]

Crows leave gifts in exchange for food.

 

[fresh_42]

Crows leave gifts in exchange for food.

I know why I love them!

 

[newbiegirl]

I want one as a pet https://www.theweathernetwork.com/videoplayer/1942203455001/B1CSR9sVf/6002250252001?

 

[strangerep]

Crows leave gifts in exchange for food.

In my previous home, I would have fed the local crows, etc, forever if they could've learned to swoop down and peck the neighbour's dog whenever it was barking.

 

[DennisN]

 

[DennisN]

Bat Photo

That is an amazing photo! Did you take the photo, or did you find it somewhere?
It must have been hard to take, bats are so darn fast.

 

[BillTre]

That is an amazing photo! Did you take the photo, or did you find it somewhere?
It must have been hard to take, bats are so darn fast.

I wish.
Just saw it on the internet.
I like it because it so clearly shows the bone structure of the bat which is so different from that of birds (besides being a great picture).
Bird wing bones here.

It is hard to understand how it picture was taken unless it was either complete luck or set-up in some way.

 

[DennisN]

I like foxes and I think they are very beautiful. I found a page with some great photos of different types of foxes:

7 Of The Most Beautiful Fox Species In The World (Bored Panda)

e.g. Fennec Fox:

and Arctic Fox:

 

[DennisN]

A very fascinating short video about bird intelligence! For instance, it shows a clip of New Caledonian crow making its own tool to solve a puzzle!

The clip also describes a graph showing body masses versus brain masses for various intelligent animals, and some details about the brains of crows that I did not know. For instance, one side of their brain can sleep while the other one is awake!

Crows, smarter than you think | John Marzluff | TEDxRainier
John Marzluff, Ph.D., is the James W. Ridgeway Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington.

 

[BillTre]

Some amphibian embryos I found under a rock by my fairly heavily watered raised bed (its wet there).
The picture has some plant stems for scale.
Second embryo from the top (side view):
Pointy end to the left is the tail.
The stomach area of the embryo (which comes from the yolk area of an egg) is near the middle of the embryo, on the upper side.
The head is the kind of bulbous part on the right.

I am guessing they are from a small salamander species we have around here.

 

[BillTre]

Dog Saves Dog:

 

[fresh_42]

 

[DennisN]

Example of fascinating color changes of octopus. And these are not just cool animals, they're intelligent too.

Watch the brilliant color changes of a sleeping octopus. (Nature on PBS)

 

[BillTre]

"Tail" does not move and has not skeletal elements.

 

[strangerep]

"Tail" does not move [...]

That's unfortunate. He could have used it to wipe rainwater out of his eyes.

 

[DennisN]

He looks like a fun little creature. I bet he likes to play heads or tails.

 

[DennisN]

 

[Rive]

Fly, b*tch

Just right

 

[DennisN]

 

[Rx7man]

Here's a vid of my latest calf, he's shy, but terribly curious, me walking away is very exciting and he's got to chase me
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswaNtC598gbn8fZ9z

A little lizard I found in the fall

These two are best buddies, they're always hanging out together

 

[Rx7man]

sorry about the bad link for the video, this one should work
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswaNtC598gbn8fZ9z

 

[Rx7man]

My poor abused cows have such a rough life

Big daddy Hector, 2300 lbs and thankfully just a big baby

His son Zeus.. Loves me, doesn't seem to like strangers much though

Like mother, like daughter

 

[phinds]

sorry about the bad link for the video, this one should work
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswaNtC598gbn8fZ9z

Nope.

 

[Rx7man]

Alright, I put it on youtube, better work now!

 

[strangerep]

My poor abused cows have such a rough life [...]

Thanks for posting some happy images. They made me feel a bit better.

The situation over vast regions of Australia is so indescribably bad that I wasn't sure whether to post
this video which I find heart-wrenching. Take a deep breath before you decide whether to watch it.

Regrettably, animals like this one that people manage to rescue and nurse are probably a tiny drop in an ocean.

[Epilogue: the koala rescued in the video had to be euthanased a few days later as his burns were too severe and the pain intolerable, even with strong pain killers.]

 

[berkeman]

[Epilogue: the koala rescued in the video had to be euthanased a few days later as his burns were too severe and the pain intolerable, even with strong pain killers.]

Great bravery and kindness by the woman who rescued it, but yeah, it sure looked like the burns were going to be too severe to recover from. I've dealt with human burns a bit in EMS, and that poor little guy looked to be in very bad shape.

 

[Rx7man]

I've been hearing a lot about it, I have a few friends and acquaintances in australia and it is really bad there.. I can't personally relate to the drought part as I have reliable water to irrigate with, but I can relate to the fires.. 2 years ago we had two fires in BC that were over 1 million acres each, one was only about 30 miles away as the crow flies.. few years prior we had a fire about 3 miles away, and several within 20 miles.. the smoke was unbelievable

 

[DennisN]

I did not know there was a species called red panda.
They are endangered and according to the wiki article it is estimated that less than 10'000 individuals exist. I was instantly struck by how beautiful they are (check the wiki link above for more great photos):

Sidenote: How did I end up at the red panda page? I was reading this post by @jbriggs444 about moles, and then I checked out the mole page on wiki and learned they have an extra thumb similar to the pandas, then I checked out the panda page on wiki and found out about red pandas. I started reading a classical physics thread and ended up discovering the red panda with a few clicks. The power of internet.

 

[Borg]

There is also the endangered Bread Panda.

 

[DennisN]

There is also the endangered Bread Panda.

I see similarities between the looks of those and your avatar. Does eating a lot of Bread Pandas make you look like them?

 

[Bystander]

a species called red panda.

Sticking its tongue out---got to love it.

 

[DennisN]

 

[Drakkith]

Two new monsters joined us this past weekend. Meet Simba and Missy on the right.

 

[Drakkith]

Simba, sleeping on the couch. He's the sweetest little thing.

@Evo here's your cat picture for the week!