Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[BillTre]

This guy could bite your finger off;

 

[256bits]

This guy could bite your finger off;

That one looks like it could, and would, snap off your whole foot.!

 

[davenn]

That's totally amazing ... definitely doesnt belong in jokes section

 

[davenn]

This guy could bite your finger off;

Another one that should be posted elsewhere, so cool

 

[fresh_42]

Another one that should be posted elsewhere, so cool

I moved them all so please ignore the doubles and comments.

 

[fresh_42]

Not that it surprised me even a bit.
https://www.hna.de/leben/tiere/hund...bsichten-vertrauen-verhalten-zr-91792553.html

Dogs recognize bad people - skeptical behavior when deceived​

In Japan, a team of researchers conducted an experiment involving 34 dogs. The results were amazing. Food containers were placed in front of the animals, but only some contained treats. In the first round, the test leader pointed to a container with food, but in the second round, he pointed to an empty container. When he again pointed the dogs out to a container with treats in the third round, the majority of the four-legged friends were skeptical and did not react: their trust in the test leader was violated by the previous deception. A recent study also seems to show that dogs can even tell when a person is not behaving properly toward their master. In one experiment, the animal companions observed an interaction between their owner and an unknown person. In it, the dog owners asked for help opening a container, with the response of the other person varying: some helped immediately, others ignored the request, and still others actively refused. Afterward, the test subjects offered the participating dogs a reward. In the first two cases, they accepted the treats, but the fur noses consistently refused the food of the person who refused to support their owner.
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... so if a dog is actively avoiding a certain person, you might want to trust their instincts.

 

[Rive]

... so if a dog is actively avoiding a certain person, you might want to trust their instincts.

Although this is a bit tricky, since dogs also can and do adapt to their owner in their behaviour: if the owner is actively avoiding/hostile to certain person (or, as more often happens around here: certain groups) then the dog will do so too, leading to sayings like 'even my dog knows they are nothing good'

 

[berkeman]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/peoples-choice-wildlife-photography-2022-scli-intl-scn/index.html

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

Here is a nice picture of a thylacine. Most are of poor quality.
This predator is often called a marsupial wolf or tiger (because of it's stripes).
It is usually considered extinct though some hold out hope for its continued existence in places like Tasmania.

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

Probably uses the same methods as hobbyists use for getting fish to breed.
Just at a larger scale and probably with a more difficult to breed species.

 

[BillTre]

My Mom who was really into bird feeders, loved these birds:

 

[BillTre]

 

[DennisN]

Incredibly cool!

 

[BillTre]

 

[berkeman]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/29/world/new-species-discoveries-2022-scn/index.html

 

[BillTre]

Seen a lot of fish embryos with two heads (to varying degrees), but they don't usually survive too long.

 

[Rive]

Once everybody is infected it's OK again, right

(By the way, where would you put this ??)

 

[Borg]

It also has "me own". This obviously originated from caveman days.

 

[strangerep]

(By the way, where would you put this ??)

Well, its unexpectedly deep, penetrating intellect (and philosophical value) means it should at least be in the TIL forum. (I say "philosophical", because it highlights the reality that one's cat(s) are the real home owners.)

 

[BillTre]

Bees are endangered.
Its a worry because they are so involved in plant pollenation.

 

[BillTre]

A black bear is hibernating under a deck in Connecticut.
Apparently not uncommon.

 

[BillTre]

A pretty bird.

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/army-corps-of-engineers-calendar-of-giant-cats-2023/

https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16021coll11/id/5869/rec/1

 

[BillTre]

Mother and baby otter,

 

[pinball1970]

A leaf blew past me this morning on the way into work, then sort of turned blew in the opposite direction and it was not that windy.
What the hell? Is it a bee? Can’t be, wrong season, I tried to spot it and I just managed to see its shape, a Wren, beautiful little thing, tiny!
Gold crest is the smallest British bird (6 g) but the wren is the shortest (6-10cm)

 

[Ibix]

We sometimes have a wren in our garden, usually clinging about half way up our fence. They are, indeed, tiny

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[BillTre]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[BillTre]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

My baby girl

 

[Ivan Seeking]

This was my other kitty. I lost her a couple of years ago at age 16.

 

[BillTre]

This was my other kitty. I lost her a couple of years ago at age 16.

So, you're 18 now.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Swamp Thing]

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"Are we there yet?"

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[Ivan Seeking]

 

[Borg]

That's a very unusual birthmark.

 

[BillTre]

 

[Borg]

You crapped on my car for the last time dude!

 

[strangerep]

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And...? Did Willy actually get to have dinner with Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

 

[berkeman]

And...? Did Willy actually get to have dinner with Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

White poop in eye -- Check!

Orca -- knocks over his King...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Grunt, Bambi, Spud, and Tater. My ex and I had 5 acres for 25 years. Having animals was certainly fun... a lot of work and expense, but fun!

 

[fresh_42]

Who said amusement parks were for humans only?

 

[Ivan Seeking]