Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[Sophia]

Cooper!

 

[DennisN]

A recent animated movie I am going to see...
The Secret Life Of Pets

 

[davenn]

this is priceless

 

[fresh_42]

this is priceless

Such a nasty traitor.

 

[davenn]

yeah, I am pretty sure Harley was the culprit all along hahaha

 

[johnnyrev]

My dog passed away on Fathers' Day just outside the Animal Emergency Clinic before we could get her inside. I really miss Sugar Bear.

Sugar Bear on a happy day, Homecoming 2009. My kids were in the parade.

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My new puppy, Rascal!

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[Sophia]

Sugar Bear on a happy day, Homecoming 2009. My kids were in the parade.

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My new puppy, Rascal!

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Cute! I like his colours

 

[Astronuc]

Humpback whales around the globe are rescuing animals from orcas?
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/an...globe-are-mysteriously-rescuing-animals-orcas

After witnessing one of these events himself back in 2009, Robert Pitman was compelled to investigate further. He began collecting accounts of humpback whales interacting with orcas, and found nothing short of 115 documented interactions, reported by 54 different observers between 1951 and 2012. The details of this surprising survey can be found in the journal Marine Mammal Science.

In 89 percent of the recorded incidents, the humpbacks seemed to intervene only as the killer whales began their hunt, or when they were already engaged in a hunt. It seems clear from the data that the humpback whales are choosing to interact with the orcas specifically to interrupt their hunts. Among the animals that have been observed being rescued by humpback whales were California sea lions, ocean sunfish, harbor seals, and gray whales.

 

[fresh_42]

That doesn't surprise me. After all we are only another animal, although I prefer to call myself a dry-nosed primate. Why shouldn't we share our properties with other animals? Over time almost each habit of ours has been detected in other species: crows and chimps lie, the latter even murder, keas are curious regardless how old they are, dolphins sometimes protect others, many animals are astonishingly smart, and so on.

 

[Sophia]

A site with true stories about people helping poor animals get a better life.
WARNING: contains pictures of sick and abused animals! (then good people save them and they are healed)
https://www.thedodo.com/
I found the site accidentally while searching for something else. While the stories are nice and finished in happy endings, I can't read them anymore as it's too stressful for me. But maybe someone will find it interesting.

 

[Rubidium_71]

A couple of days ago I found a feathered friend standing next to my mail box when I got home...

He then flew up and landed on my pickup for a while...

He stayed there around 5 minutes before my neighbor drove by and he flew away.

 

[Sophia]

A couple of days ago I found a feathered friend standing next to my mail box when I got home...

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He then flew up and landed on my pickup for a while...

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He stayed there around 5 minutes before my neighbor drove by and he flew away.

Birds are amazing. A symbol of freedom. I'd like to have one, but when I researched I saw they are very demanding pets and I wouldn't be able to provide them with proper care :-/

 

[Rubidium_71]

Birds are amazing. A symbol of freedom. I'd like to have one, but when I researched I saw they are very demanding pets and I wouldn't be able to provide them with proper care :-/

At the time I wished I had a piece of meat I could've tossed out the window for him, but he took me completely by surprise. It was all I could do to get some pics of him. I'm not exactly sure of the species, but he appeared to be a bird of prey.
I have a lot of respect for people who practice Falconry, it would be a great responsibility to care for a bird like that, as you say. Seeing him reminded me of the hawk David from the original Gunslinger book by Stephen King.

 

[Astronuc]

Bringing the cat inside. Dog is a natural cat-herder.

 

[Borg]

Meanwhile, in another universe...

 

[Astronuc]

"It's just a cat".

 

[fresh_42]

"It's just a cat".

I have recently read the following.

People with a dog:
He's half British Spaniel, 1/4 French Basset Hound, 1/8 Tibetan Magic Flower and his ancestors won WWII.

People with a cat:
This is Nacho. He's an as...@*!?x$*...

 

[Astronuc]

A couple of days ago I found a feathered friend standing next to my mail box when I got home...

Last week, I was leaving work. Driving a long the main road I was watching the sprinkler system watering one of the lawns near the road. I saw something on the sidewalk, and as I approached, I notice a juvenile hawk with his wing spread standing on the sidewalk taking a shower under two water jets from the sprinklers. It had quite an expression on its face. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop for traffic, and even if I had been able to park, I'm sure he/she would have flown away. Furthermore, we're not supposed to approach wildlife. I would have need a camera with a telephoto lens, which was at home.

 

[DennisN]

I photographed bumblebees the other day while they were feasting on flowers...

 

[fresh_42]

I love these friendly little helpers.

 

[Rubidium_71]

Bumblers are great, they mind their business and do a very important job. Excellent images too!

 

[DennisN]

Bumblers are great, they mind their business and do a very important job. Excellent images too!

Thanks! I also like those insects a lot.

 

[Rubidium_71]

So do I, they're fascinating. I think entomology would have been an interesting field to get into, but I never went to school for it or anything.

 

[DennisN]

Baby chameleons...

 

[DennisN]

Three more nectar thieves I caught on photo yesterday...

 

[Hoophy]

I am sorry for the poor quality, I used the best camera I have.

Here I have a Solenopsis Invicta or also known as Red Imported Fire Ant queen! In this picture she is tending about 60ish eggs and also some hatched larva that will comprise the first generation of ants. I am raising her in a test tube and can not wait for the larva to spin their cocoons and become adults! She will raise about 10 of her first children to adulthood completely off of body reserves, she does not eat a single thing throughout this entire process! Once her first 'generation' become adults I will give her a much needed meal. Any food given at this stage will be rejected and will become moldy. I can't have that! As you can likely tell I am very exited about this and am looking forward to raising an ant colony. I have done this because of a deep interest I have in social insects, however, the neighborhood I live in did not allow me to keep honey bees. I love social insects and so I have posted this here because maybe somebody else loves them as well! :D

Does anybody have any tips if they have done this before? It's not uncommon right?

 

[Hoophy]

Three more nectar thieves I caught on photo yesterday...

What a beautiful Bee Fly! Do you take a lot of pictures of insects DennisN?

 

[DennisN]

What a beautiful Bee Fly! Do you take a lot of pictures of insects DennisN?

Not usually, but for some reason I have done so lately. It is a bit tricky, it requires patience, timing and the will to take many photos where only a few turn out to be sharp and fine... animals are often a real challenge to photograph...

 

[DennisN]

Three more nectar thieves caught on photo today...

 

[Sophia]

I am sorry for the poor quality, I used the best camera I have.
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Here I have a Solenopsis Invicta or also known as Red Imported Fire Ant queen! In this picture she is tending about 60ish eggs and also some hatched larva that will comprise the first generation of ants. I am raising her in a test tube and can not wait for the larva to spin their cocoons and become adults! She will raise about 10 of her first children to adulthood completely off of body reserves, she does not eat a single thing throughout this entire process! Once her first 'generation' become adults I will give her a much needed meal. Any food given at this stage will be rejected and will become moldy. I can't have that! As you can likely tell I am very exited about this and am looking forward to raising an ant colony. I have done this because of a deep interest I have in social insects, however, the neighborhood I live in did not allow me to keep honey bees. I love social insects and so I have posted this here because maybe somebody else loves them as well! :D

Does anybody have any tips if they have done this before? It's not uncommon right?

What an interesting project, Hoophy. Please keep us updated. I'd like to see how the ants grow! What will you feed the Queen once she can eat?

Amazing photos @DennisN :-)