Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

 

[pinball1970]

Holy cow, THAT is amazing.

 

[berkeman]

Yep, @BillTre I've been there and done that. My facemask was probably 4" away from the rock when it turned into an octopus and sprayed me and shot away. Scared the begeezus out of me!

 

[BillTre]

A superb visualization of how chromatophores allow an octopus to blend in with the backdrops

Its not just the chromatophores (colored pigmentation containing cells) but these octopi also have a great control over their surface texture, making little fuzzy branches of skin protrusions over much of their body.
I can't think of other animals that can do this kind of thing.

 

[BillTre]

 

[DennisN]

Really scary looking bird! The stuff of nightmares.

 

[BillTre]

Really scary looking bird! The stuff of nightmares.

Makes me think of Dr. Seuss animals.

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

Body flexibility:

 

[DennisN]

Very, very funny!

This Flying Squirrel Faking Its Own Death Is The Cutest Thing Ever


(Edit: I just saw @BillTre has already posted it above before , but anyway)

 

[BillTre]

Here's a weird one:

 

[Ibix]

Here's a weird one:

Love one of the reply tweets: "I saw that in my back yard after that UFO crashed"...

 

[fresh_42]

 

[fresh_42]

The more I see the less is the difference.

 

[pinball1970]

The more I see the less is the difference.

I love the reassuring grooming once the cat is safe. "You're ok now."

 

[DennisN]

I was wrong calling the heron above the stuff of nightmares.
This shark is way more scary!

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

Manta ray (a filter feeder):

 

[BillTre]

 

[berkeman]

Gotta love how they just dive in! "I'll figure out the whole up-down thing once I get in there..."

 

[BillTre]

This is like stupid pet tricks:

 

[BillTre]

Parasites in this guy:

 

[Andy Resnick]

American Robin (Turdus migratorius) hatchling, we think the eggs hatched between 3 and 5 days ago:

A face that only a mother could love, tbh. :)

 

[strangerep]

(Turdus migratorius) [...]

Hmm. That sounds like the white cockatoos around here who sure like to migrate their turds widely...

 

[Ivan Seeking]