Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[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 :-)

 

[Hoophy]

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?

Yes, I will feed her once the exoskeletons of her first workers have hardened. I will provide a drop of honey and a cricket leg. :)

 

[Pepper Mint]

Amazing DennisN, nectar thefts are colorful and have become energetic.

 

[davenn]

too cute

 

[DennisN]

Thanks @Sophia and @Pepper Mint! I think I have got the insect bug right now... I think I am going to look for ants and spiders the next time I go on a photo shoot...

 

[DennisN]

 

[DennisN]

Those eyes...

 

[davenn]

hahaha good one :)

 

[waternohitter]

I miss you Chihuahua named Miley.

 

[fresh_42]

Those eyes...

Hmmm, looks like the usual reaction in a bank - customer - relationship ...

 

[DennisN]

Hmmm, looks like the usual reaction in a bank - customer - relationship ...

 

[Borg]

More than 300 reindeer killed by lightning in Norway.
That must have been one heck of a storm.

 

[jtbell]

Another example of taking an interest in human technology:

Although I suppose one could question whether this is really human technology...

 

[collinsmark]

Another example of taking an interest in human technology:

Although I suppose one could question whether this is really human technology...

Nice , but don't neglect my contribution to the cat game genera!



Links:

iPad and other Apple platforms:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fish-sim-for-cats/id1130471436?mt=8

Android platforms:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...er-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1

Amazon Fire and Kindle Fire platforms:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HX1JATK/?tag=pfamazon01-20​

 

[Molar]

I love both dogs and cats.
I find it funny the way they ( or the cats! )have decided to stay arch rivals of one another for eternity, fighting and staring and all that.

Once in our locality, we found out a cat and a dog sleeping back to back. That was kidda cute.

I think it was a good cat.

 

[jtbell]

This is not our cat, but it seems to have semi-adopted us. We often see it lounging on the front steps, or on the deck, or underneath one of our cars, etc. It likes to look for game in the ivy that covers a large part of our yard.

 

[Rx7man]

Wow, that's a huge cat!

Here's a pic of a bull I sold a friend of mine 3 years ago.. he's 4 years old now and has become rather impressive.. weighs around 2400 lbs.. still thinks he's a baby.. He does know how to pose nicely though

Found this little guy in my hayfield while I was cutting it.. had to move him out of the way

 

[DennisN]

Octopus Escapes Through Tiny Crack in Boat

 

[fresh_42]

Octopus Escapes Through Tiny Crack in Boat

These guys' brain size is a role model on far too many humans ...

 

[DennisN]

 

[Psinter]

This made me laugh :

 

[DennisN]

 

[Psinter]

 

[jtbell]

 

[DennisN]

A fascinating animal...

Townsend's big-eared bat (image from Wikipedia)

 

[Psinter]

It's okay because if she falls on the water, she receives 0 damage.

Wait... that's only in video games.

I think that's a good question for physics: If you fall from a very very high distance and hit water, does it hurt you? The answer is yes, but can the force exerted on you be calculated? After all, some of that kinetic energy will be transformed into waves. I don't think it can be assumed that the same amount of force you hit the water will rebound to you because of the conservation of energy (it's not an elastic collision). Some will get transformed and spread in a different direction. Being able to calculate it with precision... that'd be great.

 

[Sophia]

A fascinating animal...

Townsend's big-eared bat (image from Wikipedia)

Bats are great! I wish I could spend some time in a cave with bats. And it would be cool if there were prehistoric drawings, too. Ideally, it would be a place near the surface with a small amount of daylight.

I was born on October 30, so that could explain why I like all things and animals mysterious and scary for some people. Including bats :-)

 

[Astronuc]

Meet Daniel the Duck, an emotional support animal.
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/airplane-passengers-fall-love-emotional-support-duck-accompanying-192315632--abc-news-topstories.html

 

[Psinter]

Snow!

 

[strangerep]

Literally a couple of metres outside my rear door...

Life is hard in Kangaroo Heaven...

"Ooooh, hey doodes,... check out the purple koala in that tree over there."

[Although you can only see a few here, there's literally a couple of hundred in my complex. They're not tame, and nearby signs warn to treat them as wild animals and not to approach them. But the female at the front is gradually getting used to me. I think the others have formed a conspiracy to imprison me by creating a poo barrier outside my door. ]

Calling this place "Kangaroo Heaven" is probably accurate: no predators or annoying dogs running around this complex. Plus a steady supply of good quality grass, maintained by professionals, i.e., golf course groundsmen.

 

[Borg]

That needs a caption - What are roo looking at?