Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[BillTre]

How many chromosomes do whale sharks have?

The diploid chromosome number of this species was found to be 102, which included 16 metacentric or submetacentric, 4 subtelocentric and 82 acrocentric chromosomes (Fig. 3a, Supplementary Fig.Nov 6, 2020
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-020-01373-7

 

[fresh_42]

When assembling his hive, a beekeeper forgot to mount the frame for the honeycomb and so the bees were free to fill the space according to their own ideas and this structure was created that optimizes the air flow.

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

They're like living asterisks.

 

[DennisN]

They're like living asterisks.

Amazingly cool!

 

[BillTre]

 

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[Ibix]

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I thought they were flowers for a moment, until the beaks registered.

 

[BillTre]

 

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[Ibix]

How does the lower bird have the spare lift to carry another bird on top? And how big a stack of birds could you make...?

 

[BillTre]

How does the lower bird have the spare lift to carry another bird on top? And how big a stack of birds could you make...?

The Oregon coast has a lot of wind. A kite in a strong wind can generate a strong lift.
To me it looks like the top bird is kind of surfing on the lower one. Guessing a stack would be less stable.

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

Not a brave cat:

 

[Bystander]

Not a brave cat:

He/she doesn't know where that thing has been.

 

[Rive]

Not a brave cat:

It may seem strange, but to hunt adult rats is a task way too difficult for an average cat. Exceptions may happen, and heavyweight (above 5-6kg) tomcats might occasionally take down a few, but usually this is for dogs.

 

[BillTre]

 

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[fresh_42]

 

[BillTre]

 

[strangerep]

Sooo many of these images don't display on my browser (firefox). Is it a geographic region thing?

 

[Ibix]

Sooo many of these images don't display on my browser (firefox). Is it a geographic region thing?

I only see a message about disabling tracking protection, but you can click on it to go to the tweet.

 

[BillTre]

I only see a message about disabling tracking protection, but you can click on it to go to the tweet.

That's too bad.
I use Firefox on a Mac OS (all modern). And they work for me.

"I only see a message about disabling tracking protection, but you can click on it to go to the tweet."
I get a similar message for lots of Facebook reposts:

Cannot load Facebook SDK. Disable any adblocker or tracking protection and try again.

if it were pictures, I would use a screenshot, which would void the problem, but I can't do that for a video, which twitter has a lot of.

 

[BillTre]

 

[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.