Share Animal Pictures: For Animal Lovers

[Ivan Seeking]

I find it fascinating that he speaks both lion and tiger.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I find it fascinating that he speaks both lion and tiger.

LOL! That is no joke Pinball! That is what she says.

 

[pinball1970]

LOL! That is no joke Pinball! That is what she says.

Really? I will watch the whole thing.

 

[BillTre]

Baby bats being raised by someone.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ligers are bilingual!

Lion vs Tiger sounds

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Other lion sounds

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[berkeman]

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

 

[Ivan Seeking]

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Unfortunately, the photographer was eaten moments later.

 

[BillTre]

Blue Ring Octopus:


You used to be able to buy these in pet stores. Now you can't, too dangerous.
Occasionally, they are overlooked and get in shipments to pet stores and might get sold.
They are pretty small.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh yes! We had a horse for a time, and it nearly killed me. I was walking behind him which was normally okay. But one day, just when I was directly behind him, a tractor in an adjacent field backfired and the horse kicked with both hind feet. I had just turned my head towards the horse. His hooves just barely missed my head - one on each side! It was so close I could hear them go past my ears.

I came very close to dying or sustaining serious injuries three times in the 25 years we had the place. But that one probably scared me the most. It was sooooooooo close!

I finally found the photos of the horse - Wizard

Here he is out running with the dogs and taunting the cows next door.

He wasn't comfortable with me at first. But then, one clear and cold December night, when the moon was bright, and with about a foot of snow on the ground, I grabbed his bridle and took him for a run. As we ran side by side, he kept his eye on me the entire time. But the longer we ran, the more comfortable he seemed to be. And sure enough, we ran and ran until we finally became buddies. It was an amazing experience made almost magical by the snow.

 

[pinball1970]

I finally found the photos of the horse - Wizard

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Here he is out running with the dogs and taunting the cows next door.

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He wasn't comfortable with me at first. But then, one clear and cold December night, when the moon was bright, and with about a foot of snow on the ground, I grabbed his bridle and took him for a run. As we ran side by side, he kept his eye on me the entire time. But the longer we ran, the more comfortable he seemed to be. And sure enough, we ran and ran until we finally became buddies. It was an amazing experience made almost magical by the snow.

Horses scare the hell out of me but from listening to guys who work with them and have them on their land in different capacities, I can understand that connection. Like dogs.

 

[BillTre]

 

[berkeman]

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That's a Superb Owl

 

[Ivan Seeking]

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Yeah, that is my new reaction face. LOL!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Horses scare the hell out of me but from listening to guys who work with them and have them on their land in different capacities, I can understand that connection. Like dogs.

True, horse people really love their horses [unlike cow farmers who often hate all cows with a passion! ]

But ask any long-term horse owner if they have ever been hurt by a horse... Even the best horse is still a very big, dangerous animal. I think anyone I've known who had horses have had a few serious incidents. The former wife of one guy at work took a bad fall and her horse landed on her, causing serious brain injuries. She survived but came out of it a completely different person. They eventually split up.

Cows too! We often had the neighbors cows on our property for many years. I had one very close call with a ticked-off mama cow. The dog had been chasing her baby. When mama went after him, he came running and hid behind me! And then she had me cornered. If she had attacked I would have been trapped. I had a buddy with me who grew up on a farm. I looked to him for advice, especially in a situation like this. I looked at him and he looked like the owl. Uh oh!!! I think we're in BIIIIIIIIIIIG trouble!

The couple next door owned the cows. She had one "push" her through a fence made of 2" x 6" boards.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

The dog in the photo with the horse, was our beloved Dr. Who.
Anatolian Shepherd

 

[BillTre]

 

[strangerep]

Unfortunately, the photographer was eaten moments later.

Dunno about that. The leopard looks quite well fed in the photo. (Or is "she" pregnant perhaps?)

 

[strangerep]

Blue Ring Octopus:
You used to be able to buy these in pet stores. Now you can't, too dangerous.
Occasionally, they are overlooked and get in shipments to pet stores and might get sold.
They are pretty small.

These critters appear from time to time in rock pools near Australian beaches. Little kids try to pick them up -- before their mother, or other nearby adults, scream at them not to...

 

[pinball1970]

True, horse people really love their horses [unlike cow farmers who often hate all cows with a passion! ]

But ask any long-term horse owner if they have ever been hurt by a horse... Even the best horse is still a very big, dangerous animal. I think anyone I've known who had horses have had a few serious incidents. The former wife of one guy at work took a bad fall and her horse landed on her, causing serious brain injuries. She survived but came out of it a completely different person. They eventually split up.

Cows too! We often had the neighbors cows on our property for many years. I had one very close call with a ticked-off mama cow. The dog had been chasing her baby. When mama went after him, he came running and hid behind me! And then she had me cornered. If she had attacked I would have been trapped. I had a buddy with me who grew up on a farm. I looked to him for advice, especially in a situation like this. I looked at him and he looked like the owl. Uh oh!!! I think we're in BIIIIIIIIIIIG trouble!

The couple next door owned the cows. She had one "push" her through a fence made of 2" x 6" boards.

I am a city person so contact is limited. We have a few places where people take horses on trails and when I see them I keep my distance and do not make sudden movements.
I used to Fell run in the 90s in Macclesfield and we used to come across cows. To be honest they looked quite mellow. I think they were used to runners.
Fast forward to about 2005 and I was walking home around 6pm after being dropped off from work and I heard a clip clop.
Big horse, in the street trotting straight towards me. The street was residential but led to a main road. I pictured all sorts of carnage so I got in front of it whilst calling 999.
It would be interesting to hear what I said, i know I told them my name where I worked, who for and where I lived so they would know it was not a crank.
The horse went down a side road and I felt I had helped avoid disaster. The side road was a route to more residential. So avoid a pile up on a busy road but it strays into a bunch of kids playing out possibly!??
Police came and got it in the end with the residents.
A huge animal, magnificent, it towered over me and had me struggling to keep up with it.
Heard later someone had tried to steal it from it's stables and it threw them off and ran away.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I am a city person so contact is limited. We have a few places where people take horses on trails and when I see them I keep my distance and do not make sudden movements.
I used to Fell run in the 90s in Macclesfield and we used to come across cows. To be honest they looked quite mellow. I think they were used to runners.
Fast forward to about 2005 and I was walking home around 6pm after being dropped off from work and I heard a clip clop.
Big horse, in the street trotting straight towards me. The street was residential but led to a main road. I pictured all sorts of carnage so I got in front of it whilst calling 999.
It would be interesting to hear what I said, i know I told them my name where I worked, who for and where I lived so they would know it was not a crank.
The horse went down a side road and I felt I had helped avoid disaster. The side road was a route to more residential. So avoid a pile up on a busy road but it strays into a bunch of kids playing out possibly!??
Police came and got it in the end with the residents.
A huge animal, magnificent, it towered over me and had me struggling to keep up with it.
Heard later someone had tried to steal it from it's stables and it threw them off and ran away.

Indeed, a horse on a road is a huge problem. We were actually allowing friends to board their horse at our place, for free. We had him for a year or so I think, when I happened to ask a lawyer about liability. I wanted to be sure we were addressing any legal concerns. When I explained the situation, my lawyer about jumped out of his chair and said, "Get that horse off of your property!" And he was dead serious. This was a HUGE legal problem.

The single biggest concern was that the horse would escape and get out on the road. If something happened and especially if someone died or was seriously injured because of the horse, we were 100% liable and our insurance wouldn't cover it. And we did have one very close call! He almost got away once. So as much as it broke our hearts, that was the end of Wizard. He had to go.

Other strange complications: A horse can be deemed an attractive nuisance. So, if for example a kid jumped our fence to ride the horse, and got hurt, we were liable no matter how many no trespassing signs we put up.

And get this, even though we were keeping him there for free, we could have been taxed because, I swear this is what he said, we derived pleasure from having him there. Tax laws and such are not set up for someone doing a favor. They want to treat it like a boarding business. UNREAL!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

You get the balls. I have the bat!

 

[Ivan Seeking]

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

Starfish, sometimes called penta-d**k.

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

This guy freed a swan from being entangled in something.
The swan was relieved.
Swan's belly is facing forward.

 

[berkeman]

Whelp, I guess my camouflage camera shack didn't work so well this time...

https://www.giveitlove.com/these-an...&D2c=1&D3c=1&D4c=1&D_4_6cALL=1&D_4_6_10cALL=1

 

[BillTre]

 

[fresh_42]

The more I watch animals the more am I upset by humans' egocentrism.

 

[BillTre]

Here is a link to a ~5 minute podcast interview with a guy who found a new species of tongue replacing fish parasites.
He took a picture which made this phenomena widely known.
The picture is not the original (could not find it) but there are a lot of very similar shots by now.

 

[DennisN]

Lazy animals, very funny...

Doing Nothing At All

 

[DennisN]

Definitely one of the weirdest videos I've ever seen.
I wonder what the whale was thinking...
...maybe:
"Thank god we stayed in the ocean, look at what we could have become."

 

[DennisN]

great music in the clip, by the way.
I really enjoy that kind of music.