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Jumping Spider
animal species
Image by e_monk

Can anyone nail down the species? My first guess would be T. Sylvana but I am not sure.

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Section: Entelegynae
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae


Polistes (2), F, back, Dominican Republic, La Ve Jarabacoa_2013-03-15-14.33.56 ZS PMax
animal species
Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
Unknown Polistes species from the Dominican Republic

Cool About Animals images

A few nice about animals images I found:



A Pirate
about animals
Image by Tjflex2
A very affectionate, one eyed AIDS (FIV+) kitty.

If you are interested in finding out more about this shelter or donating to it please go to: www.rapsociety.com/


Thank you,
Craig

Nice Wild Animals photos

A few nice wild animals images I found:


Injured Nyassaland Wildebeest & Grant's Zebra's - Mikumi NP, Tanzania
wild animals
Image by David d'O
16 October 2009 - Mikumi National Park, Tanzania

Injured Common Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), subspecies Nyassaland Wildebeest or Johnston's Wildebeest or Nyassa Gnu (Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni)

The wildebeest limped with its foreleg and hided out with this group of zebras.

For those who like the biological details:
Click a link and you'll go to the Flickr photo page for that rank in the biological classification.

Phylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / Gewervelden
Class: Mammalia; Mammals / Zoogdieren
Order: Artiodactyla; Even-toed Ungulates / Evenhoevigen
Suborder: Cetruminantia; Ruminants, Whales and Hippos / Herkauwers, Walvissen en Nijlpaarden
Infraorder: Pecora; Ruminants / Herkauwers
Family: Bovidae; Bovids; Antelopes, Gazelles, Buffalos, Sheep, Cattle / Holhoornigen; Antilopen, Gazelles, Buffels, Schapen, Runderen
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae; Wildebeests, Hartebeests, Topis / Koeantilopen
Genus: Connochaetes; Wildebeests / Gnoes
Species: Connochaetes taurinus; Common Wildebeest / Gewone Gnoe
Subspecies: Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni; Nyassaland Wildebeest, Johnston's Wildebeest or Nyassa Gnu / Mozambiquegnoe

Phylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / Gewervelden
Class: Mammalia; Mammals / Zoogdieren
Order: Perissodactyla; Odd-toed Ungulates / Onevenhoevigen
Suborder: Hippomorpha; Horses and allies / Paardachtigen
Family: Equidae; Horses and allies / Paardachtigen
Genus: Equus; Horses / Paarden
Species: Equus quagga; Plains Zebra / Steppezebra
Subspecies: Equus quagga boehmi; Grant's Zebra / Grantzebra



Hippopotamus with Red-billed Oxpeckers- Mikumi National Park, Tanzania
wild animals
Image by David d'O
16 October 2009 - Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Hippopotamus / Nijlpaard (Hippopotamus amphibius) with Red-billed Oxpecker / Roodsnavelossenpikker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on its back.

For those who like the biological details:
Click a link and you'll go to the Flickr photo page for that rank in the biological classification.

Phylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / Gewervelden
Class: Mammalia; Mammals / Zoogdieren
Order: Artiodactyla; Even-toed Ungulates / Evenhoevigen
Suborder: Cetruminantia; Ruminants, Whales and Hippos / Herkauwers, Walvissen en Nijlpaarden
Infraorder: Cetancodonta; Whales, Dolphins, Hippos / Walvissen, Dolfijnen, Nijlpaarden
Family: Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamuses / Nijlpaarden
Genus: Hippopotamus; Hippopotamuses / Nijlpaarden
Species: Hippopotamus amphibius; Hippopotamus / Nijlpaard
IUCN status: Vulnerable

Phylum: Chordata; Vertebrates / Gewervelden
Class: Aves; Birds / Vogels
Order: Passeriformes; Passerines or Perching Birds / Zangvogels
Suborder: Passeri; Songbirds or Oscines / Zangvogels
Infraorder: Passerida
Superfamily: Muscicapoidea; Thrushes, Starlings, Flycatchers, etc. / Lijsters, Spreeuwen, Vliegenvangers, etc.
Family: Buphagidae; Oxpeckers / Ossenpikkers
Genus: Buphagus; Oxpeckers / Ossenpikkers
Species: Buphagus erythrorhynchus; Red-billed Oxpecker / Roodsnavelossenpikker
IUCN status: Least Concern

stuffed

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stuffed
stuff animals
Image by debs-eye


Stuffed
stuff animals
Image by kungfubonanza


animals
stuff animals
Image by t. magnum

Nice Plush Stuffed Animals photos

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Waiting dog 03
plush stuffed animals
Image by longzijun
Abandoned plush toy


Waiting dog 07
plush stuffed animals
Image by longzijun
Abandoned plush toy

Cool Animal Control images

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animal control
Image by labanex
We adopted new members to our family, a cat and a dog. They have to be fixed so we will not be able to pick them up until Friday, but they are ours now.


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animal control
Image by labanex
The dog in the beginning is not the dog we are talking about. It is the tan dog.

We adopted new members to our family, a cat and a dog. They have to be fixed so we will not be able to pick them up until Friday, but they are ours now.


100_0697
animal control
Image by labanex
We adopted new members to our family, a cat and a dog. They have to be fixed so we will not be able to pick them up until Friday, but they are ours now.

Nice Animal Jobs photos

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"Snoopy"
animal jobs
Image by Urban Woodswalker
Snoopy is hands down my favorite breed of all time. Having owned , or rescued many dogs over 52 years, including 3 German shepards, plus a variety of dog sitting jobs, Jack Russell's are the smartest and also the most challenging. The rewards are so rich if you are willing to work patiently with their temperamental moods.

Nice Animal Shelter photos

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Harley - Adopted!
animal shelter
Image by BenSpark
Updated again: Harley went to that family. They didn't do the things they said they would so Harley went back to the Shelter. However she was adopted again and is now in a good forever home.

Updated: Harley has been adopted. She is doing well in a family of 3 boys who are doing agility training with her.

Harley is up for Adoption at the North Attleboro Animal Shelter. You can learn more about her there as well as at The BenSpark

Nice All About Animals photos

A few nice all about animals images I found:



Happy Tails: Moochie
all about animals
Image by LollypopFarm
A few months ago, a friend of ours got a new puppy. This puppy yanked at our heart strings. We started poking around on the computer for dogs to adopt and found ourselves face to face on your website with a stray dog named Muchie. For several years our son (10) has been wanting to replace a dog that was near to his heart. It just never quite seemed to be the right time. First my husband went out to look around and called me saying, "You really should see this dog." I kind of sloughed him off. My husband made his way home and all he talked about was this dog. We decided to pick our son up from school to "take him to lunch." On the way to "lunch," we pulled up a picture of Muchie on the laptop and asked our son what he thought about this dog. He looked at us kind of weird so we asked if he would like to meet him and maybe bring him home. His face was priceless. We couldn't make the drive to Lollypop quick enough. Needless to say, "Moochie" is now a very cherished member of our family. He is an amazing companion to our son and has developed great relationships with my husband and I and my daycare children. We want to thank Lollypop Farm for bringing Moochie into our lives.

Thank You,
Jody T.


227 - Greater Crested Grebe
all about animals
Image by Bruce Stokes
I think he spotted me. Not seen many of these around for a while and glad to catch it doing something different today.
Missed a few 'sitter' of shots today as a Heron flew close by overhead. Worst of all, we turned up to a hide about 5 minutes after a Kingfisher had just been spotted. Saw some of the photos on other peoples camera LCD screens. One day, I will get the elusive shot!

150mm+ Zoom

A few nice animal pics images I found:


150mm+ Zoom
animal pics
Image by Johnwobert
These pics were all taken @150mm focal length or greater.

i seperated these fro mthe rest as i discovered them to be extremely soft especially when taken with the widest aperture available. Some pics taken at F/8 or greater are useable but still soft.

cos of these pics i have replaced my kit 50-200mm pentax lens with a tamron 28-300 which seems to be sharp all the way through the focal length ... gosh darn it ... i guess i have to go back to Chester Zoo :)))))


150mm+ Zoom
animal pics
Image by Johnwobert
These pics were all taken @150mm focal length or greater.

i seperated these fro mthe rest as i discovered them to be extremely soft especially when taken with the widest aperture available. Some pics taken at F/8 or greater are useable but still soft.

cos of these pics i have replaced my kit 50-200mm pentax lens with a tamron 28-300 which seems to be sharp all the way through the focal length ... gosh darn it ... i guess i have to go back to Chester Zoo :)))))

Pikesville Branch - Stuffed Animal Story Time Sleepover

A few nice stuffed animals images I found:


Pikesville Branch - Stuffed Animal Story Time Sleepover
stuffed animals
Image by BCPL Photo
BCPL: Pikesville Branch - Stuffed Animal Story Time Sleepover - April 22, 2013

Nice Animal Friends photos

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Best Friends
animal friends
Image by Svadilfari
Two best friends share a moment.

full figure

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full figure
about pet animals
Image by Dr. Hemmert
thougt it was about time to find a picture, where she's standing, so you can see her in full!


04.28.2009: flat cat is flat
about pet animals
Image by bookgrl
Our cats are freaks. They always lay totally flat. Or, they lay like they're about to pounce. No in between!


Zzzzzz...
about pet animals
Image by Sheryl's Boys
Briscoe loves sleeping on the armrest of the couch when the lamp is on. He can feel the heat from the lamp. Sometimes he gets so relaxed that he falls off the armrest onto the end table! (Don't worry, it's only about a foot.)

Nice Endangered Species Of Animals photos

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baby giraffe head shot
endangered species of animals
Image by Scorpions and Centaurs
at Woburn Safari Park --- Bedfordshire, England



Portuguese Man-of-War Tentacles
endangered species of animals
Image by USFWS/Southeast
July 17, 2012 - Blackbeard Island, GA

The tentacles are the second animal in the symbiotic relationship of the Portuguese Man-of-War, which have venom filled stinging cells called nematocysts. Even dead man-of-wars can sting if you come in contact with the tentacles.

Credit: USFWS/Becky Skiba

South Africa 242 300193 (Transvaal Game Reserve - Boks).jpg

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South Africa 242 300193 (Transvaal Game Reserve - Boks).jpg
animals games
Image by stuart001uk

Grumpy Cat 2

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Grumpy Cat 2
stuffed toy animals
Image by LittleStuff.me
Pattern for Hand Sewn Felt Plushie from Little Hibou Shoppe on Etsy


Crib full of stuffed animals
stuffed toy animals
Image by joesuspense

Grave story, no.2

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Grave story, no.2
names for animals
Image by angus mcdiarmid
"EIGHT DEATHS CAUSED BY LION" --Stevens Point Daily Journal, 11 May 1911

On the left, the grave of the Great Lafayette, in Piershill cemetery, Edinburgh; on the right, the grave of his dog, which, appropriately, sits at the foot of his stone.

We came upon this grave on our way back into town from Portobello at the weekend, and I've been reading up on Lafayette on and off all week. Interesting stuff...

The Great Lafayette was the most successful stage magician of the early 20th century. And he loved his dog.

Here's an extract from an article on him that I came across in an old Oakland Tribune:

"In his personality, Lafayette was dominating and peculiar to a degree. His most remarkable trait was his extraordinary affection for his dog, 'Beauty'. 'Beauty was a cream colored Tennessee hound which appeared in his performance and Lafayette demonstrated his love for the animal in bizarre manner. He had a gold collar studded with diamonds made for 'Beauty'. On one edge of the counterfoil of his cheques was a picture of 'Beauty' sitting on bags bursting with gold, surmounting the words, 'My two best friends'."

He indulged the dog terribly. Beauty shared five-course meals at Lafayette's table and, when it wasn't travelling in Lafayette's Mercedes, which had a silver statue of the dog as its hood ornament, it was transported in a special room in Lafayette's private train coach that was fitted with miniature doggy luxuries.

On 30 April, 1911, Lafayette, Beauty and their company arrived in Edinburgh to begin a two-week engagement at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh. Shortly after the run began, though, Beauty died (allegedly as a result of over-feeding, but that sounds like mean-spirited gossip to me). The dog was embalmed and laid out on silk cushions, surrounded by lilies, in Lafayette's suite in the Caledonian Hotel.

The sources I can find all repeat the same story, which is that the grieving Lafayette struck a deal with Piershill cemetery, who agreed to bury the dog on the condition that Lafayette was also buried there when he died. That's a strange condition, isn't it? A little searching uncovers a more likely story, as printed in the New York Times that year:

"[H]e went to a cemetery and bought a vault for 0. Being told that a dog could not be buried in consecrated ground, he said he would keep the grave for himself and would have the dog buried with him."

It's a fine difference of emphasis, I know, but that version makes much more sense. At least, up to a point. If the dog wasn't to be buried until Lafayette died, why buy a plot in Edinburgh at all? Given that Lafayette lived in London (in a house at 55 Tavistock Square, the facade of which was adorned with a portrait of Beauty, incidentally), wouldn't he have been better buying a plot there, rather than having both corpses shipped to Edinburgh when he died?

As it happens, the question never arose, because the Great Lafayette died before having a chance to leave the city.

Which is where the lion comes in.

The last act of Lafayette's spectacular stage show was an illusion called the Lion's Bride, which was set in a harem and involved a real lion, which menaced an oriental maiden after appearing to devour the magician.

Just after the scene's climax, which, from the sketchy descriptions of it, appears to have featured the magical transformation of the lion into the resurrected Lafayette, a fire broke out on stage.

Accounts of what happened next are, obviously, muddled and contradictory. Essentially, however, although the audience were able to escape easily, the members of the company had more difficulty, mostly because the exit from the stage was blocked by a huge, panicked lion -- I picture it pacing angrily back and forth at the stage edge with flaming curtains and scenery falling all around, its mane smouldering as cinders land on it, and roaring furiously at the group of exotically dressed people it can see creeping towards it through the choking smoke.

A newspaper report claimed that "Lafayette had a desperate struggle with the beast before he got him out of the way", but that might be hooey. In any case, most of the company somehow managed to get out, including Lafayette. However, once he was out on the street, he remembered that his horse, which had had a role in one of the acts, was still inside. He decided he couldn't leave it, and ran back into the theatre.

He didn't come back out, and the theatre burned for three more hours.

Among the 11 bodies that were eventually discovered, there were found to be two Lafayettes -- that is, two of the charred bodies were dressed in the Pasha costume that Lafayette had been wearing in the last act.

The first to be found -- which had, naturally, been assumed to be the one and only Lafayette and had been sent to a mortuary and cremated before the second was uncovered -- turned out to be a double who stood in for Lafayette as part of the Lion's Bride illusion. The second body was certainly Lafayette's, as it was wearing his diamond rings.

A few days later, on May 14 1911, a funeral cortege processed from the centre of Edinburgh to Piershill cemetery, the route lined with crowds. In the procession was Lafayette's Mercedes, which carried only one passenger: a Dalmatian hound, previously unmentioned in our story, but presumably an animal that had been promoted to number 1 dog in the household following Beauty's death but which now, rather sadly, found itself without a household at all.

Lafayette was Jewish (his real name was Sigmund Neuberger), but Edinburgh's rabbi refused to conduct any ceremony in which a man and a dog would be buried together, so the service was conducted by the local minister. Presbyterians clearly aren't the sticklers for orthodoxy they're sometimes made out to be.

And that's all there is to tell.

The Empire Palace Theatre was quickly refurbished, and it opened for business again three months later. It's still around today.

The Great Lafayette's grave is in the centre of the stonehenge-like circle of stones that you can see in this aerial view of Piershill cemetery.

You can read a pdf of the report of the disaster that ran in the New York Times here. It also has some interesting details about his London house.

Nice Endangered Animals photos

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The light behind the altar
endangered animals
Image by kipbot
"Animal Countdown" was an exhibit in a church where sculptures of endangered animals were displayed with a number showing how many of them were left. The whole interior of the church was dedicated to the exhibit.

www.stefanobombardieri.it/opere.html

Custom control

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Custom control
animal control
Image by Marek52
Crete Lassithi


Pest Control
animal control
Image by ajschu
Not a great photo, but probably a good illustration of why I haven't seen any baby ducks or geese at the pond this spring.


The animals take control of a flooded road
animal control
Image by wyntuition
This was the road I was driving on. I scared an alligator off of it as well.

In the Florida Everglades, on a scenic (flooded, backwoods) road off of Tamiami Trail.

Cool Plush Animals images

A few nice plush animals images I found:




Looking for something...
plush animals
Image by Bibi

Nice Animal Species photos

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Centris lanipes, F, Back, Puerto Rico_2013-07-05-16.01.41 ZS PMax
animal species
Image by USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring
A small Centris species taken by Sara Prado in Puerto Rico

Nice Wild Animal photos

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Sunbathing Meerkat
wild animal
Image by Amy Lloyd

Cool About Animals images

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DoN't DiStUrb, I'm ThiNkInG...
about animals
Image by Rosa Dik 009 -- OFF - ON
This goat stays every day on the stone in City park
many hours and thinks....what about ?

Thanks for your visits, comments and invites !!!!!!!!!!!


Huey the Dog
about animals
Image by Comfort Creatures
I made some Amigurumis from patterns I bought from etsy.com.

Read about it on my blog, Comfort Creatures: comfortcreatures.blogspot.com/2011/07/sarsel-gurumi-part-...

Cool Animals Video images

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where's bryan!?
animals video
Image by striatic
video

Nice Types Of Animals photos

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Panda
types of animals
Image by Sudden Fiction
Hello and Happy New Year Flickr! I think this is the first time in a few years I haven't done a reflection over my past year and that is because I was too damn busy having fun to edit photos or even think about writing anything down. Now I have two jobs I have even less time to do things like that =(

(I got a new job as an assistant media tech/student support type thing at Sussex University just before Christmas. Puuuurrrrrfect!)

So here I offer you a Good Luck Panda necklace, made by the talented Jacques Keogh (I'm not sure if he has a website, I will link it as soon as I find out...if it exists...) for my lovely girlfriend Helen. It's designed from the album cover for "Animals" by This Town Needs Guns, an album that I associate with a lot of good things and fun times.

Happy New Year


ArborealCrab!
types of animals
Image by iwishmynamewasmarsha
A type of crab that lives in trees!

Nice Animal Research photos

A few nice animal research images I found:



IRRIDB0116DSC_0358
animal research
Image by IRRI Images
Dorsal view of a field rat.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).


IRRIDB01161Rat_10
animal research
Image by IRRI Images
A field rat infesting rice plants.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Octopus at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium

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Octopus at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
exotic animals
Image by Fritz Liess
Located along the western edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area in Litchfield Park, the Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium is home to Arizona's largest collection of exotic animals with over 3000 animals representing nearly 600 species.


Oryx at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
exotic animals
Image by Fritz Liess
Located along the western edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area in Litchfield Park, the Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium is home to Arizona's largest collection of exotic animals with over 3000 animals representing nearly 600 species.


Oryx at Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
exotic animals
Image by Fritz Liess
Located along the western edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area in Litchfield Park, the Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium is home to Arizona's largest collection of exotic animals with over 3000 animals representing nearly 600 species.

Cool Animals Games images

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Game is over, already.
animals games
Image by Postsumptio
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