Ibizan Hound

puppies fuckin rock.

Black Rhino Calf

Her name is Kibibi and she lives at the Krefeld Zoo in Germany. Yay repopulation of endangered species! <3


LA Times Story here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/08/baby-black-rhino.html

Spicebush Swallowtail

CATERPIE!! Nah, Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar, but close enough, this thingy inspired the pokemon.

It's just a caterpillar so it's really not that interesting, other than to look at... so look at it.



Level 10! Butterfree!

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit... -~Chief Seattle of the Suquamish Tribe

Vervet Monkey

"Other human parallels soon appear.."

House Hippo

Remember this?

Baby Pygmy Hippo

Nudibranch

You're welcome in advance for introducing your new favourite shell-less mollusk
grab the cron, crank the Zappa and enjoy.










There are more than 3,000 known species of Nudibranch (Nudey-Bronk), and new ones are being identified almost daily.



They derive their coloring from the food they eat, which helps in camouflage, and some even retain the foul-tasting poisons of their prey and secrete them as a defense against predators.



And they're cannibal motherfuckers. They'll eat each other if there's a shortage of algae or coral noms.

source: NG

SHARK WEEK

Somehow I have neither Discovery Channel nor Animal Planet BUT I have friends with DVR. So the action lives on. Here's a taste.

Quetzal

What the fck is a quetzal you ask?!


Why, they're the lovely national bird of Guatemala of course! These beautiful beasts are known for their spectacular colouring and long tails that grow to be up to a metre long.

Like most of the wicked creatures worth talking about, the Quetzals are threatened with extinction. They can't be bred or held in captivity for very long and are noted for usually commiting suicide soon after being captured or caged.



For this reason it is a traditional symbol of liberty. VIVA LA QUETZAL

Additional Fun Fact: Guatemalan currency is named after the quetzal.

sources: vinylspin.deviantart, National Geographic

Kinkajou

It's not a monkey. nationalgeographic.com cant stress that enough. It's related to the racoon, not the monkey. Even though it has a prehensile tail like a monkey, lives in the jungle like a monkey(central and south america), can turn its feet backwards like a monkey, and hollers like a monkey, it's not a monkey


it's a kinkajou! and it has a lonnng tongue(lady-pleaser, just like the sun bear) and it likes to eat a shit ton of fruit, at night.


and good news, you can totally get one as a pet - but theyre screamers so dont piss it off; they like to be left alone with their fruit.

Baby Platypus

EW.


AW.

Mola (Sunfish)

gotta love real-life creatures that look kinda like pokemon.

Crappy stock photo from google but look... its massive; the largest bony fish in the oceans. It can grow up to 11 feet in length (thats horizontally) and weight over 5,000 lbs.

They're called Sunfish because theyre often found floating on the surface of the water, basking in the sun's rays. They have huge dorsal fins that stick out of the water and make them look like sharks.



Sunfish snack on jellyfish and zooplankton, and let little fish snack on them... rather, their skin parasites. ew.


Divers in tropical oceans all over the world have discovered that these massive fishies have no fear of humans; they will often swim right up to a diver. cute

Angora Rabbit

what do you get when you put your bunneh in the dryer? Angora Rabbits!

These rabbits are bred for their long, soft hair which is made into angora wool which is made into over-priced sweaters. The fur grows very fast; they have to be shorn every three to four months throughout the year to prevent wool block (a nasty condition where their hair clogs their innards. gross.)


They were popular pets for French royalty in the 1700's. Friendly and playful, Angoras will make friends with other mild-mannered house pets.