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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Animals Having Fun, Part 9


"QUANTUM SHOT" #355
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Read previous parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8


Nature's Comedy: Animals are NATURALLY funny

Some are ugly, some are cute, but all possess that natural quality of expression that can not be faked, because well, animals do not know how to pose for photographs. They do not care for lighting or exposure, and photographers need equal amount of skill and sheer luck to catch that perfect animal picture.

The Cutest of the Bunch


(photo by Ekaterina Pokrovskaya)









































Shake my little hand:







Chilling Out

























"Sad" is an understatement










Out of the box:







Domesticated? Hardly -











(photo by Dmitriy Konstantinov)


















(image credit: Mikhno)


(image credit: Abyss)


The call of the wild:



Just give me a gun -






Tricky Situations:


























Monkeys & Apes
















Getting around (with) the crocodiles:




(image credit: AFP Photo/William West)


The Weirdest of them all







Bird's Life































Need good brakes:




Loose among the humans
















and finally:
Celebrities and Animals Look-Alikes! -

Grandma was very proud to forward us this series of images. She said she liked Lennon the most.
(original unknown)

















For uncredited photos please let us know who the original photographers are, so that we could include this info. Wherever credits are known, photos are published by permission of original photographers

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COMMENTS:

7 Comments:

Blogger Anna said...

I am glad to get this link, wow, these are so cool! Amazing, Anna :)

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Blogger vince said...

as always on your site it is a very good moment to look at all these pics, thank you for the share !

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Anonymous Gnuboss said...

WOW, those are some of the coolest, cutest, weirdest and most insane animal photos I have seen yet. Fantastic post. Thanks.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think your idea of fun and my idea of fun are two entirely different things.

DEAD MICE ARE NOT CUTE OR FUNNY.

I don't think I will be visiting here anymore.

Jerks.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think your idea of fun and my idea of fun are two entirely different things.

DEAD MICE ARE NOT CUTE OR FUNNY.

I don't think I will be visiting here anymore.

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Blogger Avi Abrams said...

Dead mice happen.

Deal with it.

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Anonymous WannaSmile.com said...

Great images;) I linked to the donkey picture for todays post!

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