Faster than a speeding pullet
Scott Linstead goes to great lengths to get wildlife photos and, although some of the pictures are actually staged, the results are stunning. The Chameleon and the Jesus Lizard are particularly spectacular…Scott Linsteads High-Speed Photos…
Tern over
Animals are not much different from humans in many ways, except maybe a bit better behaved as a general rule. Nice pictures of a young tern biting off a bit more than he could chew….Ambitious bird… Mother tern looks like she just can’t believe her eyes.
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Over and out
A group of 15 monkeys showed great initiative as they made their great escape from Kyoto University’s primate research institute in Aichi Prefecture, catapulting themselves one by one over a 17 foot electric fence surrounding their compound. The monkeys used the branches of trees to fling themselves over the fence. It is thought that the group may have had a …
Playtime
These just have to be some of the ‘cutest’ photos of animal interaction with humans, although they were taken at the Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in Miami, Florida, rather than in the ‘wild’…STORY
Gypaetus barbatus
The Ministry of Environment of the Junta de Andalucia has carried out the second release this year of a number of Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) as part of a programme to reintroduce the species into the region. Three specimens were release into the of Sierra de Castril Natural Park in Granada province. Previous releases have all been in Jaén province, notably …
Supper time
With Cheryl out of the country, the DM has space to print some very good pictures of Kingfishers feeding their young inside their nest….Pictures… There are also a couple of photos of a kingfisher diving to catch dinner for the family. Amazing how such strange looking young turn into such beautiful creatures.