creatures
August 1st 2007 04:26
As a young lad and into my early teens my favourite animal was the cheetah. I loved how it was the fastest land animal in the world, and that it looked different from the other big cats. In fact it was more closely related to the hyena, which is of the dog family.
Then I came to the realisation that I loved most of the big cats, but especially the tiger. However I finally decided my favourite favourite animal was a land animal considered to be the most ferocious land animal in the world, a beautiful predator that humans have not been able to get very close to in the wild.
Yes, the polar bear is my favourite animal, paws down.
But I love so many animals, all kinds of critters. As much as I like the cute, cuddly ones, I also admire the snarling, deadly, some would say hideous ones. Creatures that command respect, yet often don’t receive it (ie those endangered creatures that are hunted and poached).
I like creatures that hiss and spit, snort and grunt, ones that growl and roar. I like ones that simply snuffle, and even ones that barely make a sound.
So here are some of my favourite looking creatures, in no particular order.
Yup, as you can see I have a special place in my style of eye for the big cats ... If I could have a puma for a pet, I'd have one. If I could have a polar bear cub for a pet, well ... It was hard limiting these gorgeous - some grotesque, yet still so impressive looking - creatures down to just twenty-four. Where's the elephant, you ask? And the platapus?
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Comment by katyzzz
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I feel I can commune with these creatures.
I have found true love, at last.
katyzzz....don't like snakes...I'm a sook. Raoul, take a bow.
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I forgot to include the Kookaburra, a most handsome bird.
Comment by KylieW
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Such wonderful pics. I'm a HUGE fan of the bit cats too. I must say I do have a soft spot for the black puma. Oh and the leopard. Jaguar. Lion. Tigers. Did I mention tigers? I LOVE tigers!!!
Some of the less appealing animals I love include:
-crocs.....anything that prehistoric that has managed to survive is a marvel.
-rhinocerous- a friend of mine is a rhino keeper at an open zoo. Amazingly powerful creatures.
-hippopotamus - I think it's their gorgeous little ears on such a huge body that I love. Oh yeah, and the fact that they kill more people than crocodiles every year in the Nile.
Great post
Kylie
Comment by Raoul Duke
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The cougar/puma/mountain lion is a very handsome cat indeed.
How gorgeous is the snow leopard and the white tiger?!
I almost included the hippo, fantastic creature, and yes, incredibly ferocious! Up there with the polar bear for sheer volatility! Very, very territorial.
It scares me that we may lose some of these precious animals over the next 50 years ... (sigh).
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Manatees are extraordinary too, they're the sea cows which sparked the whole mermaid myth ...
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Um am I the only one who thinks it odd that someones ARM is in the crocs mouth?
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