#exotic animals

Hawk selfie!! This red-tail has a permanent wing injury, making her only semi-flighted for the rest of her life. In past years I’ve always worked with red-tailed hawks that are fully flighted, training them for one season and then releasing them back into the wild. Since this bird can’t survive on her own, she won’t be released and will instead be used for educational programs. Aspen, CO.

12 giant panda cubs lie in a crib at the Chengdu Research Base in China.

(Reuters / China Daily)

Haeckel Chiroptera

Giant jellyfish

This little orange seal has been ostracized by his fellows for being ginger. Also, unfortunately, he is almost blind.

He was found waiting for his mother under a log on Tyuleniy Island in Russia. He was picked up and taken by staff at a dolphinarium to keep him from anymore emotional stress.

Good news though, the seal is doing much better. Now named Nafanya - after a lookalike Soviet cartoon character - the seal was given VIP treatment and has now moved into a plush new home at the country’s leading aquarium.

An African spurred tortoise with two heads and five legs is displayed in Slovakia.

A black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. This was all part of a relocation plan for black rhinos, meant to move the endangered species to less populated areas so that they have a better shot at survival.

Two-year-old chimpanzee “Do Do” feeds milk to “Aorn”, a 60-day-old tiger cub.

A 7-year-old female elephant named Laxmi reaches with her trunk to touch her 13-month old daughter in India.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Two chained monkeys

1562

oil on oak

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

this is how I spent my weekend (+pool lounging + star gazing + deer petting)

still not entirely sure it was real…

Mike Tyson walking his tiger, 90's 

A Contimundi

Crocodile!! I got to shoot a few exotic animals in a studio setting recently. I will be posting a few more in the coming days as I edit them.

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