Cute small animal picture of the day

[TheClockworkDodo]

Not particularly small, though.

But very cute!

 

[Contused]

Elks in the Shishou nature reserve in China…

 

[Contused]

 

[Contused]

An Egyptian goose and its young enjoy the warm weather at a lake in Gelsenkirchen, Germany…

 

[Contused]

A Sumatran tiger enjoying an Easter treat at London zoo in Regent’s Park…

 

[Contused]

A rare melanistic leopard, also known as a black panther, on the prowl. This two-year-old female, called Giza by local trackers in Kenya, first appeared near the Ewaso Narok River 18 months ago. She was delivered in a litter of two cubs to a more usual spotted leopard. Melanism is the rarer opposite of albinism that occurs in humans and animals. Giza has grown accustomed to people and tolerates the occasional vehicle following her through her territory. She is thought to be the first black leopard in Africa to have been photographed without the use of camera traps…

… and another view…

 

[Ditto]

I can't get my head around the fact that there aren't any black panthers! Good grief. Beautiful animal.

 

[Contused]

 

[Getbackcontrol]

My fur baby

 

[Contused]

Male Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) displaying a proportionally large eye in relation to its head…

 

[Contused]

Starlings feasting on crumbs from pizza and doner kebabs at Alexanderplatz in Berlin…

 

[Contused]

This photograph was taken during an Agility Dog competition in Italy and won first prize in the Action category…

 

[Contused]

An early morning game drive in northern Botswana allowed a photographer to get close to this beautiful leopard…

 

[Contused]

A young rat in a park in a suburb of Paris…

 

[Contused]

A tiny newborn puppy cupped gently in a pair of hands…

 

[Contused]

A Greenland dog is photographed relaxing from his job as a working sled dog…

 

[Contused]

Amber, a Dalmatian, takes a first walk off lead after having had two leg operations…

 

[Contused]

Swallows perch on power lines at sunset in Eldorado dos Carajás, Brazil…

 

[Contused]

An Iberian lynx cub lifts its head from the water, licks its lips and gazes straight into the camera…

 

[Contused]

An endangered wild Ground Pangolin in Gorongosa national park, Mozambique…