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This subtle yet funny video of a Muskrat swimming along leisurely...then, strangeness underfoot!?!

A Gibbon teases two Tiger cubs!

Photograph by patsOn.

This (real) photo depicts Devil Manta Rays swimming, just one of hundreds of 'patsOn's luscious underwater photos. Also check out this series of a gigantic annual 'migration', which is utterly breathtaking. We are so lucky to live amongst such amazing diversity and utter beauty.

Photograph from Mirror.co.uk.

Don't forget to unplug your television and computer(s) when they're not in use. You'll save up to 58% of your electricity bill! (Proven true by two months of bills from my electric company). Polar animals around the world will thank you for lowering your emissions!

"...some of its blood vessels are so wide, that you could swim through them." David Attenborough describes the planets largest animal, the Blue Whale.

Photograph by Philip Price.

The photographs that emerge from the talented grasp of Philip Price seem inquisitive and carefree, a great thing to be when photographing!

Photograph by Ric Frazier.

I'm in love with Ric Fraziers beautiful photographs of the ocean world, that seem to make sense of a whole new language...silence.

Inquisitive King Penguin chicks gather around David Attenborough and his crew...amazing that a parents can find their own offspring amongst all the curious chicks!

Photograph by Jose Luis Rodriguez.

Big news! The image that had the Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year Judges' entralled (and rightly so) is the well-thought-out photograph of Jose Luis Rodriguez. This comes at no better time as I try to encourage Wolf hunters to trade their gun for a camera! (See "Emily S.'s comment".) Congratulations Jose, your award is well-deserved. Truly beautiful!

I bet the Elephants remembered these people in a very good way. What animal may remember your good deed today?

Photograph provided by DailyMail.co.uk.

Photograph by George Mobley.

Check out this intense photo, just one of hundreds, if not thousands, from National Geographic's wonderful wildlife Photographers. If you'll also notice, the Mountain Lion is wearing a collar...this is the common way researchers track the collared animals and gain important information about their lives. This information is gathered over periods of years, and ultimately educates us on how we can preserve their habitat in ways so unwanted human interaction is kept to a minimum and both Human and Predator able to live their lives in peace.

Photograph from ParadiseEarth.

The EPA did something astoundingly good today. They vetoed a giant, giant proposal for a mountaintop coal mine that would have covered over six miles of streams with harmful and toxic coal mining waste (although, we do inadvertently help, by purchasing coal powered electricity and steel). This move by the EPA is instrumentally important to our future and has come at no better time. Let's let the EPA know we thank them for finally saying "no" to coal (but don't freak them out that their neighbors livlihood is down the drain;) There are plenty of green jobs out there, especially if we demand them;) For instance, if West Virgina put the miners to work at a clean air solar plant; especially since "...enough solar energy is transmitted to the United States in 20 minutes to supply our energy needs for an entire year." Sounds like money, jobs, and happiness to me! This is a great day! Thank you EPA, thank you Obama Administration for upholding a bit of your promise (we know it's hard with all those special interests, thank you)!

Photograph by Ognen Teofilovski, found on Guardian.co.uk.

Photograph by Stephen W. Oachs.

There's always that one moment where the animals paw touches the ground, and the snow sounds so crisp it's almost tangible...that's what Stephen Oachs photos are like...that one moment. It's as though every one of them has a tension, an apprehension, or mission. A great Gallery to spend time visiting!

Some great photos can be downloaded for free at My Stuff World. Check 'em out and download some screen-saving beauty today! (But, don't forget to shut off and unplug your computer completely if you're not going to be using it for an hour or more;) The animals will be so thankful!

From the relatively recent Maned Wolf, to the 50 million year old Antelope, these animals of South America are so unique!

Note to self: Get this book to watch with the DVD series I've replayed over, and over, and over...