Category Archives: Animals

Safari Guide Limerick

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Photograph of a female lion taken in Chobe National Park in Botswana.
There was a cocky safari guide
  who - of lions - was often quite snide.
    He frequently stated
    they were overrated,
  but his view was different from inside.

DAILY PHOTO: Angry Adolescent Tusker

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Photograph of an aggressive adolescent elephant in Botswana's Chobe National Park.
Photograph of a posturing young tusker near the Chobe River's edge in Botswana.

DAILY PHOTO: Helsinki from the Ferry

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Photograph of the Helsinki waterfront taken from the ferry to Suomenlinna with seagulls in tow.

Grazing Deer [Senryū]

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grazing deer
 pays hikers no heed:
  too noisy for threat.

Moose Limerick

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A tour bus sticker of mating moose
 led a tourist to say, "What the deuce?"
   "I just cannot deal
   with a tour bestial,
 and the memories that it might induce."

Crow Mind [Kyōka]

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Photograph of a crow atop an outdoor lighting fixture at Tokyo's Imperial Palace.
crow on lamppost 
 contemplates a CAW!
  but is silenced
 by a morsel clamped
 in its beak.

DAILY PHOTO: Amboseli Cranes

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Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of two Gray-Crowned Cranes foraging in the Amboseli wetlands.
Photograph of one Gray-Crowned Crane standing tall in Kenya's Amboseli National Park.

DAILY PHOTO: Trash Panda Agasp

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Photograph of Raccoons taken in the bayou of the Pearl River Wildlife Management Area near Slidell, Louisiana.

PROMPT: Best/Worst Pets

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Daily writing prompt
What animals make the best/worst pets?
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Cats and dogs are great pets. Crocodiles and Hippopotami are the worst.

Playful Thief [Kyōka]

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Photograph taken in Lucknow, India in the garden of the Mushir Zadi tomb. 
puppy guards 
 a stolen garment 
  it hopes owner
 will attempt to retrieve,
 so that play can ensue.