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Bayard

(26,974 posts)
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 01:33 AM Aug 24

We Don't Deserve Animals

A Leopard Was Sneaking Into A Village At Night To Visit The Cow That Nursed Him As A Cub



Hello World, 15 Minutes Old



I'm A Horse Vet. This Adorable Little Guy Fell Asleep On My Feet While I Talked To His People.



Cow Posing With Their Buddy (And its a Great Pyrenees!)



This Little Guy Comes Over To Say Hello When I Get To Work



4yo In Virginia Today Went Outside To Play Then Came Back To The Front Door With A New Friend



My Local Wildlife Shelter Had One Of Their Soft Release Raccoons Manage To Sneak Over The Fence And Into The Deer Pen. Adorableness Ensued.



Not A Puppy Or A Kitten, But Asteria Is Still Adorable And Has Made Some Amazing Progress In A Month And A Half!



Just A Valais Blacknose Sheep Smiling Back At You



An Ultra-Rare White Cougar Was Born In Nicaragua. There Are Only 4 Such Albinos In The World



Hedgehog With Plushie






Jabba



This Is Willow, A Premature Longhorn Calf. She Has Been Raised By Dogs And Thinks She Is One



Giraffe Saying Hello To Terminally Ill Patient During “Last Wish”-Event In Dutch Zoo









Baby Deer With Kitten



Deer Crashing A Wedding Photo Shoot



Been Trying To Get A Photo Like This For Ages. Mother And Child



Safe In Momma's Paws



My Friend’s Horse Showing Off His New Plushy. He Is Very Proud Of It.



This Dog Who Just Wants People To Pet Him



Just A Happy Baby



I Work At An Animal Shelter That Typically Only Accepts Dogs And Cats. Today Someone Brought Us A Ferret, He Was Scared And Lonely So This Happened...



You Find It In The Snack Aisle...right Next To The "Quackers" ...



The Turkey I Saved From Thanksgiving. His Name Is Fred.



A Bird Found My Hand And Decided To Chill For A Bit



Long Boi



My Father Found This Owlet On The Ground While Working The Property. Took It To A Wildlife Rescue



In Italy Some Kids Are Born High Up In The Mountains And They Need To Be Carried Down To Grass. This Is Done Via Donkey With Special Bags



Sloth Hug



Tortoise Mommy And Her Baby



Red Eyed Crocodile Skinks, Definitely Not Baby Dragons



I’ve Heard This Owl For Years And Tonight Is The First Time I’ve Seen It.



Look At This Photo Of A Rat After Getting Pasta



Oregon Gray Wolf Being Released In Colorado's Rocky Mountains



My 88 Year Old Grandfather Holding A Bunny For The Very First Time!



Mother Breaks Into Neighbor's Backyard So She And Her 5 Children Can Play In Neighbor's Pool (I'm counting 6 babies)



A Polar Fox Escaped From A Small Zoo In Germany But Got Tired On The Way. A Zookeeper Took Him Back. I Hope That Didn’t Disturb His Slumber



Comfy Deer



Our 15 Year Old Chinchilla Just Gave Birth For The First Time In 8 Years



HAPPY WEEKEND, EVERYBODY!!







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We Don't Deserve Animals (Original Post) Bayard Aug 24 OP
What a thoroughly delightful compilation! 3catwoman3 Aug 24 #1
Do you ever watch animals in old movies? nuxvomica Aug 24 #2
..Completely adorable! whathehell Aug 24 #3
What a treat! KT2000 Aug 24 #4
Lovely. Thank you. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Aug 24 #5
Wow, amazing pictures. Emile Aug 24 #6
The Dumbest Animal of All Roy Rolling Aug 24 #7
Wow Picaro Aug 24 #8
Yes Bayard Aug 24 #12
Thanks for the response Picaro Aug 24 #13
A wonderful collection of animal pictures, Thank you. Thoroughly enjoyed them. Fla Dem Aug 24 #9
Oh so precious! Grim Chieftain Aug 24 #10
Absolutely wonderful photos. Thank you so much. Borogove Aug 24 #11
Wow! I was scrolling through these Duppers Aug 24 #14
Hey Dups! Bayard Aug 25 #16
They are all so cute...nt 😊 Figarosmom Aug 24 #15
What a wonderful collection. I'd like to know the story behind the "comfy deer" question everything Aug 25 #17
Delightful! summer_in_TX Aug 25 #18
Largely, I think, we don't understand them Oeditpus Rex Aug 25 #19
I totally agree, Bayard Aug 25 #20
One of the captions says Oeditpus Rex Aug 25 #22
Only on my own horses Bayard Aug 25 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 25 #21

3catwoman3

(27,703 posts)
1. What a thoroughly delightful compilation!
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 01:44 AM
Aug 24

I'll bet the deer photobomb was that young couple's favorite picture from their wedding. It would have been if it were from my wedding.

nuxvomica

(13,628 posts)
2. Do you ever watch animals in old movies?
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 02:15 AM
Aug 24

In old movies, and even older paintings, the people are strikingly different from us, in their hairstyle, clothing, speech, walk, behavior. They always seem foreign to us, even if the movie is only a few decades old. But the animals always look and act the same as they do today. They live outside our bubble of human trappings and status and we love them for it.

Picaro

(2,187 posts)
8. Wow
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 08:14 AM
Aug 24

What a beautiful set of photos.

There is one that is unlabeled. It is immediately after the very poignant photo of the dying girl with the giraffe. Are those 4 bear paws 🐾 sticking out from some lush greenery?

Picaro

(2,187 posts)
13. Thanks for the response
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 03:01 PM
Aug 24

Again, incredibly moving compilation.

And, no, we do not deserve animals. They are so much better than the human animal.

Grim Chieftain

(594 posts)
10. Oh so precious!
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 10:37 AM
Aug 24

The best thing I have seen in ages. So sweet and gentle it made me tear up.

Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Bayard.

Duppers

(28,426 posts)
14. Wow! I was scrolling through these
Sun Aug 24, 2025, 11:16 PM
Aug 24

Without noticing who posted them; then said to myself: I KNOW who posted these excellent shots!



question everything

(50,973 posts)
17. What a wonderful collection. I'd like to know the story behind the "comfy deer"
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 12:16 AM
Aug 25

Thank you Bayard for ending my day with a smile


summer_in_TX

(3,827 posts)
18. Delightful!
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:25 AM
Aug 25

Thank you, Bayard!

So many, but my personal favorite is the deer crashing the wedding photo, going after the bride's bouquet. Must have been mighty alluring flowers!

Love the couple's delighted surprise.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,743 posts)
19. Largely, I think, we don't understand them
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 08:13 AM
Aug 25

because we don't make the effort to try.

Many/most of us consider our species superior to critters for a number of reasons, comminication being at or very near the top of that list. Most of us can only guess at what critters try to tell us -- again, because we don't make the effort to understand. Veternarians such as you have a great advantage at this because you spend much of your time at just that, and I envy that ability.

Have critters ever started a war? Have they ever killed for any reason other than survival? They only want to exist, and in many cases that means coexisting, because they understand we all have to share and protect our environment.

Who are the superior ones?

Response to Oeditpus Rex (Reply #19)

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