Beautiful Creatures

[lauren_almighty]

wasn't sure what forum to put this in put i was inspired by the 'beautiful universe' thread so thought they should be in the same place.

photos of jellyfish

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/jelly_fish.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/IMGP4763.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/3090010461_009427f391.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/57302029_Jellyfish11.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/2059943460084405988ZBdhwk_fs.jpg

[lauren_almighty]

Animals injected with jellyfish dna. I don't agree with animals genetics being tampered with :(

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/green20genes.jpg

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/monkey_x600.jpg

Still beautiful though. I could do with a glow in the dark kitty :p

[supertzar]

Nice idea, lauren. Yesterday I watched both a male and a female peregrine falcon for half an hour. They are supposed to be the fastest animal in the world. The female slowly glided about twenty feet directly overhead. It was so interesting to hear them cry to each other.


http://i.pbase.com/g4/72/426072/2/61649191.r1COrHrl.jpg

[lauren_almighty]

Rare pink dolphin (albino)

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/pink.jpg
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/pinky5.jpg
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/6a00e5505cf8e08834011570b919b4970b-.jpg
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/pink_dolphin-1.jpg

[size_of_light]

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/3090010461_009427f391.jpg


We'll never know how conscious or intelligent a creature like this truly is.

If I were a super-evolved being, I might come back looking something like this.

[lauren_almighty]

Not beautiful but very unusual:-

The Dracula Fish:
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/dracula.jpg
It is just 17 millimetres-long, transparent and has hook-shaped extensions that look like teeth protruding through the skin above its mouth. Zoologists called it one of the most "extraordinary vertebrates discovered in the last few decades".

"The teeth it has are very surprising because none of the other 3,700 species in its species group have teeth in their jaws," said Dr Ralf Britz, zoologist at the Natural History Museum. "It evolved its own tooth-like structures by growing them from the jaw bones rather than re-evolving jaw teeth," he added.

The Axolotl:
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/axototl.jpg
The axolotl is a Mexican mole salamander, about 15-45cm in length, and one of the cleverest critters you're ever likely to meet. If the axolotl loses a limb, it will grow another. If it loses a certain part of it's brain, it will grow that back, too.

Tests have shown that it will happily accept transplants from other axolotls, including eyes and portions of brain, and rewire them to work perfectly. Because of these amazing powers of regeneration, some axolotls swim about with several more limbs than are strictly necessary.

The Star-Nosed Mole:
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/starmole.jpg
The star-nosed mole best resembles a strange sci-fi amalgamation of two different creatures. It is, for the most part, a common or garden mole, with thick, dark fur and a long thick tail. But its nose seems to belong to another animal altogether.

The ring of 22 fleshy pink tentacles that wave around at the end of its snout should really be living on its own at the bottom of the sea. The tentacles may be invaluable for identifying food in murky conditions, but aesthetically speaking, only the star-nosed mole's mother could love it.

The Leafy Sea Dragon:
http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/leafydragon.jpg
From stick insects to stonefish, nature's capacity for camouflage is almost limitless. Perhaps the very best example is the leafy sea dragon which, to any passing predator, resembles nothing more than a thoroughly unappetising clump of seaweed floating through the ocean.

Everything about the sea dragon has been designed to achieve this deception, from the long, leaf-like protrusions that cover its body, to the almost transparent fins that undulate slowly enough to mimic the gentle motion of leaves in the ocean current. More remarkable still, the male leafy sea dragon cares for the eggs.

source: http://environment.uk.msn.com/wildlife/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=9264728

[lady_oblivion]

If you want to see some expectional fotage of animals looking petty then i suggest blue planet. Very good series and the deep sea episode is amazing. Btw great pics!

[godgoo]

http://www.tonmo.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4284&stc=1&d=1173717108

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/great-white-shark.jpg

http://www.reptilienwelt.at/mamba.jpg

http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/headline_science/images/Mantella_baroni_croppedimage500w.jpg

http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/gifts/friends/reptiles/frog-ecuadorian-poison-frog-plastic-f1360.jpg

http://rkmalar.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/9.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/readers/2008/09/20/frog_1.jpg

http://www.expeditions.com/blog/Uploads/00%20Orca%20image.jpg

These frogs are awesome, Wish I could find a better Marlin picture. It's better to see the marlin in motion to appreciate it's awesomness.

[godgoo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/images/2006/06/06/magpie470_470x300.jpg

http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Environment/medicine/arboviral/images/crow.jpg

http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/birds/bearded-vulture-1899.jpg

http://www.animalspirits.com/blackpanther.jpg

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/animals/images/primary/cheetah-leaping.jpg

http://www.moonbattery.com/beluga_whale.jpg http://galenfrysinger.org/atlanta/beluga08.jpg
beluga whale. what does this talk to it's mates about? There is plenty of awesome creatures here on earth, spoilt for choice really. I could keep going for hours.

[godgoo]

http://tugagames.com/victor/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/beluga-whale.jpg

[lauren_almighty]

Wow, those pics are amazing godgoo.
The colours of those frogs looks so unreal like they couldn't be formed by nature. Like the jellyfish at the beginning.

[godgoo]

Wow, those pics are amazing godgoo.
The colours of those frogs looks so unreal like they couldn't be formed by nature. Like the jellyfish at the beginning. Yeah those frogs are bizzare! those frogs are at the forefront of Evo, all new species are coming about in those jungles. It is the epicenter a cosm of evolution. So they are finely adapted.

[astrochicken]

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab350/laurens_orchid/jelly_fish.jpg




I've seen these floating around. IN THE NIGHT-SKY.
(drug-free!!!!!)

[lauren_almighty]

I've seen these floating around. IN THE NIGHT-SKY.
(drug-free!!!!!)

I think they were just weather balloons ;)