Fun With Animals

Funniest, unusual, amazing and interesting pictures of animals in weekly installments.

If handing out prizes to the cutest creatures in the world, the Siberian flying squirrel, certainly would have won. These residents eyed tree as if taken from the Disney cartoon, with their huge eyes and expressive features. Photographer Masatsugu Ohashi took these pictures of tiny animals on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Cub gorilla sitting on hands of his mother Chang-Maida zoo Münster, West Germany.

Cindy Stones, head of the Small World, feeds semnadtsatidnevnogo baby female gorilla in a zoo Gladys Porter in Brownsville, Texas. Gorilla was ignored by his mother, so will be sent to the zoo Ohio and meet new neighbors.

Baby elephant explores the environment in a zoo of Melbourne, Australia.

These two wild foxes were brought to the window of a wooden trailer Igor Shpilenok smell of cooking ...

But ... the hostess territory cat Igor Ryskov, ungraciously accepts intruders ...

... And pursues a couple of houses in the Kronotsky Reserve, Russia. Igor took off when the fox ran away.

Photographer Dan Dean close faced with a curious fox, which was definitely ready to take close-up.Fortunately, his friend Christian Gogh managed to capture the moment. Dan was heading to Lake St. Ana in the central part of Romania, when faced with a male fox. Dan says this behavior is due to the fact that it was grown as a forester, so do not afraid of humans. However, to encourage such behavior is wrong, because the animals must remain in the wild. It can not be sure that next time, instead, look into the camera, he would not face to face with a rifle.

Instead of taking a dog from an animal shelter, an Australian woman has chosen a slightly different animal - fox. 23-year-old Leonie Bunch red fox took Allie six months ago by a rescue team Sidney Fox.The organization of secondary homes is making efforts to reduce the hunting of wild foxes in the mother nature. With Leonie he accustomed to the toilet, and he has his own room and courtyard.

Roy Rimmer, from Wigan, Manchester, won the award for best photography community of mammals, by "freezing" movements in jumping brown rats. Wildlife photographer and judge Kate MacRae said: This image literally "jumped" at me when I first saw her. Often incorrect and inaccurate picture, but I really liked the unique energy in these pictures ...

... Julie Milne from South-East of England, took second place with a picture of a fox, licking the window.The Executive Director of the Company mammals Marina Pacheco commented: Fox recently hit the headlines of newspapers for various wrong reasons. However, this image helps to challenge misconceptions and shows an attractive side of a distant relative of man's best friend ...

... The third winner Gary Cox, with a photo of wood mouse Blackberry, which is said to the judge, shows the usual mammal is often overlooked and underestimated, in an unusual manner.

Protein stuck his head inside of the head protein, filled with nuts. Most feeder protein was installed in the reserve Secret Garden in Southampton, Hampshire.

Penguin seems to boldly smiling as he walked through the snow, like a spring. Antarctic penguin was photographed by German photographer Andreas Kutch in Spigot Point, Antarctica.

Leopard seal chasing penguins on the beach of the island Cuverville, Antarctica. Predatory seal hit with ferocious speed, but Penguin splashed across the coastline with a hungry seal, bearing in his footsteps ...

... Leopard seal bellowing, unable to catch a penguin on the shoreline of the island of Cuverville, Antarctica.

This penguin seems to be walking on the water, leaving a trail of water - it seems that it uses a jet pack.

Penguin jumping along the cliffs behind the wall of icicles on the island of Cuverville, Antarctica.

Zizi Sailor and running in the snow in the zoo Swarms creek on the outskirts of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Zebra standing in the snow at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland.